The following materials are needed to apply for all financial aid funds administered by the Committee on Financial Aid. Please note the deadlines below. All applicants will need to submit final 2007 tax return information by March 1, 2008 in order to receive an award in April. Late submission of tax forms will ordinarily result in later award notification.

An application for financial aid will in no way jeopardize your chances for admission; however, late applications for aid cannot be assured of full consideration in time for the admissions reply deadline. Should your financial situation change, and you no longer wish to be considered for financial aid, please notify us in writing. Please keep photocopies of all materials for your own records.

US and Canadian Citizens / US Permanent Residents Only--Deadline February 1, 2008

CSS PROFILE Application

Complete the 2008-2009 PROFILE online at www.collegeboard.com Designate Harvard as one of the recipients by using our CSS Code of 3434. (If your parents are separated or divorced, use information from your custodial parent.) Print a copy for your own reference.

Parents' Federal Income Tax Return

Once you have filed your CSS PROFILE form, you will receive communication beginning in February from the College Board's Institutional Documentation Service (IDOC) providing you with instructions on how to submit your 2007 federal tax forms and any other supplemental forms that may be required. You should send signed photocopies of all pages and schedules of your parents' 2007 federal tax returns (including photocopies of all W-2 forms) to the College Board by March 1.

Student's Tax Return

If you file a 2007 federal income tax return, please follow the same instructions as for the parents' federal tax return above.

Noncustodial Parent's PROFILE

If your parents are divorced or separated, your noncustodial parent will need to complete a Noncustodial Parent's PROFILE online. You will receive instructions by email from the College Board to send to your noncustodial parent, explaining how s/he may complete this process after you have completed your custodial CSS PROFILE.

Noncustodial Federal Income Tax Return

Your noncustodial parent should submit all pages and schedules of his or her 2007 federal tax return (including photocopies of W-2 forms) to the College Board's Institutional Documentation Service (IDOC) by March 1, following the instructions provided by the College Board.

Business/Farm Supplement

If either of your parents is self-employed or owns a business or farm, he/she will need to submit a Business/Farm Supplement for each business or farm in which any interest is held. If your family has an interest in or ownership of a partnership or corporation, include copies of their most recent business tax returns (Forms 1065, 1120, or 1120S, as well as any K-1 filed with your parents' personal tax form). The Business/Farm Supplement is available for you to download from the College Board website (http://www.collegeboard.com/). Once completed, send all of these materials to the College Board's Institutional Documentation Service (IDOC) along with your personal tax forms.

Estate or Trust Tax Return

If you, your parents, or other siblings are beneficiaries of an estate or trust, submit the appropriate schedule K-1 of Form 1041 or Form 4970, along with the other parent tax returns, to the College Board's IDOC service. It may be helpful to include a brief description of the estate or trust, including current value and accessibility, in the special circumstances section of the CSS PROFILE.

Additional Information

Feel free to include a letter of explanation in the packet you send to the College Board's IDOC service if your family has special circumstances or unusual expenses, or if you feel there are any other details which will help us to understand more completely your financial situation.

US Citizens / US Permanent Residents Only--Deadline February 1, 2008

Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)

The 2008-2009 FAFSA will be available from your high school guidance office by December 2007 (or online at http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/). File the FAFSA as soon as possible after January 1, 2008. Designate Harvard as one of your recipients by using “Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138.” Our federal code number is E00468. We realize that you may not have access to your final 2007 tax information by these deadlines and ask that you complete the FAFSA using the best estimated figures available.

Instructions for Foreign Citizens

(rev 08/07 ccp)