Cal Grant
The lowest GPA you can have in order to receive a Cal Grant.
What is 2.0?
The number of years you can receive Pell grant in your lifetime.
What is six?
Work Study is this type of financial aid.
What is self-help?
The three BIG scholarships available to YHS students.
What are the Ford, McConnell, and USI?
This is added to student loan amounts when you borrow them.
What is interest?
The day the FAFSA opens up each year.
What is October 1st?
The GPA you need to qualify for Cal Grant A.
What is 3.0 or higher?
Whether being a full or part-time student has an impact on your qualification for Pell grant.
What is yes?
Your financial need, when you apply, and the college's funding level.
What is the amount of money your receive for work study based on?
The provider of the Ford Scholarship.
What is the Ford Family Foundation?
The minimum amount of units you need to be enrolled in to qualify for student loans.
What is 6 units?
Free Application for Federal Student Aid
What does FAFSA stand for?
The reason Cal Grant gives more money to someone attending a UC than a CSU.
What is because UC schools have higher tuition costs?
This entity provides Pell Grant to low-income students.
What is the federal government?
How you receive your Work Study funds.
What is you work at an on-campus job?
The number of counties the McConnell Scholarship serves.
What is 5?
The US government pays the interest for one while you are in school, you begin paying the interest for the other when you borrow it.
What is the difference between subsidized and unsubsidized loans?
This is one of the types of financial aid that is FREE money.
What is Cal Grant, Pell Grant, FSEOG or scholarships?
T or F: you can use Cal Grant as a transfer student.
What is true?
This is a factor that affects Pell Grant eligibility.
What is student aid index (SAI), COA, full-time or part-time student, federal poverty guidelines, or state of residence?
The reason Work Study might be a better option than getting a job off campus.
What is a flexible schedule that will work around your classes?
The five counties the McConnell Scholarship serves.
What are Modoc, Shasta, Tehama, Trinity, and Siskiyou?
A student loan for which you pay the interest while you are in school.
What is an unsubsidized loan?
Three situations which classifies you as independent for financial aid.
What is (choose 3) married, have a child, over 24 years old, or in the military?
The Cal Grant income ceiling for a family of 5.
What is $155,000?
The range in the amount of money you can receive from Pell grant.
What is $740-$7,395?
Work study is available to these three levels of students.
What is undergraduate, graduate, and professional?
Keep your grades above a 3.0 and be intent on figuring out what you want to study in college and how it fits into your future plan.
What is how does a student best prepare for scholarships?
The amount of student loan money you will be offered your first year of college.
What is $5,500?
T or F: All financial aid is renewable.
What is false?