April 23, 2010
Financial Aid | Exploring College Financial Aid Reveals Corporation And Industry Contributors
College tuition has risen relentlessly over recent years. Cable news network MSNBC reports the average tuition was slightly over $7,000 for the 2009-10 academic year. CNN says the tuition for a four-year degree is nearly $27,000. Neither includes room, board and other sundry expenses, but both estimate costs could go up as much as 15% by 2010-11. The idea that the cost of earning a degree can be hard to handle is becoming one huge understatement.
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April 2, 2011
Bubba, Irish Mobster @ 11:18 pm:
It is that period using the expression once more, women and men. Enhance the hands if you’re waiting for your school funding return. The time has come if we are just about all anxiously looking at our own is the reason the actual long-anticipated deposit and also considering, “Please, be sure you, end up being there! I wish to pay out insert tag of overcharging business the [...]
April 7, 2011
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May 19, 2011
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June 1, 2011
maryjane47 @ 10:59 am:
SAP is “satisfactory academic progress”
The basic premise is that students receiving financial aid are supposed to be making some reasonable progress toward earning a degree in a reasonable amount of time.
Go to this web page: and scroll to the bottom for the PDF file for the college catalog. Page 25 addresses SAP.
The bottom line is that you can lose your financial aid for the next semester if you don't make SAP. Anyone not making SAP will be contacted by the financial aid office. If you're not sure, contact Financial Aid directly yourself.
Good luck!
July 8, 2011
kegill @ 11:59 pm:
As Kirk points out — the primary source for this “story” makes it clear WHY there is a “requirement” to purchase an iPhone (less expensive) or iPodTouch (more expensive):
It's so that the expenditures qualify as a financial aid expenditure.
It’s the same reason that I make some books “required” in my courses. Universities and professors try to work around financial aid rules to help students — of course, it helps to note (somewhere) that the “requirement” is, in reality, optional. The primary source of this story does just that.
No story. No conspiracy.
Well, there _is_ a story that is being missed. It's the small print micromanaging of eligible financial aid expenditures.
July 19, 2011
Skylar Hope @ 10:41 pm:
I think the phrase “My financial aid dept sucks!” is a collective saying among college students. I know my financial aid department HATED me because they were really quick to hold up my registering over a dollar (YES a DOLLAR!) but when they owed me 300 bucks they gave me the run around. Everytime I'd go into that office Id rip someone a new one. Good luck! Hopefully your financial aid dept wont be as awful as mine was!
October 14, 2011
mommyoftwo53 @ 1:59 am:
I wouldn't worry just yet. They are probably just waiting on you too turn in that paperwork before they finalize all the details.
Plus, you have about two weeks before the deadline so you still have plenty of time.
If you're still concerned, I would suggest calling the financial aid office and talk to them about this issue.
Good Luck in school!