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First-Year Applicants

Applicants interested in applying for Notre Dame need-based financial aid must complete the applications outlined below. QuestBridge applicants must submit by the published deadline date.

Applications with priority dates will still receive full consideration if received after the published date, but your Financial Aid Offer may be delayed.

International applicants, please visit our International Student page for more details.

QuestBridge

Deadline: November 1

Required documents are requested and submitted once your CSS Profile is submitted through the College Board's Institutional Documentation Service (IDOC)

Requested documents include:

  • 2024 federal income tax return (with all schedules, W-2s, and 1099s)

  • 2024 federal business tax return(s) (if applicable)

    • Partnership with K1(s)

    • S-Corporation with K1(s)

    • Corporation

Restrictive Early Action

Priority Date: November 15

Required documents are requested and submitted once your CSS Profile is submitted through the College Board's Institutional Documentation Service (IDOC)

Requested documents include:

  • 2024 federal income tax return (with all schedules, W-2s, and 1099s)

  • 2024 federal business tax return(s) (if applicable)

    • Partnership with K1(s)

    • S-Corporation with K1(s)

    • Corporation

    • International Student:  Submit foreign tax returns and/or documentation about parental earnings.

Regular Decision

Priority Date: January 15

Required documents are requested and submitted once your CSS Profile is submitted through the College Board's Institutional Documentation Service (IDOC)

Requested documents include:

  • 2024 federal income tax return (with all schedules, W-2s, and 1099s)
  • 2024 federal business tax return(s) (if applicable)
    • Partnership with K1(s)
    • S-Corporation with K1(s)
    • Corporation

Divorced and Separated Parents

  • Both of the student's natural parents, custodial and noncustodial, are required to complete the CSS Profile. The parent information is kept separately and securely and is visible only to the colleges that the student has authorized to receive it. Neither the student nor the custodial parent has access to the noncustodial parent's information unless the noncustodial parent chooses to share their password.
  • In cases where the CSS Profile cannot be completed by the noncustodial parent, the student may complete the Noncustodial Parent Waiver Petition. Submission of this waiver does not guarantee a waiver of the noncustodial parent.