financial aid qualification (california, if the specification matters)?
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I never heard of paying for one semester on your own to qualify again. I do know that if you have too many "W" or withdrawals/late drops that it will effect your financial aid, but you must accumulate a certain amount. Also if you are a full time student and you do not complete the minimum 12 units you need to notify financial aid with an explanation. Also depending on how low below the required units you complete, you may have to repay them back all or a portion of the Aid awarded to you.
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Go to the financial aid office and ask.  Often times ome paperwork hasn't been completed.
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Sorry, but the only correct EFC is your FAFSA EFC (i.e. the one sent to you and your school from FAFSA Central Processing center).\n\nYour EFC on FinAid.org and similar financial aid sites is going to be a "simplified" calculation.  They give that disclaimer right on the calculator page: http://www.finaid.org/calculators/finaidestimate.phtml .  In reality, there is a lot more to the calculation than the numbers that they ask you on those sites (which are intended to *estimate* your EFC).  If you REALLY want to do a hand calculation of your EFC, you can download the formulas here: http://www.ifap.ed.gov/efcinformation/attachments/0607EFCFormulaGuideDecFinal.pdf  It's not as simple as you think and the College Board might not update their EFC formulas as often as the Dept of Education does.\n\nWhat you might want to do now is compare your SAR (the student version of your FAFSA results that would have been mailed or emailed to you when your FAFSA was processed) to the data that you inputted on the College Board site.  If there are any differences, you will need to decide which is correct and make sure that the FAFSA reflects this.
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Well, most requirements are standard, they typically vary in GPA and SAT or ACT scores\nhttp://students.berkeley.edu/admissions/freshmen.asp
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FAFSA and Pell Grant are nationwide. CalGrant is California, but each state has its own grant program. If you're going to a junior college ask a financial couselor if they have a fee waiver, but before they can do ANYTHING you must fill out the FAFSA. If you're going to a 4-year college/university go to financial aid office they can totally get you whatever you need.
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contact your local college.  they have all of your financial aid answers.  it's all based on your income - not marital status.
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Hi, current college student here.\n\nI agree with matt's responses - they are mostly correct. However, he is missing a few important points. For one, the amount of financial aid that you qualify for is very important. This really also depends on the school's calculation policies, but you can get a general estimate from a site like "http://www.finaid.org/calculators/finaidestimate.phtml." Remember that this is strictly an estimate though.\n\nWhy is this important? Because you have to see how much financial aid a school gives (assuming that you qualify for a decent amount). Schools like Harvard are expensive, but they will cover 100% of your financial need. Other schools might be cheaper but unable to subsidize your education. I know that at Harvard (my school), there's rather generous financial aid - families with income under 60k don't have to pay anything, and under 80k barely pays - and it scales upward to some degree.\n\nAlso, there are a lot of great state universities - and you should look for these in the U.S. News and World Report "http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/rankindex_brief.php" (Just go out and get a magazine version). But these schools will only be a good value if they are in your home state.\n\nAlso, I wouldn't consider anything out of the top 10 a "bad school." For example, UC Berkeley is ranked 25 (#1 in public schools), but I would never say that it's a bad school (despite Harvard being #1 overall =P )\n\nGood luck!
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It's required in California. Passing it means you can get a diploma and graduate.
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Go to the financial aid office at the college you plan to attend.  You may qualify for grants depending on what your assets are and your last year's income.  Good luck.
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Look in the CA business and professions code.
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The online school will definately have information on the website about this. If not, call the phonenumber for student services about it. But you should be able to find information on financial aid on the site.
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Eligibility for what?  More information is needed in order to answer this.
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The state of California Information Handbook has the complete requirements.  I've attached the link (it's a PDF).  Hope this helps.\n\nIt's about 40 pages of material, but tells you EVERYTHING you probably want to know.\n\nhttp://www.dca.ca.gov/cba/forms/applbook.pdf
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Yes.  You can find summaries of the requirements at:\n\nhttp://www.academploy.com/cert/certnv.htm\nhttp://www.edweek.org/agentk-12/states/nv.html
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The prior response from JetGirly is "spot on" - let me add a few practical considerations.\n\nExcept for a handful of institutions, colleges are in competition for students. They want you to go to their school. They obviously will have consideration for the applicants with a combination of the highest grades/GPA/"something to enhance the college" mix, but you don't have to worry about there being some mandated "we have too many RTF students so let's cut back" directive from on high.\n\nI ran a search on usnews.com of colleges in California with Film majors - it came to 28.  7 are UC and 2 are Cal State branches. \n\nYou can go to the individual websites and look at their admissions profiles to see which is the best fit for you. Or, you can sign up for the US News premium service [I think it is $14.95 for a year], plug in your personal information [SAT, GPA, major desired, distance from home, scholarship fund available, and so forth] and let their system make some suggestions. You might be pleasantly surprised.\n\nGood luck to you - this is an exciting time of life for you\n\nPS "RTF" is radio-TV-film
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I found this information that is specific to MA.  There are certain qualifications for it, but it may be worth looking in to.  Good luck.
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you might want to speak to the schools financial aid counselors first. most accredited schools have an enormous access to  scholarships, and student loans, check the school first.