Financial Aid

• Every living biological parent and legal guardian will need to submit their information for an application to be considered complete.
• Then list any additional parents or guardians living in your household.
• Later, you will have the opportunity to invite parents and guardians from outside of your household to create their own account and fill out a separate application.

• Make a list of the schools you're applying to and note their deadlines (admission and financial aid) and requirements.
• Gather documents and information (e.g., your most recent tax documents) to help you complete the application.
• Monitor your Clarity portal throughout the process, since schools may require additional documents (displayed in the "Document Requests" section).
• Remember that you can save your work at any time and come back to it later by clicking the "Save and continue" button at the bottom. 

Complete the Application

• Click "Continue Application" from your portal Home page to begin or continue your application.
• Complete your biographical information.
• Add applying students and indicate which schools you're applying to.
• Sign and submit a tax verification form to give Clarity permission to pull your prior year tax returns. This means you won't need to upload any of them yourself!
• Complete your financial information.
• NOTE: The responsive application will shift the questions you see based on your answers, kind of like TurboТах.

Submit and Pay

• The Clarity application fee is $65 and covers all the Clarity schools you're applying to and any number of children in your household.
• Once you submit your application, you will not be able to make changes to your tax filing status, indication of if you do or do not receive a United States W2, and information entered on the IRS tax verification form. Make sure you have indicated accurate social security number(s) and exact address used for filing of your 2023 taxes to avoid errors and delays.

Upload Any Extra Documents

• Schools may require additional documents in addition to last year's taxes.
• Check the "Document Requests" panel on your portal to see what you need to upload.

We have chosen Clarity as our financial aid application provider in order to better serve both our current and prospective families. We are confident that this change is going to make the process of applying for financial aid easier for families. 

Clarity offers a streamlined, mobile-friendly application that can be completed in as short a time as 20 minutes. Additionally, Clarity removes the need to upload your 2024 W2 and 1040 by transferring them directly from the IRS. This reduces the amount of information that you will need to enter manually and makes it possible to complete the application quickly and efficiently. 

Siena takes the privacy and security of your personal information very seriously. Clarity is certified for both GDPR and SOC2 and uses enterprise-level security standards including end-to-end encryption of all personally identifiable information. For more information, please refer to Clarity’s Privacy Policy. 

Just as in prior years, if your financial circumstances have not changed, you should not see significant changes to your award. If you have any questions about your individual circumstances, please reach out to us. 

Yes, you will need to submit a Clarity application each year in order to qualify for financial aid; however, Clarity retains your information from previous applications, so it will be even easier to reapply.

Yes! Clarity’s application is fully mobile-friendly so you have access wherever you are.

New families applying for financial aid should submit all required items along with their application for admission, we often have families applying for Rolling Admission throughout the school year. Returning families must submit all required items no later than January 31st.

Yes, along with the student's application, all families must fill out the Clarity application to the best of their ability including the Non-US Tax Filer Verification upload.

If you live in Canada, you will be prompted to upload your T1, T4 and Notice of Assessment.