Loans & Grants
Who is normally eligible for a Federal Pell Grant?
What is undergraduate students who are in financial need and who have not earned a bachelor's or graduate degree?
The abbreviation for Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
What is FAFSA?
What is a personal statement?
What is a written statement written by an applicant, often a prospective student applying to some college, university, or graduate school.
GPA
What is Grade Point Average?
Where else can you get money from besides loans and grants?
What is scholarships, state aid, and college specific aid?
What is the difference between a student loan and a federal grant?
What is student loans are borrowed funds that must be repaid with interest and a federal grant does not have to be repaid?
The four types of financial aid.
What is grants, scholarships, loans, and work-study?
How long should a college essay be?
What is between 200 and 650 words.
HBCU
What is Historically Black College or University?
When are early action applications due?
What is typically due in November of your senior year, while most regular admissions applications are due between January 1 and March 1.
What is the maximum amount given by Federal Pell Grant?
What is $6,195?
The FAFSA needs to be completed this often.
What is every year?
Can you reuse the same essay on different college applications?
What is you can't always reuse an essay?
You want to make sure each essay you submit—even if you're reusing it—is tailor-made for the college you're applying to.
FAFSA
What is Free Application for Federal Student Aid?
This "Men in Black" star turned down a scholarship offer at MIT to pursue a rap career.
Who is Will Smith?
How do you get grants for college?
What is Fill Out The FAFSA?
Solve this equation: Cost of Attendance - Expected Family Contribution = ______.
What is Financial Need?
What should you include in a college essay?
What is tell a good story, keep it real, focus on one facet of yourself, and include information not found elsewhere in your application.
COA
What is Cost of Attendance?
The amount of months that pass before you must repay your loans.
What is 6 months?
What is the difference between a direct subsidized loan and an unsubsidized loan?
What is subsidized loans: you don't have to pay interest while in school (6 month grace period); based on financial need?
Unsubsidized loans: you are responsible for paying interest during all periods, not required to demonstrate financial need.
This worksheet is used when colleges require more information about your income.
What is the verification worksheet?
What format should you follow when writing college essays?
What is one-inch margins all around, 1.5 or double-spaced, and use a font that's easy to read, like Times, Arial, Calibri, Cambria, etc.?
EFC
What is Expected Family Contribution?
Name of a federal grant.
What is Pell?