STEP Students

Requirements and Deadlines

Documents Required

STEP students seeking financial aid for Summer 2024 through Spring 2025 should file the following three documents:

  1. STEP Loan Application

    Please complete and submit the STEP Loan Application. You will be prompted to save a copy of your completed application after submission.

  1. FAFSA 2023–2024 (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)

    Please complete and submit the online FAFSA application for academic year 2023–2024. Enter Stanford’s school code (001305) so that Stanford will receive your data.

    If you have already filed a FAFSA for 2023–2024, you should open your saved FAFSA and add Stanford’s school code (001305) so that your FAFSA data will be sent to Stanford.

  1. FAFSA 2024–2025 (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)

    Please complete and submit the online FAFSA application for academic year 2024–2025. Enter Stanford’s school code (001305) so that Stanford will receive your data.

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You must provide FAFSA data for both 2023–2024 and 2024–2025 because Summer Quarter is considered to be part of the 2023–2024 academic year, while Autumn, Winter and Spring Quarters are part of the 2024–2025 academic year.

Priority Filing Date

For the most advantageous funds through the FAO for the 23–24 Summer quarter you should submit the 23–24 FAFSA and STEP Loan Application by March 15, 2024. Due to the federal delay on the 2024–2025 FAFSA, the Stanford Financial Aid Office will be unable to notify students of 2024–2025 federal funding until April. 

Notification

The FAO will send email notification of awards available through the University's data system, AXESS. Once you have decided to enroll at Stanford, all communications sent to you from the FAO will be sent to your Stanford email account.

Your quarterly financial aid amounts are available to view on AXESS and will be disbursed to the University bill at the beginning of each quarter. You can also track the status of your awards on AXESS.

Updated on March 6, 2024 10:03 AM