Sep 13, 2025  
2025-2026 Academic Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Academic Catalog

PROFESSIONAL JUDGEMENT


Professional Judgment refers to WAU’s authority to make adjustments, on a case-by-case basis, to information reported on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) to recalculate a student’s Student Aid Index (SAI).

Schools use the SAI to determine if a student is eligible for need-based financial aid. WAU, however, does not have the authority to make direct adjustments to the SAI or to the formula used to calculate the SAI, just data elements on the FAFSA impacting the SAI.

Please contact the Financial Aid Office at finaid@wau.edu or 301-891-4005 if you have a special circumstance and would like to be considered for professional judgment.