The FAO at Centenary College is automated/manual in processing.

Loading Financial Aid Data
Federal eligibility information is received electronically from the Department of Education using Electronic Data Exchange (EDE).

• Processing Federal Data- Students may file their FAFSA either by paper application or on-line. FAFSAs may be electronically filed by the FAO on rare occasions.
• Correcting Federal Data- Student FAFSAs will be corrected via EDE during the verification process.

Automatic Budgets
Budgets are assigned to students based on the information provided to the Office of Admission or based on information provided on the FAFSA.

Automatic Tracking
The FAO uses an automatic tracking program to monitor information and documents required from students.

Packaging
All packaging is done manually.