Financial Aid  The financial aid application deadline has passed. Please contact the Financial Aid office. An Ethical Culture Fieldston School education is an investment in your child’s future. It is also a significant financial commitment. ECFS is committed to making its educational opportunities available to qualified students regardless of their family’s financial resources.
Financial aid is available for families who qualify. We provide a 10-month payment plan with no interest, and a number of low-cost loan programs.
The following information is required to apply for financial aid: - Application for financial aid (PFS) –mailed to families in November
- Federal Form 4506
- Parent Contact Information and Guideline Agreement
- All federal tax forms and schedules, including business returns
- W-2's
The information you provide is kept confidential and shared only with the financial aid committee. Financial aid files are reviewed and allocations are made after a student is admitted or when the enrollment contracts are issued to current students. If a student is neither admitted nor placed in the wait pool, the financial aid file is shredded.
Required documents should be mailed to the addresses below no later than December 14, 2007 . Please contact the Financial Aid Office at FinancialAid@ecfs.org or call (718) 329-7341 if you have any questions or require assistance in filling out the PFS form. A. To School and Student Services: - Parent Financial Statement (PFS): All applicants for financial assistance must file the PFS (Parent Financial Statement) with School & Student Service for Financial Aid of the Education Testing Service either by mail or on-line ( www.nais.org/financialaid/sss).
- Complete the PFS form paying special attention to the section Part II, # 32.
- Enter The Ethical Culture Fieldston School code #3082 on the form (7A). If you would like to receive a parent report also enter code #9000 . (Note an extra fee)
- Both parents must file with SSS . If parents are separated, divorced or never married, they may file separately. Please request a second form from the Financial Aid Office at FinancialAid@ecfs.org or call (718) 329-7341.
- Check or Money Order: Include a check or money order payable to SSS for the required amount as listed in section 7B to be mailed with the PFS. When applying on line you need to pay via credit or debit card.
- Make two copies of all SSS documents – one for your records and one to be sent to ECFS.
- When applying online at www.nais.org/financialaid/sss, left click on "SSS online," then left click on "Complete a PFS online".
Address:
School and Student Service for Financial Aid
SSS PFS (ETS)
PO Box 371478
Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7478
B. To ECFS Financial Aid Office: - Federal Tax forms : All applicants must submit a signed copy of their most recent filed 1040, 1040A, or 1040-EZ with all pages and all filed schedules attached . (including all business schedules, etc.)
- Write the student’s name on first page of the tax return.
- If you own a business, please include a complete copy of the corporate or partnership return.
- If parents file separately, we require each parent’s tax return.
- W-2 : Submit your W-2 or the equivalent.
- We require each parent’s W-2’s.
- IRS 4506 Request for Copy of Transcript of Tax Form : Complete the first four lines (indicated with an *) and sign the IRS 4506 Request for Copy of Transcript of Tax Form. This form, when signed by you, entitles ECFS to receive a copy of your 1040 record directly from the IRS.
- We require a 4506 from each parent if parents file separately.
- No money order or check is required
- Federal Tax form 2007
- As soon as your 2007 tax return becomes available and no later than April 30, 2007, please send it to the Office of Admissions and Financial Aid at the address below.
- Copy of the PFS form
Address:
Office of Admissions and Financial Aid
Ethical Culture Fieldston School
3901 Fieldston Road
Bronx, NY 10471
Att: Victoria M. Daley If you have questions or need help with this process, please contact us at FinancialAid@ecfs.org or call the Financial Aid Office at (718) 329-7341.
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