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Making the Grade

For which state financial aid

programs might you be required to

review transcripts?

State Grant, Postsecondary

Child Care Grant & SOS Grant

How much previous

postsecondary attendance requires a

transcript review?

3 or more full-time academic years

Name the 3 items you enter on OHE’s

transcript review spreadsheet for a

clock hour transcript

1. Whether course work was before/after 7/1/92

2. Weeks of enrollment

3. Total clock hours during period of enrollment

List Two Cases Where W Credits Can be Excluded

When Determining Units of PSE for

State Grant

• Major Medical Illness (SG only)

• Military Active Duty

(post December 31, 2001)

Name 5 Types of Courses That Can Be Excluded When

Reviewing Transcripts

(Other than medical or military withdrawals)

•PSEO, AP, IB Credits•CEU, CLEP or Audited Classes

•Non-Participating MN College

•Program < 8 Weeks

•Not Offered by College

Dependent, graduated from high school in ND, family moved to MN 2 months

before student enrolled full-time at MN college, FAFSA submitted during first week

of attendance

Yes. Parents Resided in MN When FAFSA

Submitted.

Graduated from MN high school, lives in CA, takes

on-line classes from MN college

No. If established MN residency by graduating from MN high school, must physically attend

MN college if residing in another state.

•Independent

•Graduated from HS in WI

•Moved to MN 07/15/2009

•Enrolled at U of M for 4 credits during spring term 2009-2010

•Moved back to WI 06/30/2010

•Moved back to MN 09/01/2010 to attend U of M full-time 2010-2011

No. Never resided in MN for 12 consecutive months without attending college

for 6 or more credits during any term.

•Independent

•Moved to MN at age 25 on July 1, 2008

•Called away on active duty from 1/15/2009 – 1/31/2010

•Back in MN February 2010

•Starting college August 2010

Yes. If called to active duty from

MN, time on active duty can count

towards 12-month period in MN.

•Earned HS diploma in ND

•Moved to MN with parents 03/01/2009•Filed FAFSA as dependent once in MN

•Attended Metro State University full-time 2009-2010

•Independent for 2010-2011

Yes. Student who establishes residency as dependent

because parents reside in MN when FAFSA completed

does not lose residency if dependency status changes, assuming student continues

to reside in MN.

Minimum number of on-time monthly SELF

loan payments required to regain eligibility for state

financial aid

4 monthly payments

A SELF loan default effects

eligibility for which federal financial aid program(s)?

None

For which terms of the academic year can the student be paid State

Grant if the loan default hold is removed

during spring term?

Any term during the current academic year,

provided the student currently meets

program eligibility requirements.

Federal student loan default affects

which state financial aid programs?

State Grant, Postsecondary

Child Care Grant, Indian

Scholarship, SELF

Name 4 state financial aid programs not

affected by SELF loan default

Achieve Scholarship, MN

GI Bill, State Work Study, SOS

Grant

What fraction of American Indian

ancestry is required to receive a MN

Indian Scholarship?

¼ or more

What gets subtracted from the COA when

calculating a MN Indian Scholarship?

•EFC

•Federal, state and institutional gift aid

•Other gift aid, such as tribal scholarships

What are the minimum undergraduate

enrollment levels for MN GI Bill, Indian

Scholarship and current Achieve Scholarship

programs?

•MN GI Bill: 1 credit

•Indian Scholarship: 9 credits

•Achieve Scholarship: 15 credits

What is the award calculation budget used in the MN GI

Bill award calculation?

120% of the recognized State

Grant award calculation budget for the student’s enrollment level

What are the high school GPA/grade

requirements for the original and current Achieve Scholarship

program?

Old: Grade of C or better in all courses in rigorous course of study

Current: Overall unweighted high school GPA of at least 2.5

For which state financial aid

program(s) MUST a student have a high school diploma or

GED?

Achieve Scholarship

(State Grant does not require a high school diploma or GED if the student is at least 17 years old.)

Which state financial aid program(s) are affected by a child

support hold?

State Grant, MN GI Bill

Which state financial aid program is not

available to students in sectarian programs?

Postsecondary Child Care Grant

“Nonsectarian program” means a program of study that is not specifically designed to prepare students to become

ministers of religion, to enter some other religious vocation, or to prepare them to teach theological subjects.

A nonsectarian program may provide for the scholarly study of religion as a discipline of knowledge in a manner similar to that provided for any other field of study, but

must not require its students to take courses that are based on a particular set of religious beliefs, to receive

instruction intended to propagate or promote any religious beliefs, to participate in religious activities, to maintain

affiliation with a particular church or religious organization, or to attest to any particular religious beliefs.

Which state financial aid program(s) do/es

not have a satisfactory

academic progress requirement?

Safety Officer’s Survivor Grant

Which state financial aid programs do not require a student to be a U.S. citizen or

eligible non-citizen?

SELF Loan* and Safety Officer’s Survivor Grant

*SELF loan cosigner must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident

Make your wager

For which academic year(s) was the State Grant limit on PSE extended to 5 full-

time academic years?

2001-2002

2002-2003