经济援助常见问题

No, you do not have to be accepted before you apply for or be awarded financial aid, BUT you must be accepted and enrolled before your student account can be credited 有经济援助.

The priority deadline, meaning the last day to submit all documents in order to be guaranteed award before the start of the semester, is as follows:

秋季:6月1日
春季:10月1日
夏季:3月1日

你必须每年申请经济资助. 下一学年的fafsa为 available on October 1 and should be completed as soon as possible. 学校可以开始 awarding aid as soon as January before the Fall term begins

PELL Grants are based on financial need as determined by your FAFSA. 如果您的EFC(估计) Family Contribution) is between 0000 and 5,846 you are eligible for PELL. 这个格兰特, which does not have to be paid back, is pro-rated by number of credit hours taken 和总EFC. 点击下面的链接查看支付图表. 如果你不知道 your EFC, please refer to the Student Aid Report FAFSA sent to you or contact our 办公室电话:478-289-2169.

点击这里访问2023 - 2024 PELL图表.

To be eligible for HOPE, your high school MUST submit your final high school transcript 乔治亚州学生财务委员会.

• • You must graduate from a HOPE eligible high school with a 3.0或填写一个HOPE合格 3分的家庭学习计划.0, using the HOPE grade point average calculation for 这两个.
  • 你也一定要见U.S. citizenship or eligible non-citizen requirements
  • Be a legal resident of Georgia, and be registered with Selective Service, if required
  • Maintain satisfactory academic progress as defined by the 大学
  • Not be in default or owe a refund due on a student financial aid program
  • Be in compliance with the Georgia Drug-Free Postsecondary Education Act of 1990.
  • 必须提交GSFAPP www.GAfutures.org 或者完成 FAFSA.

Initial eligibility may be determined by checking your personal account on www.GAfutures.org.

Direct loans (subsidized and unsubsidized) are available to students who need additional 学费和生活费. 大多数学生都符合条件，可以接受 到每年5500美元. Students with more than 30 hours can receive $6,500 per year. In order to qualify you must: be in good academic standing, not be in default of a student loan, not owe an overpayment, and must have submitted all prior academic transcripts.

Many students think they are independent simply because their parents do not claim them on their tax returns, or because they moved out of the parents’ house to attend 大学. 事实并非如此.

For federal student aid purposes, you are only considered “independent” if at least 下列情况之一适用于你:

• • 1998年1月1日前出生
  • As of the date you first file the FAFSA, you are married
  • You are currently serving on active duty in the U.S. 用于其他目的的武装部队 比培训
  • 你是美国的老兵.S. 武装部队
  • You now have or will you have children who will receive more than half of their support 从2021年7月1日到2022年6月30日
  • You have dependents (other than your children or spouse) who live with you and who receive more than half of their support from you, now and through June 30, 2022
  • At any time since you turned age 13, 这两个 your parents are deceased, you were in foster care or you were a dependent or ward of the court
  • As determined 由你合法居住国的法院裁决, you are or were an emancipated 小
  • Someone other than your parent or stepparent had legal guardianship of you, as determined 由你合法居住国的法院裁决
  • At any time on or after July 1, 2020, your high school or school district homeless liaison determine that you were an unaccompanied youth who was homeless or were self-supporting 而且有无家可归的危险
  • At any time on or after July 1, 2020, the director of an emergency shelter or transitional 由美国政府资助的住房项目.S. Department of 住房 and Urban Development determine that you were an unaccompanied youth who was homeless or were self-supporting and 有无家可归的危险
  • At any time on or after July 1, 2020, the director of a runaway or homeless youth basic center or transitional living program determine that you were an unaccompanied youth who was homeless or were self-supporting 而且有无家可归的危险

 

Once you have submitted your documents, it will take 24-72 hours for our documents department to update our system as being received. 我们的处理器需要的时间 to process your request will vary based on the time of year. 一般来说，这需要 about 5 business days from being updated on your BANNER web account.

撤退被视为尝试小时数. 所有尝试的时间都被考虑在内 在决定你的学业进度时. 保持令人满意的学业进展 (SAP) is a federal requirement to receive financial aid.

If you withdraw from all enrolled 类 for a term before the withdrawal deadlines, 您的学生帐户将被重新计算. (你可能被要求偿还全部或部分 助学金的一部分)

You will become ineligible to receive financial aid funding until the account balance 全额偿还.

Disbursement for financial aid usually happens about three weeks from the start of 类. If aid is placed on the students account after the beginning of the semester, it will disburse the Thursday of the following week.