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Steps to Financial Aid: The 1)Apply 2)Documents request 3)Application review 4)Award 5)Disbursement of funds
Grants:  Free financial aid money
Loans:  Loans available to SDSU students
Work Study:  Federally subsidized work to help students with the cost of education
Funds Disbursement: How students receive financial aid money
Academic Progress:  Importance of maintaining approved grades and unit levels to receiving aid
Enrollment:  How enrollment levels affect financial aid awards
Teaching Programs:  Financial aid help specifically for teaching students
Veterans Programs:  Financial aid help specifically for veterans and their families
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  Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships Site Index
 


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This Site Index page is not a Site Map (which would list the directories and pages of a site). Instead, like a book index, this page contains a list of key words in alphabetical order linking to all the information on this site.

Quick Links to most requested information —
  How to apply | Getting the award | Cost of Attendance
  Disbursements-receiving the funds | Federal Work Study | Grants
  Loans | Scholarships Search | Military | Parents | Links to other sites

 

 A 
academic progress
  academic disqualification
  converting units to FTES
  cumulative units
  full-time equivalent semesters
(FTES)
  minimum units required
(for undergraduates or credential students)
  progress review
(end of semester)
  repeat courses
  unit deficiency
  units that count towards minimum cumulative units
  units that do not count towards minimum cumulative units
 
student's responsibility
academic standing (and GPA)
Academic Competitiveness Grant (ACG)
active duty, military
  applying for aid
  education loan deferment
  tuition assistance

  adding/dropping units
Address Change Form (for parents only)
address:  Office of Financial Aid & Scholarships
AidLink
aid programs
  Federal Work Study (FWS)
  grants
  loans
  scholarships
alternative loans
appeals
  for unit deficiency
  for maximum units
applying for financial aid
  FAFSA, the application form
  Cal Grants, applying for
  continuing students
  deadlines
  military:
veterans and active duty
  new SDSU students
  parents
  PIN
(also see PIN Department of Education)
application review
attendance, Cost of Attendance

authorizing release of student information
awarding financial aid
  adjustments
  Cal Grant
  declining/refusing an award
  effect of enrollment
  incoming freshmen, estimated
audited courses
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 B 
bachelors, second (no longer offered at SDSU)
Benton, Sergeant Scholarship
BIA Grant (Bureau of Indian Affairs)
Budget Worksheet

 C 
Cal Grant
  A & B for undergraduates
  applying for
  award
  renewing/reapplying
  WebGrant
(secure Web site where students may track Cal Grant applications)
Cal Vet fee waiver
Cancellation of Aid

census
  adding or dropping units before census
  
initial award and census
Certificate Students
Certification Period (see also Federal Work Study)
citizen status
classified graduate student (see graduate student)
Code, Federal School
communicating with students
concurrent enrollment
consolidation, loan
contact OFAS
cost of attendance (sometimes referred to as cost of education)
  cost of attendance table
Credential Program Students
  dual degree graduate
  enrollment status and FTES
  other-than-teaching students
 
Table:  Enrollment status and full time equivalent semesters (FTES)
  teaching students
current students information
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 D 
deferments
  financial aid registration fees
 
housing fees (see payment postponement)
dependents of Veterans
dependent student (when parents must provide information on the FAFSA)
Direct Loan Program
  Table:  Comparison of subsidized, unsubsidized, Grad PLUS, and Parent PLUS loans    
  loan terminology
  Parent PLUS
disbursement of funds
  by check
  conditions that delay disbursement
  dates of
  department that disburses funds 
  dropping units after disbursement
  e-Refund ( Direct Deposit)
  holds
  methods of receiving funds
  Parent PLUS Loans 
  Study Abroad
  summer
  University Disbursements (office)
  Visitor Program, CSU
  withdrawing after disbursement
Disbursements, University (Office)
Distributed / Distance Learning (Special Enrollment)
Doctoral Students (see graduate students)
dropping units
documentation for verification
  PDF documents for download
  reason for
  types of documentation/verification
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 E 
education benefits, Veterans
education, cost of (See cost of attendance)
eligibility
  affected by
  how eligibility is calculated
  incoming freshmen, estimated
  
limited (graduate students)
  re-establishing
  summer classes (effect on fall/spring eligibility)
e-mail contact
enrollment
  and financial aid award
  concurrent (enrollment at another college at the same time)
  effect on cost of attendance
  enrollment, effect on aid
  enrollment status
  less-than 6 units
  minimum required units
  part-time
EOP (Educational Opportunity Program Grant)
Executive MBA (Special Enrollment Program)
expected family contribution (EFC)
  estimating

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 F   
Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) (see also applying)
  parents' information
  Veterans
FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)
Federal School Code (SDSU's is 001151)
Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG)
Federal Work Study
  academic year (AY) period
  adding/declining award
  Certification Period
  eligibility
  summer certification period
  tax regulations
fee waiver (fee deferment)
  and the Cal Vet program (for Veterans)
   affect on Cal Grants
   affect on State University Grant (SUG)
  summer
financial aid
  and academic standing
  disbursement of aid
  reinstatement request
financial aid programs
  affected by enrollment status
  grants
  loans
  scholarships
  Work Study, Federal

forms, PDF format
Full-Time Equivalent Semesters (FTES)
  converting units into FTES
  enrollment status and tracking of FETES
  transfer units from another college
  understanding FTES

