Prerequisites for Defining Application Processing Options

The College Board's INAS User Manual, which is delivered with this application, describes most of the functionality discussed here.

The Financial Aid system provides predefined tables in compliance with federal regulations and enables you to use the INAS process and CSS PROFILE. Before you define application processing options, review these tables for warnings about the consequences of making changes.

Also, ensure that the financial aid applications used by your institution are available, and make sure that you understand the different admit levels that influence how external data loads are processed. To help you most effectively use the Financial Aid application processing, refer to these websites:

• U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid: http://www.ifap.ed.gov

• National Association of Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA): http:\\www.nasfaa.org

• The College Board: http:\\www.collegeboard.com