Financial Aid
Determining Eligibility
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Financial Aid Offers are determined by a multitude of factors, including Cost of Attendance (我看), Student Aid Index (赛), Financial 需要, program enrollment, enrollment intensity, academic performance, residency, and many others. Follow the sections below to help you understand how your specific aid package was determined
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我看 is determined by a multitude of factors and differs for every student. 事实并非如此
the bill that you may get from your college; it is the total estimated amount it may
cost you to go to college each year. For example, Housing & Food, Personal, and Transportation
amounts are estimated at an unknown amount until students complete the Housing Survey
located on their Task list in SOAR. This gives us a student's housing preference to
be able to determine more accurate expenses.
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的 Student Aid Index (赛) is an eligibility index number that a college’s 金融 aid office uses to determine how much federal student aid the student would receive if the student attended 这所学校. This number results from the information that the student provides in their FAFSA® form. 赛 replaced Expected Family Contribution (EFC) that many people may be familiar with. | |
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Financial 需要 is used by different aid programs to determine eligibility. For example,
aid programs such as the Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (SEOG), Teacher
Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant, Federal Work
Study, and Subsidized Loans require that students have need to be eligible. If you have determined you have 金融 need by subtracting your 赛 from your 我看, you may have eligibility for these programs. Additionally, many scholarship programs require that students have need to qualify, so this would also impact eligibility for those scholarships. |
Students have the ability to view their 我看, 赛, and Financial 需要 in their SOAR 账户. When navigating, be sure you are viewing the correct Financial Aid Year by using the drop down at the top of the page to switch to the year you want to view.
- 辅酶a: Navigate in SOAR to your Student Dashboard and then click on Financial Aid Summary under the Financial Aid Menu on the left side of the screen. It is titled "Estimated Financial Aid Budget" and is broken down by fall, spring, and summer. You will only have a 我看 determined for semesters that you are enrolled or are planning on being enrolled for.
- 赛: Navigate in SOAR to your Student Dashboard and then click on Financial Aid Summary under the Financial Aid Menu on the left side of the screen. 赛 will appear on the top of the screen next to your Estimated Financial Aid Budget. NOTE: If you have not completed a FAFSA, your 赛 will show zero.
- Financial 需要: Navigate in SOAR to your Student Dashboard and then click on Financial Aid Summary under the Financial Aid Menu on the left side of the screen. Estimated 需要 will appear on the top of the screen next to your 赛. NOTE: If you have not completed a FAFSA, your Estimated 需要 will be incorrect due to you not having a calculated 赛. This will make you ineligible for most need-based aid programs.