{"id":32,"date":"2015-11-05T16:16:10","date_gmt":"2015-11-05T16:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/atsinstitute.edu\/wp_chicago\/?page_id=32"},"modified":"2026-10-29T14:49:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T14:49:00","slug":"how-do-i-begin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/atsinstitute.edu\/wp_chicago\/?page_id=32","title":{"rendered":"How do I begin the Financial Aid Process?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The process starts with a Financial Aid Application Interview<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; color: black;\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.atsinstitute.edu\/contact.html\">Contact us<\/a> to schedule a financial aid appointment. Allow approximately one hour for to complete.&nbsp; During that interview, we will:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Assist you to complete and submit the FAFSA<\/li>\n<li>Estimate your eligibility for the various financial aid programs<\/li>\n<li>Complete a Federal Direct Loan Master Promissory Note, and a pre-loan informational interview if you wish to take out a loan<\/li>\n<li>Inform you of any additional paperwork needed to complete the process<\/li>\n<li>Inform you of what you will be expected to pay and when<\/li>\n<li>Answer any questions you have about the costs associated with the program.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/atsinstitute.edu\/wp_chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/How-to-do-interview-to-get-Financial-Aid.pdf\">Want to do it online? <\/a> Want to get Started? Click <a href=\"https:\/\/solutions.campusivy.com\/Apps\/Core\/Account\/StudentRegistration_Step2\/36400?StudentInitiated=true\">here<\/a> to create an account on Campus Ivy Use Campus Ivy<br \/>\nWhen you come to your interview please make sure you bring the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Your federal Internal Revenue Service (IRS) form 1040 and W-2 forms for the last 2 years<\/li>\n<li>Your parents\u2019 federal IRS form and W-2 forms (dependent students only) for the last 2 years<\/li>\n<li>Your spouse\u2019s federal IRS form (married students filing separate returns) for the last 2 years<\/li>\n<li>Current bank statements (maybe required)<\/li>\n<li>Records of benefits received from Social Security,  Child Support, and other agencies<\/li>\n<li>And your Legal Guardian (if you are a dependent students only)<\/li>\n<li>Your High school diploma or equivalent<\/li>\n<li>Your state issued ID &#8211; IL or IN<\/li>\n<li><strong><u>YOU MUST BE AT A COMPUTER WITH INTERNET ACCESS AT THE TIME OF YOUR APPOINTMENT.<\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n<p><strong><u><br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong><u><\/u><u><strong><\/strong><\/u><\/ul>\n<p><script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','\/\/www.google-analytics.com\/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-64047616-1', 'auto'); ga('send', 'pageview');<br \/>\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The process starts with a Financial Aid Application Interview Contact us to schedule a financial aid appointment. Allow approximately one hour for to complete.&nbsp; During that interview, we will: Assist you to complete and submit the FAFSA Estimate your eligibility for the various financial aid programs Complete a Federal Direct \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"http:\/\/atsinstitute.edu\/wp_chicago\/?page_id=32\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":18,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-32","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/atsinstitute.edu\/wp_chicago\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/atsinstitute.edu\/wp_chicago\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/atsinstitute.edu\/wp_chicago\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/atsinstitute.edu\/wp_chicago\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/atsinstitute.edu\/wp_chicago\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"http:\/\/atsinstitute.edu\/wp_chicago\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4902,"href":"http:\/\/atsinstitute.edu\/wp_chicago\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32\/revisions\/4902"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/atsinstitute.edu\/wp_chicago\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/atsinstitute.edu\/wp_chicago\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}