Financial Aid 101
Verification/FAFSA
Education Expenses
Hodge Podge
George Mason
100

This is where I can complete my FAFSA application

100

What is the federal form you use to file your tax information?

What is 1040?

100

Term for ceiling or limit of aid one student can receive in a given semester or academic year.

What is cost of attendance?

100

Undergraduate GPA requirement for Satisfactory Academic Progress

What is 2.0?
100

Where is the Financial Aid Office Located?

What is Student Union Building (SUB) 1?

200

This is the limit for the Subsidized Loan I can receive as a Freshman

What is $3500?

200

Random selection of students to supply documentation to financial ai

What is verification?
200

What Office is responsible for Billing, Refunds, and Payment Plans?

What is student accounts?

200

Full Time for an undergraduate student is ____ credit hours per semester

What is 12?

200

What department can help you with all of the following:

career paths, time management, stress, campus involvement

What is a success coach?

300

This is what it is called, when I have to submit documentation to the Financial Aid Office to review the information on my FAFSA.

What is verification?

300

When I submit my FAFSA, I am provided with this Identification number.

What is SAI or Student Aid Index?

300

You have a credit on your student account, and no aid will be returned, what will you receive from the Student Accounts Office?

What is a refund?

300

There are 2 types of Direct Loans for students, the subsidized and the _____________

What is unsubsidized?

300

Where do students go for good luck from George Mason?

What is The Mason statue? (Rub the toe)

400

This is the lifetime borrowing ability for an undergraduate dependent student.

What is $31000?

400

What loan type can be used that is not a federal loan (do not need the FAFSA application).

What is Alternative Loans or Private Loans?

400

All accepted federal loans have this fee applied prior to the loan paying to the school

What is Origination?

400

Who will students pay their loan back to once they are starting their loan repayment process:

What is a loan servicer?

400

How many years has GMU been it's own university?

What is 52 years?

500

This is the lifetime borrowing ability for an undergraduate independent student

What is $57,500?

500

Grants are based on information from your FAFSA. What is the term used when reviewing grant eligibility.

What is Financial Need, or Unmet Need?

500

A Dependent Student can have a parent apply for this type of loan as long as the student has a valid FAFSA application on file

What is a Parent PLUS Loan?

500

What type of aid is the type you do not have to pay back

What is Gift Aid (Grants and Scholarships)?

500

George Mason has a special song made just for the university by Doc Nix. What is the song's title?

What is the Fight Song?