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 G 
GPA Verification Form (for first Cal Grant applicants)
graduate students
  aid cancellation, thesis
  effect of enrollment on aid programs
  enrollment status
  dual degree, with teaching credential program
  loans, Grad PLUS 
  maximum units
  minimum units required
  second degree, limited eligibility
  repeating courses/course forgiveness
  Table:  Enrollment status and full time equivalent semesters (FTES)
  thesis, enrollment status
grants
  Academic Competitiveness Grant (ACG) 
  Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)
  Cal Grant
  Educational Opportunity Program (EOP)
  Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG)
  National SMART Grant (National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent Grant)
  Pell
  State University Grant (SUG)
Guide to Financial Aid (entire site in one printable document)
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 H  
holds
Housing
  costs, tracking
  payment postponement
  summer

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 I 
Ineligibility, Notice of
information (student's)—released to parent or spouse)
interest rates
  Parent PLUS loan
  student loans
international students
  loans, alternative
  qualification for financial aid
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 JK 
Joint Doctoral Programs (Special Enrollment)

 L 
less than full-time enrollment
  7- 12 units
  enrolled 6 units
less than half-time enrollment
  alternative loans (alternative source of aid)
limited eligibility
  second masters
  Thesis 799A / Thesis Extension 799B

loans
  alternative
  comparison
between different types of loans
  consolidation
  counseling
  decline/refuse to take out a loan
  deferment for active military
  Direct Student and Parent, federal 
  Graduate PLUS (Grad PLUS)
  Master Promissory Note
  Perkins, Federal
  subsidized
  unsubsidized
  parent PLUS
  parent PLUS compared to other student loans
loan fee (loan origination fee)
  Direct Loan
  Parent PLUS
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 M 
Masters degree (see graduate students)
Master Promissory Note (see loans)
Maximum Units
  alternative loans
  appeal
  undergraduate students
  graduate and doctoral students
  certificate students
Military
Minimum Cumulative Units
  earned grades that count towards
  earned grades that do not count towards

  required for satisfactory progress
  table
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 N O
National SMART Grant
new SDSU students (see Prospective Students)
office hours
other financial assistance
  effect on State University Grant
  effect on eligibility
  
examples of financial assistance
  reporting to OFAS


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 PQ 
Parents Address Change Form 1
Parents
  Budget Worksheet  
  FAFSA
(when parent information is required on FAFSA)
  PIN for parent, Department of Education
Parent PLUS Loan
  disbursement of funds
  eligibility requirements
  interest rates
  loan fee
  PIN used for PLUS loans
  repayment
  requesting a PLUS
Pell Grant
Perkins Loan 
Personal Identification Number (PIN), Department of Education
  current students
  parents
  prospective students
PIN, SDSU
  current students
  prospective students
privacy rights, students
  student's authorization to release of information to parent or spouse, how to
prospective students
  applying for aid
  estimated aid eligibility

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 R 
refunds
  after census  
  dropping classes after disbursement

  SDSU policies
  withdrawing from SDSU
repeating courses for grade forgiveness
  Graduate students
  Undergraduate students

 S 
Student Aid Report (SAR)
satisfactory academic progress (see academic progress)
Scholarships Search
Scholarships
  about
Science and Mathematics Grant (see National SMART Grant)
Sergeant Benton Memorial Scholarship (for students who were Marines)
SMART Grant (see National SMART Grant)
Special Enrollment Programs
 
Concurrent Enrollment
  Degree Programs for Working Adults
  Distributed / Distance Learning Courses and Programs
  Joint Doctoral Programs
  Executive MBA Program and Sports Business Management MBA
  Study Abroad Program
  Visitor Programs
Sports Business Management MBA (Special Enrollment Programs)
State University Grant (SUG)
Steps to Financial Aid
  Step 1 - Applying for Aid
  Step 2 - Request for Additional Documentation
  Step 3 - Application Review 1
  Step 4 - How Financial Aid is Awarded
  Step 5 - Disbursement - Receiving Financial Aid Funds
student's private information, release of to parents or spouse
  current students
  prospective students
Study Abroad Program (Special Enrollment Programs)
  applying for aid
  disbursement of aid
  extra costs
  qualifying for aid
Summer
  counseling
  disbursement of funds
  fee deferment
  requirements
  timeline (table)

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 T 
Teaching Credential
  Cal Grant renewal for
Thesis
  aid, cancellation of  
  enrollment status
(full or half time)
Tuition Assistance , Active Military or Reservists
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 U  
undergraduate students
  enrollment and cost of education
  enrollment status and full time equivalent semesters (FTES)

  maximum units
  Parent PLUS Loans
  Table:  Enrollment status and full time equivalent semesters (FTES)
unit deficiency
  appeal
  consequences of

  graduate students
  reestablishing eligibility
units
  adding / dropping
  calculating FTES
  dropping / withdrawing after receiving funds   
  less-than-6 
  maximum
  Table: Minimum units required
  Table:  Enrollment status and full time equivalent semesters (FTES)

University Disbursements, Office that releases financial aid funds

 VW  
Veterans
Visitor Program, CSU (Special Enrollment)
  disbursement of visitor funds
Withdrawing
  after disbursement
  unofficial
WebGrants (secure Web site where students may track Cal Grant applications)
Working Adult Degree Programs (Special Enrollment)

 XYZ  

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