I was going to attend an online university and later I decided it was not a good idea however this was after I had received a federal pell grant. If I am not attending school this year, do I need to contact the Dept. of Ed.? Will the funds still be credited to the school even if I do not attend?
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When you say you "received" a Pell grant, do you mean you were simply awarded one (for example, on an award letter from your Financial Aid office)?  Or was it actually disbursed?  If the money was disbursed and you later withdrew, the money will need to be returned (unless you completed 60% of the semester or more).  If you never began the semester and no money was disbursed, you're fine. The school will know you're not enrolled (just make sure of this) and they won't disburse anything for non-enrolled students.\n\nIt's the school's responsibility to make sure that they haven't disbursed any Pell money for a student who isn't in attendance.  It's not up to you to know all the nitty-gritty rules. Don't worry about it.
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yes you can contact a university ask them if their online program is qualified title IV (4) that means that the students attending the school can receive federal financial aid. The only problem you may come across is using your state aid attending an online university that is out of your state. I would reccomend attending a university one that has a campus as well as online courses. Usually if you go to a school's website you can find out if they offer online programs. When I say university I mean South Carolina State or something like that.) Make sure you complete your FAFSA too. Do that ASAP.
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check out http://www.fafsa.ed.gov\n\nThere are grants and scholarships you can get as well, which do not require that you pay them back.  Many of the grants and scholarships require that a completed FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) application be completed and submitted with the grant or scholarship application.
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well first off I'm guessing you both are over the age of 25 years old so when you are doing fasfa and you are approved for a pell grant trust me the gov will pay for you to go to school because you are 25 and older so with the rebate check and some type of check they give you because of the age it will add up and that check is monthly oh when you do your fasfa check yes for loans but do not accept the loan
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You get pells for 12 sem. max (FT). This has happened to me before. You do not have to pay it back..However, they will block you from getting it for one full sem. You can go thru an appeals process and then the college will decide whether you are allowed to get it for the sem you return or not..If it's for medical reasons and you have a doctor's note (which I always did), it helps with the process. However, usually after you have paid one sem. out of your pocket (LIKE PEOPLE CAN AFFORD TO THAT), then you qualify for aid again.
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I was in your position once.  You apply for FAFSA and they give you a Pell grant (or not) based on parent's income (family's calculated contribution).  Recently, Bush cut from the budget of Pell grants, so you may not be as lucky.  You do not have to pay back student loans until 6 months after you have left school, but college is worth every penny and every loan I took out, so I hope you will make a way. If I could, then anyone can.
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Are you registered with the dept of disability services at Dept of Human Services. Once registered and you get a doctors statement which proves your disabilty then if they have funds they will help you (most usually don't have funds in Spring but in Fall)..They paid all my tuition and so much on books..Then fill out the FAFSA and you should be able to get pell grants and loans. It's based on last years income. If you worked last year and now you are on social security you can get a financial aid override and they will ony count what you make on social security. It will be almost impossible to get reg. with DHS, get the paperwork, the FAFSA, etc. by spring term. It can be done but you may not get your loans until mid sem. or after.
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There are three factors that determine your eligibility for Pell:\n1.  your enrollment status (full-time, part-time, etc.)\n2.  your Cost of Attendance (COA), and\n3.  your EFC\n\nIf you are full time and your COA is at least $4,050, you can receive Pell if your EFC is $3850 or lower.  However, Pell amounts are pro-rated, so a student with a $3,850 EFC will only get $400 (at most) in Pell (for the YEAR).  Not very much, huh?\n\nThat said, as you can see on the table below, Pell is very sensitive to EFC changes, so if there were any errors on your FAFSA, you will want to correct those ASAP.  If you don't feel that your EFC is accurate, you should speak to your school.  They may allow you to submit documentation of your financial hardship which they can then use to recalculate your eligibility for Federal Aid.
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Check with government grant programs...they used to be Pell Grants. Now I think they are called Federal Student Aid or something like that.\n\nMake sure you get free applications...some places charge for the "free ones".\n\nGood luck and hang in there.
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Will your parents give you their tax return information, so you can fill out FAFSA.ed.gov? Unfortunately, FAFSA is based on their income if an undergraduate student unless you are independent and self supporting with no one claiming you. If not, it will mean taking out another student loan if you want to attend the spring semester. There are scholarships out there, but it takes time to apply and get word if you are selected or not. If you are going to be transfering in the fall to a four year university, you can start applying for scholarships for the fall semester. Good luck!
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Of course you can! These things are almost always non-binding. In fact, most schools will cancel your financial aid automatically when they find out you're not attending.  \n\nIf the grant is a federal grant, the process will be taken care of for you, since one of the fundamental rules of financial aid administration is that you can't disburse funding for a student who isn't attending your school.  As I said, if you told your school that you aren't coming, chances are that they already cancelled your grant.\n\nIf the grant is from the school itself, chances are that the regulations are similar.  No school wants to throw their money away on a student who doesn't go to their school, so they will check and double-check to make sure that you are a student there before they disburse your grant funds.  If you are uncertain, just give them a call to confirm this.
