College Knowledge
Schools that receive a bulk of their funding from state governments.
What are public/state schools?
Bob has a 3.85 and a 32 ACT. He has six in-state schools on his college list. He should…
Add private out of state schools.
Provided by governments or schools, they do not have to be paid back.
What are grants?
Opening day for FAFSA.
What is October 1st?
Most in state, four year schools have a direct cost total of this amount.
What is 20k?
Often expensive, public schools that prioritize profits.
What are for profit schools?
Louise has a 4.3 and a 36 ACT (she took it a lot of times). She only has Harvard on her list. She should..
Add more schools to her list.
A federal program that allows students to work as part of their financial aid package.
What is work study?
When a student is undocumented but a resident of Texas they fill this out instead of FAFSA.
What is TASFA?
Most in state private schools will have this as the most expensive part of their cost of attendance.
What is tuition?
Characteristics are generous financial aid, small class sizes, very small acceptance rates.
What are highly selective/elite private schools?
Tina has a 2.3 and a 25 ACT. She only has Wagstaff Community College on her list. She should…
Add some four year schools to her list.
What are direct costs?
Financial aid options for people with high EFCs.
What are scholarships and loans?
When your aid exceeds direct costs, you will receive this.
What is a refund?
University of Notre Dame, Duke University, Vanderbilt University, Gonzaga University are all examples.
What are private school?
Gene has a 2.8 and 16 ACT. He has nine state universities on his list. He should…
Explore two year options.
A grant provided when your EFC is 6494 and under.
What is the Pell grant?
Login necessary for FAFSA.
What is FSAID?
Paul Mitchell, Houston Training School, and ITT Tech are examples.
What are for profit schools?
Linda has a 3.6 GPA and 16 ACT. She has both public and private, in and out of state on her college list. She should...
Apply test optional.
Grant offered to those in an in state two year program. (TEOG)
What is the Texas Educational Opportunity Grant?
In addition to FAFSA, private institutions will require this profile available on college board.
What is the CSS Profile?
Items included in cost of attendance that should not be counted in direct costs.
Books, supplies, transportation, "miscellaneous"