Tax Credit:

The Hope Scholarship and The Lifetime Learning Tax Credit

Check Disbursement:

Beginning with the fall 2005 Term, financial aid students awarded Federal Student Aid will have funds credited no sooner than 12 - 14 working days AFTER the minimum enrolment credits have begun.

Check Your Award:

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Helpful Links:

Apply for financial aid on-line. The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).

Understand borrowing through the Federal Family Educational Loan Programs:
Information regarding student loans including loan repayment calculators.

Student Guide for Financial Aid from the US Department of Education: The Student Guide provides infomration about financial aid from the US Department of Education.

U.S. Selective Service to be eligible for federal student loans and grants. Male citizens of the U.S. and male immigrant aliens 18 through 25 years old must be registered to be eligable for financial aid.

The Department of Education. Learn more about financial aid, tax credits, or other schools codes.

The Office of Post Secondary Education.

The Smart Student Guide to Financial Aid

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