Apply: Current Domestic Student Instructions

Submit your CSS Profile using Bryn Mawr College code #2049. If your parents are divorced, separated, or never married, both parent households must submit a Profile.

After reviewing your Profile data, your financial aid counselor may contact you directly and request that you send more information in order to provide you with the most accurate award possible.

Report your full legal names as they appear on your social security card. Provide your social security number to ensure accurate processing of your financial aid results.

If you are a nontraditional student: Submit your CSS Profile using your information and your spouse's (if applicable).

Available: Oct. 1

Complete the online version of the FAFSA  using Bryn Mawr College code #003237. You and a parent must sign your online FAFSA with an FSA ID. 

We strongly encourage providing consent for the Department of Education to receive an individual's FTI direct from the IRS.

It is important to note that if an application does not provide consent, the student will be ineligible for federal aid. 

Report social security numbers and full legal names as they appear on your social security card. Without them, the U.S. Department of Education cannot process your financial aid results.

If you are a nontraditional student: You and your spouse (if applicable) must sign your FASFA with an FSA ID and provide consent.

Available: Beginning October 1st*

*The Department of Education will begin beta testing the 2025-26 FAFSA application from Oct 1st - mid November. Students should not expect access to the application during this time frame.

Full access to the FAFSA application is expected by early December 2024. The Office of Financial Aid is advising students to visit the FAFSA application portal and our What's New section for important updates.

2023 Signed Parent Federal Tax Returns or Non-Filer Statements 

Full federal income tax returns are required to apply for institutional funds.  When you complete the CSS Profile the College Board will prompt you to submit 2022 federal tax returns or non-tax-filer statements to Bryn Mawr College using their Institutional Documentation Service (IDOC) at no cost to you or your parents. Submit signed photocopies of all 2022 federal (no state) income tax returns, both business and personal, including all W-2 forms, statements, attachments, and schedules for both parents, including stepparents.

All documents must be uploaded to IDOC.

If you are a nontraditional student: Independent students and spouse (if applicable) must submit signed photocopies of all 2022 federal (no state) income tax returns, both business and personal, including all W-2 forms, statements, attachments and schedules.