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Math
Your first semester
Financial aid acronyms
Apps & online platforms
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You can get help with math here during the fall semester.
What is the Math Lab (MB-44)?
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What is the Student Government Association tutoring center (M-165)?
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Pell grant
What is keep it? Grants are Financial Aid awards that you do not have to pay back.
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José Peralta DREAM Act
What is No. The NYS José Peralta DREAM Act Scholarship is a scholarship, so you don't pay it back. It's designed to provide access to New York State aid that students aren't traditionally eligible for due to citizenship status.
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Pell grant
What is the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)?
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16^2
What is 256. A very useful square number to know in any engineering or design field. Square numbers present unique design opportunities.
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This is the first math class that you need to take for your major (name both class and major).
What is $4,800?
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FAFSA
What is Free Application for Federal Student Aid. Filling out this form is the first step towards receiving Financial Aid from all sources.
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Use this app to make appointments for advising, tutoring, career help, and much more.
What is Navigate 360?
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You can get help with your writing here.
What is the Writing Center (B200)?
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Direct subsidized
What is pay it back? Direct subsidized loans can be distributed to students in good academic standing to help cover expenses, but these loans do need to be repaid. Payments, with low interest, are expected 6 months after the student stops attending college classes regularly.
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LaGuardia Foundation
What is No. The LaGuardia Foundation Scholarship is a scholarship, so it does not need to be repaid. Every student should apply!
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Federal Work-Study (FYS) program
What is the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)?
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sqrt((4*4)/(4*4))
What is 1. Many successful musicians know the fact that any number divided by itself equals 1. Duke Ellington launched music in New York to new heights with that fact in mind. Here's his statue on 110th & 5th:
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COA at LaGuardia for an average dependent student 2025-26 (to the nearest $1000).
What is $17,696.90?
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TAP
What is New York State's Tuition Assistance Program. This covers a broad variety of New York State aid types.
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This platform helps students track their progress, including degree requirements that they have completed and those they have yet to complete.
What is Degree Works?
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LaGuardia students can receive personal counseling here in one-on-one settings, group settings, in person, or online.
What is the Wellness Center (C-249)?
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Work-study
What is earn it? Federal Work-Study is a program through you can work on campus to earn money toward your college expenses.
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Direct unsubsidized
What is pay it back? This is a loan. While subsidized loans require students to maintain a standard GPA, these loans do not. It's wise to avoid this type of loan because you have to start making payments immediately.
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TAP grant
What is the New York State Tuition Assistance Program (NYS TAP) application?
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4*18=x
What is 72.
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The maximum financial aid package of Pell and TAP grants for full-time dependent students at LaGuardia, 2023-23 (to the nearest $1,000).
What is $12,195?
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COA
What is Cost Of Attendance? This cost is calculated by adding up a student's tuition and fees owed, along with the related costs of college.
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This app can be used in place of a physical ID and has links to your student email as well as other utilities.
What is the LaGuardia app?
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In these two offices, students can ask questions about their financial aid status and get help completing financial aid documents.
What are Student Financial Services (C-107) and the Financial Aid Resource Lab (C-109).
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Excelsior
What is keep it? (Kind of). The NYS Excelsior Scholarship is designed for students whose Expected Family Contribution (EFC) is too high to qualify for other forms of aid. In most cases, it does not need to be repaid. However, after they stop receiving benefits, recipients are required to live and work in New York State for the same number of years they received the scholarship.
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New York State Opportunity Promise.
What is keep it? The Opportunity Promise was announced by Governor Hochul this year to provide free community college for all New York State residents aged 25 to 55 studying in approved career fields like health care, education, and STEM.
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José Peralta DREAM Act scholarship
What is the New York State Higher Education Services Corporation (HESC) application?
800
What's this?
a^2+b^2=c^2
Multiple acceptable answers:
What is the Pythagorean theorem?
What is the rule of 1-2-3?
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The GPA students must maintain once they have earned 24 credits to retain their financial aid package and stay in good standing at the college.
What is 2.0? This is equivalent to a letter grade of C.
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Financial Need
What is the amount of financial aid required for a student's expenses? Financial need is calculated by subtracting a students Expected Family Contribution from their Cost Of Attendance.
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This is the main Learning Management System for LaGuardia classes.
What is Brightspace?
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Students can get free groceries two times a week in this office as well as hot meals, clothing, tax prep, housing support, and more.
What is LaGuardia Cares (C-237)?
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TAP
What is keep it? The New York State Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) is a grant that you do not have to pay back.
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FSEOG
What is keep it. The Federal Supplemental Employment Opportunity Grant is distributed at some colleges (including LaGuardia) to the students demonstrating the most Financial Need.
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Foundation Scholarship
What is email foundationscholarship@lagcc.cuny.edu or visit room E-517?
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This is the difference between area and perimeter.
What is perimeter is the measure around the outside of a shape, while area is the measure around the outside of a shape?
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The percentage of credits attempted students must earn in order to maintain Satisfactory Academic Progress.
What is 67%? Students are expected to complete a higher portion of credits attempted the closer they get to graduation.
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SAP
What is Satisfactory Academic Progress? This is the guideline for the GPA and pace students must maintain to keep their financial aid packages and remain in good standing at the college.
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Use this app to view and schedule class sections and change your schedule.
What is Schedule Builder?