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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, November 17, 2023 2:26 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> enrollmentmanagement@list.arizona.edu <enrollmentmanagement@list.arizona.edu>; src@list.arizona.edu <src@list.arizona.edu>; oac@list.arizona.edu <oac@list.arizona.edu><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Harper, Christie - (christieharper) <christieharper@arizona.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [oac] Approved language re: scholarship & financial aid inquiries</font>
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<p><span style="color:black">Dear Team, </span></p>
<p><span style="color:black">Below is </span>an<span style="color:black"> approved message
</span>crafted for OSFA to use given the media attention around cuts. You may use this language for your own replies (or as talking points) by making a few edits.
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<p>W<span style="color:black">e are not planning to send out a mass email</span> at this time<span style="color:black">. As we monitor
</span>inquiries<span style="color:black">, that could change. </span></p>
<p><b><span style="color:black">For future students</span></b><span style="color:black">, k</span>n<span style="color:black">ow that we will do our very best to post scholarship information
<i>before</i> the application for admission goes live in July/August 2024 for fall 2025. As you know, award levels can change year to year a</span>nyway<span style="color:black">.
</span>Also, <span style="color:black">there is NO changes for Guaranteed Tuition for fall 2024. If there are changes in the future, it will not affect current students. We did not add this to the message to keep it focused on scholarships and financial aid,
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<p><span style="color:black">Thank you, </span></p>
<p><span style="color:black">Kasey </span></p>
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<p><i>This message is being sent to the following listservs: CRC, OAC and Enrollment Management. It will also be sent to College Marketers.
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<p><i><span style="color:black">Thank you for contacting the Office of Scholarships & Financial Aid (OSFA). We appreciate you sharing your concerns about your scholarships and/or financial aid offer for future academic years.
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<p><i><span style="color:black">We are committed to serving you. There are no plans to alter the<span class="x_apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://financialaid.arizona.edu/types-of-aid/scholarships/incoming-first-year-transfer" title="https://financialaid.arizona.edu/types-of-aid/scholarships/incoming-first-year-transfer">institutional
merit tuition scholarships</a><span style="color:black"> awarded to our current students or for our incoming Wildcats admitted for fall 2024. In addition, other institutional need-based aid will not be affected for current or admitted students.
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<p><i><span style="color:black">No decisions have been made regarding future changes to the amount of merit tuition scholarships the university provides. If there are changes to merit tuition scholarships, those would be for future classes and would not affect
current or admitted students. </span></i></p>
<p><i><span style="color:black">Please keep in mind the federal government’s Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is getting an update for 2024-25. Some students may see changes in the amounts and types of federal financial aid offered due to changes
in the calculation used to award various types of federal financial aid. You can learn more about this on our
</span><a href="https://financialaid.arizona.edu/resources/2024-2025-fafsa-updates">website</a><span style="color:black">.
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<p><i><span style="color:black">The 2024-25 FAFSA will open by December 31 as shared by the Department of Education. We encourage current students to submit it by our priority filing date of March 1 (April 1 for new students).</span></i></p>
<p><i><span style="color:black">Thank you again for reaching out. We encourage you to monitor your University of Arizona email account for official university announcements.</span></i></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#002060">Kasey Urquídez, EdD</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; color:#002060"><br>
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1200 E University Blvd | PO Box 210073 | Tucson, AZ 85721<br>
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<i><a href="mailto:kurquidez@arizona.edu"><span style="color:#002060">kasandra@arizona.edu</span></a></i></span><span style="color:#002060"></span></p>
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