Financial Aid

For Students entering in September 2024:

1. Complete the Clarity application by December 1, 2023.

• You will be able to set up your account at Clarity (clarityapp.com) beginning September 1, 2023.
• Follow the step-by-step instructions as outlined in this 2024-25 Family Application Guide.

2. Upload your the following documents in order to complete your file.

• Upload your 2023 W-2 starting in January.

For New GA Families entering in September 2024:

Please complete the Admission Process while you are completing the Financial Aid Process.  Initial awards will be provided at the time of the offer of admission.

For Current GA Families:

Financial Aid awards are offered annually and therefore, families must complete the Financial Aid Process each year.  Current families who may be applying for Financial Aid for the first time will be able to note that information on their Clarity application.

1. Financial Aid tuition grants for New Students will be offered at the time of acceptance so long as families have completed the financial aid process by December 1.   

• Financial Aid Awards will be listed on the Enrollment Contract.

2.   Financial Aid tuition grants for Returning Students will be offered at the time of re-enrollment so long as families have completed the financial aid process by December 1. 

• Financial Aid Awards will be listed on the Re-enrollment Contract.

**Families who qualify for financial aid may not be able to receive it if the amount allocated for assistance has been exhausted at the time of admission.

• Students who have been offered admission but for whom some or full aid is not available, will be placed in our Financial Aid Wait Pool in the event that allocated funds recycle back to our financial aid pool.

• Financial Aid Wait Pool notification will be sent with the admission decision or as soon as the financial aid process is complete, whichever comes first.

• Tuition grants meeting partial need will be offered as long as funds remain available, and families may contact the Director of Admission, Enrollment and Financial Aid with any questions about their allocated awards. 

• Families in the Financial Aid Wait Pool will be notified immediately if funds recycle. 

• Completion of all steps of the Financial Aid Process allows Germantown Academy to determine a family’s financial need.

• If there is supporting documentation that more clearly defines your family’s financial situation, we ask that you forward that information to be included in your financial aid file. Families who complete the financial aid process but do not qualify for demonstrated need will be notified.

• Among those who qualify for some assistance, tuition grants are allocated as students are admitted.

• Germantown Academy endeavors to meet the full demonstrated need of financial aid applicants, however families who qualify may not be able to receive full aid if the amount allocated for assistance has been exhausted at the time of admission.

• Financial Aid awards are provided to the student.
• If parents are divorced or separated, Germantown Academy requires that both parents complete their own Financial Aid process.  
• If there are unusual circumstances regarding their family situation or financial standing, they are welcome to contact the Director of Admission, Enrollment and Financial Aid for a personal conversation.