Richard Bland College is currently the Commonwealth of Virginia's only public junior college. Richard Bland was established in order to provide the first two years of college education, which would be followed by a transfer to William and Mary, or to another of the state's four-year colleges.
After you submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), we will send you a Student Aid Report (SAR). 1  If we have a valid e-mail address on file for you, we will send you an e-mail, within 3 to 5 days, with instructions on how to access an online copy of your SAR.  Hit Enter.
Time to Get a Federal Student Loan. With federal student loans, you must first file the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid). Depending on when and how the FAFSA is filed, whether it is signed electronically and whether you provide a valid email address, it can take 3 days to 3 weeks for the FAFSA to be processed. After the college financial aid office receives the FAFSA data, it will determine your financial aid eligibility.