Any one recieve the Pell grant for the Fall??

[Hannathy]

As it was explained to my DD was all the money goes straight to the school she does not get a check. Has he signed on and checked his account? is it credited already. Nothing paper came from any of her grants, scholarships, loans it was all electronically transferred.

 

[Witch Mountain]

Unless he was planning on attending Dartmouth*, it's not necessary to have a degree to transfer credits. I transferred 78 credits w/o a degree to my current college. It's an option to consider.


*Dartmouth does not accept transfer students.

 

[Mimi1965]

That is good to know-you dont actually have to get an AA to transfer.

 

[dmslush]

No limitations on how long you can receive it. As long as you're not going for anything higher than a BA.

And I meant, if the only thing that comes out of taking a couple math classes is helping him pass, then it'd be worth it to me. Just helping him isn't that entertaining for me, so I figured it'd be fun to take it as well. And as bright and as smart as Kari was, she spent 5 years between University of Miami and Community College and still doesn't have an AA. Not every one can do the whole BA in 4 years thing. He's got like 81 credits already, and only 60 will transfer when he goes to the University, but he has to pass math first. He decided to put it off till last, and wound up having to drop the math class last semester for other reasons. Trust me, he complains all the time about being stuck at the CC till he finishes it. And if he wanted to, he could dual enroll, but then he'd loose his grant money, and going to the University is going to be expensive. So it's not wise to loose that money.

Yes, there are limitations on how long you can receive a pell grant. You can only receive it for up to 150% of the time it would normally take to earn the degree. For instance, if a degree takes 60 credit hours to earn, you can only get a pell for 90 hours. If his BA requires 130 hours (thinking back, I think that is what mine was), then he will only receive the pell grant for 195 hours.

Looking at the figures, he is probably about to max out his pell for Community College considering most AA are about 66 hours, then he can only receive a pell for 99 hours, and he is only 18 hours away from that.

 

[okeydokey]

Yes, there are limitations on how long you can receive a pell grant. You can only receive it for up to 150% of the time it would normally take to earn the degree. For instance, if a degree takes 60 credit hours to earn, you can only get a pell for 90 hours. If his BA requires 130 hours (thinking back, I think that is what mine was), then he will only receive the pell grant for 195 hours.

Looking at the figures, he is probably about to max out his pell for Community College considering most AA are about 66 hours, then he can only receive a pell for 99 hours, and he is only 18 hours away from that.

This makes a lot of sense to me. Time to finish up that degree.

 

[luvsJack]

Yes, there are limitations on how long you can receive a pell grant. You can only receive it for up to 150% of the time it would normally take to earn the degree. For instance, if a degree takes 60 credit hours to earn, you can only get a pell for 90 hours. If his BA requires 130 hours (thinking back, I think that is what mine was), then he will only receive the pell grant for 195 hours.

Looking at the figures, he is probably about to max out his pell for Community College considering most AA are about 66 hours, then he can only receive a pell for 99 hours, and he is only 18 hours away from that.

There is a limit of 90 hours at a community college level--then a student will go on financial aid suspension. That doesn't mean they can't get it back though. They have to see a councelor or, if in a technical program, see the program director/advisor and get a graduation plan written up. Then the FA office can determine if the student's aid can be extended. But there does have to be a plan in place and the student has to adhere to the plan or transfer.

And the pp is correct, you do not have to have an AA degree to go on to university. You can just transfer the credits you have, but the cost is such a large difference any student would benefit from getting as many credits as possible from a community college. (they just have to be careful and check with the university they plan to attend and the college of their major, they can only transfer a certain percentage of the total credits needed)

 

[SandrA9810]

He paid out of pocket his first two years, because he got his GED he didn't have a GPA to transfer with. So he spent two years building his GPA so he'd be accepted for the grants. So this will be his 6th semester. He says he's taken 33 units paid for by the Pell Grant.

At his Community College, it's 29$ per credit. When he transfers, it's 200$ per unit. So at least he's making the most of his time at the CC. And building up his GPA so he'll be eligible for even more grants.

His goal, is to never have a student loan, and he's on the right track for it.

 

[SandrA9810]

And he found the hick-up along the way. Some form that needed to be done through the school. He'll still get the Pell grant, because he was approved, he just has to wait for the school to process his application, and then they'll back-date a check for the fall term.

 

[kirbsam]

Math is the only subject I'm good in. So what's it to you if I attend to help him out?? He'd help me out the same way if I was taking an english class. But I'm not about to spend money on a class that I know I wouldn't pass in the first place.

This topic isn't about me or what I'm doing. It's about him, and getting his financial aid. I think I've received all the advice I need.

dont take this the wrong way, but how much math have you taken? if you are good at math, are you talking calculus...differential equations???

 

[Magic Mom]

He paid out of pocket his first two years, because he got his GED he didn't have a GPA to transfer with. So he spent two years building his GPA so he'd be accepted for the grants. So this will be his 6th semester. He says he's taken 33 units paid for by the Pell Grant.

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According the the FASFA website, you can qualify for a Pell grant with a GED. It doesn't say anything about establishing a GPA first.

 

[luvsJack]

Magic Mom is right. You can get Pell and most any other financial aid with a GED. Most community colleges even give a lot of scholarships based on ACT/SAT scores instead of high school GPA's for the very reason that a lot of their students have GEDs and no GPA.