Students Admitted Through Early Action

Financial aid offers will be sent to students admitted to JMU through Early Action in the middle of February.

Any scholarships that are awarded to a student who also applied for financial aid will be listed on their Preliminary Financial Aid Offer, with the exception of Centennial and First Generation scholarships. A notification will be sent to the students email address listed on their Admissions application regarding those two awards. Students who did not apply for financial aid will receive a separate notification of any scholarship offers outside of the Preliminary Financial Aid Offer.

We will send an email to your home email address when your Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) information has been processed and your Preliminary Aid Offer is available. The Preliminary Financial Aid link in the Applicant Center can be used to view your Preliminary Aid Offer when it is available.

The process called Professional Judgment looks at extenuating circumstances that are not reflected on the student’s submitted Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). There is a committee that meets to review a family’s situation on a case by case basis. Information regarding the situations the Professional Judgment committee can review and the process it entails can be found here: https://www.jmu.edu/financialaid/learn/finaid-appeals.shtml.

No, JMU does not require the CSS Profile. The FAFSA is the only application required to apply for federal, state aid, and institutional grants. This includes federal grants, federal loans, federal work-study, state grants, and institutional need-based grants. Information about applications that may be needed for certain scholarships can be found at https://www.jmu.edu/admissions/apply/scholarships.shtml.

Madison Scholarships Hub is the application center for all scholarships at JMU. This is located within the student’s MyMadison account. Check back into the Madison Scholarships Hub periodically for any additional scholarships through March 1st. https://jmu.academicworks.com/

For early action students, if you do not receive a Preliminary Aid Offer by mid-February please email fin_aid@jmu.edu. Regular action students will not receive Preliminary Aid Offers until mid to late March. Please keep in mind that if you did not place a social security number in your application with Admissions we will not be able to generate a Preliminary Aid Offer. Updates to social security numbers can be made with Admissions for admitted students.

JMU does not offer any discounts for multiple students enrolled at our University.

You can find more information regarding the adjustment of your residency status here: Residency FAQs