A+
FAFSA
Loans and Grants
Key Terms
Missouri College Mascots
100
A+ Program scholarship provides funds to eligible graduates who attend...
What is community college or vocational/technical school?
100
F.A.F.S.A stands for
What is Free Application for Federal Student Aid?
100
Financial aid, often based on financial need, that does not need to be repaid.
What is Grant?
100
A document sent to you by a college or career school indicating the type and amount of financial aid the school is willing to provide when you accept admission and register to take classes.
What is an Award Letter?
100
The Lindenwood University mascot
What is the Lion?
200
To be eligible for the A+ program a students overall GPA must be...
What is 2.5?
200
A number calculated according to a formula established by federal law that is used to determine your eligibility for financial aid. The formula will consider your family's income and assets and the number of family members attending college during the year.
What is Expected Family Contribution?
200
A sum of money that is borrowed and is expected to be paid back with interest.
What is a Loan?
200
The total amount it will cost you to attend a school, usually stated as a yearly cost. This includes tuition and fees, room and board, books, supplies, transportation and personal expenses.
What is Cost of Attendance?
200
The St. Louis University Mascot
What is the Billiken?
300
The attendance percentage for A+ eligibility.
What is 95%?
300
A student may begin filing out their FAFSA application.
What is October 1st?
300
Unsubsidized Loans have interest that accrues from the date of disbursement and continues throughout the life of the loan. The federal government pays the accruing interest on this type of loan on the borrowers behalf until the end of a grace period.
What is a Subsidized Loan?
300
Cost of attendance minus Expected Family Contribution equals
What is Financial need?
300
The Missouri State mascot
What is the Bear?
400
The EOC a student must score proficient or advanced on to be eligible for A+?
What is Algebra 1?
400
One parent and the student each must have this before completing the FAFSA.
What is a FSA ID?
400
The two periods of time that may be granted to postpone repayment of your student loans.
What are Deferment and Forbearance?
400
Allows parents and students the ability to upload tax information directly in to the FAFSA.
What is the IRS Data Retrieval tool?
400
The University of Missouri St. Louis mascot... Louie
What is the Triton?
500
The number of hours needed of unpaid tutoring or mentoring (SAMS)
What is 50?
500
Information needed to complete the FAFSA
What is Tax information, and information on Cash and asset as well as your FSA Id?
500
Scholarship is money awarded to students based on academic or other achievements and does not have to be repaid. The four types of scholarships include
What are Local, Institutional, Merit Based, and Need Based?
500
What you sign your FAFSA form with.
What is FSA ID?
500
The name of the Mizzou tiger mascot
What is Truman?
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