have they sent out the letter for fall financial aid yet?

6/16/2007 6:01:19 PM

yea i got mine the other day

6/16/2007 6:48:10 PM

i called on like tuesday or wednesday. they said undergrad prolly should have it by now and graduate students should be getting their letters in a week or two, even tho there is no financial aid for grad students

6/16/2007 6:51:01 PM

grad students don't get financial aid?

6/16/2007 7:05:39 PM

Only federal loans.

(Or private loans, but this has nothing to do with the financial aid office)

6/16/2007 7:22:43 PM

word

6/16/2007 8:48:51 PM

got mine the other day

6/17/2007 10:14:14 PM

after taking out a shit load of $$$ in student loans over my 5 semesters and 2 summer sessions I found out for the first time that I am getting $2200/semester in grants/schlorships during the 07-08 year.

Does anyone know what the minimum hours is in order to receive financial aid awarded grants? I only have one semester left after this summer and plan to CoOp this fall. I was planning on taking a ENG 331 online 2nd summer session, but it may be worth it to take it this fall since I have been allowanced $2K per semester. I know student loans required 1/2 full time (6 hours) if grants work the same way I could just take some other random online class and ENG 331 for free in the fall.

[Edited on June 17, 2007 at 11:42 PM. Reason : l]

6/17/2007 11:35:56 PM

i was under the impression that you just had to be a full time student, and in your final semester i was told you are full time regardless of how many credits you take

6/17/2007 11:42:59 PM

^ no in the final semester its reduced but not any amount of hours (I want to say 9 hrs)

6/17/2007 11:48:38 PM

...except

Quote :

"(Note: graduating seniors must be taking at least 12 hours per semester to be considered Full Time for financial aid)."

http://www7.acs.ncsu.edu/financial_aid/chng_elig.htm

6/18/2007 12:22:06 AM

That's not entirely true about grad students not getting any financial aid. I received a small academic grant my first semester--it was only $400 dollars, though. And I think there are other types of aid for grads, too.

6/18/2007 12:32:55 AM

i havent gotten mine

but apparently my EFC is above what i'll need so i'm not getting any

6/18/2007 3:25:31 AM

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"I was planning on taking a ENG 331 online 2nd summer session, but it may be worth it to take it this fall"

Take that shit in the summer. Its a horribly boring class and you will thank yourself for getting it out of the way in 5 weeks.

6/18/2007 9:20:04 AM

yup, got mine today

$3000/semester scholarships ftw.

+ the rest of my financial aid package

6/18/2007 11:03:55 AM

This past weekend we awarded Grad Students, DVM students, and second-degree students. Continuing students were awarded over a week ago. If you still have not received an award letter, please call, email, come in to our office and check to make sure that there isn't anything holding up your financial aid (i.e., a missing document(s) or unsatisfactory academic progress).

6/18/2007 2:27:42 PM

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"grad students don't get financial aid?"

Graduate students can only qualify for Federal Stafford Loans and Graduate PLUS loans through our office. Any grant, fellowship, scholarship, assistantship, etc. support is only given by the department. You will need to check with your graduate secretary or director to see if any funding is available.

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"received a small academic grant my first semester--it was only $400 dollars, though. And I think there are other types of aid for grads, too."

Some graduate students do qualify for the $400 Academic Enhancement Grant through our office. Not every student qualifies, so you'd need to check with our office to verify that you can receive this grant.

6/18/2007 2:31:43 PM

Yeah i was told that grad students only get money through grants in their dept or mostly through ra or ta assiatantships. so if your dept doesnt have any available which sometimes happens with first semester grad students your kinda fucked for that semester other than loans. im not sure about that small academic grant tho.

6/18/2007 6:30:23 PM

I got mine today. But im not a student.... Seriously. I don't know what i should do. 2000k showed up in my bank...

6/18/2007 9:35:20 PM

^ can I have some of your 2 million dollars?

6/18/2007 9:58:41 PM