• It's All About Teamwork!
• Account Activation
• Forms Processing Checklist
• Charting Your Course
• FAFSA Form Processing
  • STEP 1: PIN Acquisition
  • STEP 2: Income Tax Information
  • STEP 3: Final College List
  • STEP 4: Data Confirmation Report
  • STEP 5: Student Aid Report
  • STEP 6: FAFSA Update
  • STEP 7: Verification
• The CAL GRANT
• CSS PROFILE Form Processing
• Institutional Forms Processing
• Financial Aid Awards
• The Appeal Process

STEP 4: Data Confirmation Report

We will email your Data Confirmation Report (DCR) to you by early December of the student's senior year (and each December thereafter for renewal clients).  This is contingent, however, on us having received the following two items from you:

• EFC Data Record (see Charting Your Course)
• Final College List (STEP 3)

For families who enroll in our Forms Processing program after December 1st, they will receive their DCR within two weeks from the time we receive these two items.

The DCR is in Microsoft EXCEL spreadsheet format and reflects the most recent financial and biographical information that we have in your data record file via your EFC Data Record.

Instructions for Checking/Editing DCR

• CHANGES
  There will be a blank column on your DCR.  If there are any data fields that are inaccurate, this is where you will provide corrections/updates/changes.  It's imperative that you verify every data field for accuracy.  The data you return to us on your DCR is what will be entered on your FAFSA form.
• INCOME
  Since you will most likely NOT have your 2010 income tax return completed when you receive your DCR, estimate to the best of your ability what you believe your 2010 numbers will be.  You may want to reference your 2008 return and estimate any adjustments accordingly.
• ASSETS
  Provide current information on asset data.  In the event that you anticipate the value of your assets will change significantly by the time we submit your financial aid forms, contact us so that we can discuss the details.

Returning Your DCR

Upon completing your DCR review and making any necessary changes, email it to us.  We will in turn acknowledge receipt of your DCR with an email reply.  If you have NOT received our acknowledgment email within 24 hours, please contact us by calling 949.340.2675 or emailing us.

Your Data Confirmation Report is an EXTREMELY important document as it provides all of the data we will be using to prepare your financial aid forms.  We cannot over-emphasize the importance of an accurate review of this document in its entirety by you.

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Checklist Instructions

• Enter the date you received your DCR from GCF
• Enter the date you returned via email your approved DCR to GCF

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