Types of Loans
You Don't Have to Pay it Back
Scholarships or Ships
Appeals to Apples
CMU Potpourri
100
A loan option given to parents after they've completed a credit check
What is The Parent Plus Loan?
100
This type of financial aid is given to student with a low EFC and is not based on academic performance.
What are grants?
100
This scholarship is available for CMU students with a 3.0 high school GPA who self identify as having parents or court appointed guardians who have not completed an undergraduate degree
What is the First Generation Scholarship?
100
This is the type of appeal for students who have become unable to receive federal financial aid due to poor academic performance
What is a Financial Aid Ineligibility Appeal?
100
This is the year that CMU was founded
What is 1925?
200
Is a higher interest option for students who don't qualify for traditional governmental financial aid
What are private loans?
200
This type of financial aid is given to students for on-campus employment opportunities
What is work study?
200
This ship was immortalized in James Cameron's 1997 film and is synonymous with failure.
What is the Titanic?
200
This is the maximum number of credits students may attempt at CMU before they have to appeal their merit scholarship
What is 120 credits?
200
This is the year that CMU's name was changed to Colorado Mesa University
What is 2011?
300
These loans won't accrue interest while you are enrolled in at least six credits (part time) in a higher ed institution
What are Subsidized Direct Loans?
300
This type of financial aid allows students who graduated from a high school in Colorado to save money on the cost of their college credits.
What is the College Opportunity Fund (COF)?
300
This scholarship is available for "rising sophomores" and transfer students with a 3.0 GPA at CMU and is a "last dollar in" scholarship
What is the Reisher Scholarship?
300
This fruit is known for its strange smell but mild tasting flesh
What is a Durian?
300
CMU has approximately this number of undergraduate programs (bachelors, associates, and certificates)
What is 100?
400
This is the undergraduate loan maximum amount for dependent students
What is $31,000?
400
This type of aid is given to CMU students based on their GPA and standardized test scores from high school, but can be appealed if unusual circumstances arise.
What are Merit Scholarships?
400
The sinking of this ship encouraged the US to join WWI
What is the Lusitania?
400
Use this kind of appeal if you or your family has experienced hardship due to medical expenses to get your financial aid award adjusted
What is the Financial Aid - Loss of Income/Medical Appeal?
400
This is the number of club sports available at CMU
What is 20?
500
These loans are meant to make repayment easier, and may allow you to qualify for forgiveness, but beware, getting this type of loan may significantly lower your credit score
What is a Consolidated Loan?
500
These types of financial aid are only available for CMU students and students can apply for these starting in October each year. There is currently $4 million available for '23-'24 students.
What are CMU Foundation Scholarships?
500
This type of document is often required after a student receives a CMU Foundation Scholarship
What is a Thank You Letter?
500
Students will have to appeal financial aid if their pass rate (including withdrawals) is less than this percentage
What is 67%?
500
This is the call sign of CMU's on-campus radio station
What is KMSA?