Need Analysis Process
Registration Process
Student Application Process
Need Analysis Process
Packaging and Awarding
  By providing you a projected Expected Family Contribution (EFC) through Federal Methodology and the Need Access Analysis, you receive a comprehensive examination of a student's financial circumstances.

The Need Access analysis is more sensitive than the Federal Methodology, taking into account unique student circumstances and is responsive to your institutional policies by giving you the ability to craft custom questions.

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In addition, Need Access can identify scholarship eligibility and uncover other family assets by including questions about home equity and retirement accounts to help determine the most accurate EFC.

When your students' application are complete, their data is processed in the Need Access processing center and is then ready to download to the Need Access software where you can:

  • Create budgets, export data, and view standard reports with ease
  • Quickly access, sort, and analyze application data
  • Manage the data to align with your students' financial circumstances and your packaging strategies
  • Keep all your records in a database for easy reporting and analysis

Registration Process
Student Application Process
Need
Analysis Process
Packaging &
Awarding Process
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