Whether you receive your Student Aid Report (SAR) online or on paper depends on whether you provide an email address on your FAFSA.
If you provide a valid email address, you will receive an email with instructions on how to access an online copy of your SAR.
If you don't provide a valid email address on your FAFSA, then you will receive either a SAR or a SAR Acknowledgement via postal mail.
- The SAR lists your FAFSA information and provides space for you to make corrections. You will receive a paper SAR if you file a paper FAFSA and don’t provide an email address.
- The SAR Acknowledgement lists your FAFSA information, but you’ll need to make any corrections on the Federal Student Aid website at StudentAid.gov. You will receive a SAR Acknowledgement if you file an electronic FAFSA and do not provide an email address.
If you have an FSA ID (username and password) and your FAFSA has been processed, you can log in on the Federal Student Aid website to view SAR information regardless of whether you filed the online or paper FAFSA or provided an email address or not.
TCC will have access to your SAR data electronically usually within a business day after it is processed.