FAFSA
Financial aid you don't have to repay.
What are grants and/or scholarships?
Loans provided to parents of students.
What are PLUS loans?
General term for financial aid based on achievements.
What is merit-based aid?
A scholarship provided for Nevada high school students who go to college in state.
What is the Millennium Scholarship?
Both student and parent must sign the FAFSA & can use THIS to sign electronically.
What is an FSA ID?
The federal grant awarded to undergraduate students.
What is the Pell Grant?
School-based federal loan program.
What are Perkins loans?
General term for financial aid for families unable to pay for school using only their own resources.
What is need-based aid?
Years of English required to receive the Millennium Scholarship.
What is 4?
The first month the FAFSA is usually available each year.
What is October?
Type of aid that is typically merit-based.
What are scholarships?
Type of federal loan where to government pays the interest while you are in school.
What are subsidized loans?
Federal program that provides jobs on campus.
What is work-study?
Frequency that you'll need to apply for financial aid and scholarships.
What is every year/annually?
Colleges use THIS to determine your financial need.
What is your Expected Family Contribution (EFC)?
Form to complete to qualify for federal grants?
What is the FAFSA?
Type of loan offered by banks.
What is a private loan?
Federal Student Aid is part of what government department.
What is the Department of Education?
An application to determine financial need for students who are not U.S. citizens.
What is the alternate need determination form?
A student whose EFC is separate from their parents' information.
What is an independent/emancipated youth?
Grade when students should start searching for scholarships to apply for.
What is 10th grade?
Number of years required for Public Service Loan Forgiveness.
What is 10 years?
Tuition discount for students who have lived for one year in the same state as their school.
Two factors involved in scholarship awards at NSHE schools.
What are high school GPA and SAT/ACT test scores?