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[My response here assumes that you're referring to Federal loans such as Stafford and Perkins.] Your loan repayment status won't affect whether you will be admitted to a school and/or allowed to register for classes.  However, your repayment status can affect whether you will be allowed to borrow new loans at your new school, as follows:\n\n1.  If you defaulted on a federal loan, yes, you need to resolve the default before you can get any new federal loans (resolving your default typically entails making a few months of on-time payment).  \n\n2. If you didn't default on the old loans -- if you're making payments when required, etc. --  you should be fine to borrow new ones.  (Unless, for some reason, you'd be exceeding the aggregate debt limit for that loan type, which is not common). File the FAFSA online at www.fafsa.ed.gov.  When it is processed, you will receive a Student Aid Report (SAR) with the results -- the Comments section will let you know if there are eligibility issues that you need to tend to.\n\nGood luck!
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your sar can be accessed on the fafsa website.  this is also where you can make corrections.  as long as you have no corrections to make, you are done with the fafsa.  then you just have to wait for your school to send you a financial aid package.  i would call (or visit, since they are notorious for not answering the phone) the financial aid office and just let them know that you have made all your corrections.  they will be able to give you a timeline of when your package will be ready.  next year, all you have to do is renew your fafsa with new tax info and you are all set.
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I actually don't, but let me give you a piece of advice.  \n\nGo searching for a school that has accreditation.  If you have a  disability & have been considered for or already receiving benefits, you might be eligible for financial aid in the form of a Pell grant or student loan and possibly something other.  Schools with accreditation have money to give out to students.  I know because I attended one.  Having accreditation does not always mean they are a good school.  If you can get in on an MT chat room, there are MTs on there who might be able to give you some info about good on-line schools.
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You will not be able to borrow any Federal Student Aid (including Pell and SEO Grants) until you resolve your default. A loan default will show up on your FAFSA and preclude you from obtaining both grant aid and self-help aid (loans, work-study)... Your Financial Aid Administrator may deny you insitutional scholarship as well. Even if you didn't need money for school, you should still resolve your default -- if only for the sake of your credit report and its effect on your ability to obtain a car loan, home loan, credit card, etc. \n\nIf you end up getting a job while you are in default, the Department of Education has the right to garnish your wages, using them to pay off the defaulted loan. It *does* happen; they can take your tax refund, too.\n\nYou will need to resolve your default before you can obtain Fnancial Aid. Typically, this means making 6 on-time payments (NOT just one big one); after that, you will again be eligible for Federal Aid and you will be much better off credit-wise. \n\nIf you choose not to resolve your default: there *may* be private loan companies that will still give you a loan. You can do simple internet searches for private education loans, but to make sure that the company you choose is legitimate, check with your college Financial Aid administrator. If you *must* go this route, it is in your best interest to pay attention to interest rates and repayment terms (remember: your loan default affects your credit which in turn affects the rate that you receive on your private loan). Many companies will not want to lend to someone who has defaulted.  But if you start making payments now, you just might be able to resolve your default in time for September disbursements.
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If you received the pell grant by filling out the FAFSA and then decide not to go to college for a semester you don't have to pay the money back as long as you don't enroll yourself in any classes.  If you already enrolled but the semester hasn't started yet contact the college and drop that semester to avoid having to pay back your pell grant.  If the classes have already started, but you can still drop the classes, then do so as soon as possible.  If the classes have already started, and it is too late to drop the classes, you will have to pay a portion of your pell grant back to the government.  You can still withdraw from the classes to avoid getting an "F" in every class, but since the deadline to drop the classes has passed your transcript will still show a "W" in every class, which is considered as failing as far as your financial aid is concerned.  Your best bet is to talk to your college financial aid office to see what options are available.
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A school MUST be accredited in order to offer FEDERAL financial aid, so if you're getting (or being offered) a Federal Pell Grant or Stafford Loan, that's a pretty good clue that the school is accredited.\n\nHowever, there are unaccredited schools out there that offer financial assistance (scholarships, loans, or grants) from their own pool(s) of funding.  Just because they give away their own money and call it "financial aid" doesn't make then accredited.\n\nIf you really want to know if your school isn't a recognized accredited school, you can check the Wikipedia's big list of unaccredited schools (which can be fascinating reading if you like reading about the ccreepy things that some schools do):  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unaccredited_institutions_of_higher_learning . \n\nRemember, some schools say that they are accredited but are still less-than-legitimate because the agency that supposedly accredited them is not legitimate itself.  Read up on "accreditation mills" for more info. You can look up the school, find out who they are accredited by and check to see if that accreditation association is not recognized as legitimate: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unrecognized_accreditation_associations_of_higher_learning