Financial Aid
Free Application for Federal Student Aid is usually referred to as....
What is the FAFSA?
The form needed to be eligible to attend a college or university.
What is the application?
A need-based financial aid program designed to ensure West Virginia students with financial need are given an opportunity to pursue post-secondary education.
What is the Higher Education Grant?
A form of financial aid that must be paid back
What are loans?
This is the month that the Free Application for Federal Student Aid becomes available.
What is October?
Estimated expenses that are not paid directly to the institution.
What is Indirect Costs?
Visiting a college before making a final decision.
What is a college campus tour?
To earn a bachelor’s degree in four years or an associate degree in two years, you must do this.
What is 15 to Finish or complete 15 credit hours a semester?
This is provided by the federal government to undergraduate students who demonstrate exceptional financial need and have an EFC below a certain threshold.
What is the Federal Pell Grant?
These are college admissions exams.
What are the SAT and ACT?
This is calculated according to a formula specified in law and is based upon the information provided by the student and their family on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
What is the Expected Family Contribution (EFC)?
When visiting a potential college, there are 3 very important areas to see.
What are the dorms, the food court/cafeteria and the rec center?
A merit-based financial aid program for West Virginia residents.
What is the Promise Scholarship?
Awarded by the institution's Financial Aid Office to qualified undergraduate students who demonstrate exceptional financial need.
What is the Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG)?
This is the average number of colleges high school seniors apply to.
What is 7 to 10?
The estimated total cost of attending an institution for one academic year?
What is the Cost of Attendance (COE)?
There are 2 types of financially funded colleges and universities.
What are private and public?
The deadline to complete the Promise Scholarship.
What is March 1st?
Typically based on merit, such as, academic excellence, talent, affiliation with various groups, or career aspirations or a combination of merit and need.
What is a Scholarship?
A federally mandated process to confirm the accuracy of data provided by selected applicants on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
What is Verification?
The purpose of this program is to increase the number of disadvantaged low-income college students, first-generation college students, and college students with disabilities in the United States who successfully complete a program of study at the post-secondary level.
What is Student Support Services (SSS)?
This financial aid program was designed to cover the cost of basic tuition and fees for certificate or associate degree programs in specific high-demand fields, as determined by the West Virginia Department of Commerce, at a participating West Virginia public two- or four-year institution.
What is WV Invests?
A federal program offered and administered by the institution that provides opportunity for part-time employment to students with financial need.
What is Federal Work Study?
5 things high school seniors should do before graduation.
What is complete the FAFSA, take an SAT or ACT, apply for scholarships, meet with their counselor, submit applications by their deadlines?