Financial Aid Office

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GENERAL LOAN INFORMATION UNDERGRAD & GRADUATE LOANS LAW LOANS

ADDITIONAL FORMS 2007-08 FORMS

DEFERMENTS DISBURSEMENTS RETURN OF AID POLICY

SOURCES OF AID TYPES OF AID INSTITUTIONAL PROGRAMS BRIGHT FUTURE SCHOLARSHIP OTHER SCHOLARSHIP OPTION PRE-PAID TUITION PROGRAM ACG/SMART FIRST GENERATION

GENERAL APPLICATION PROCEDURES NEW STUDENTS RETURNING STUDENTS INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IMPORTANT APPLICATION TIPS

QUALITATIVE MEASURE OF PROGRESS QUANTITATIVE MEASURE OF PROGRESS APPEAL PROCESS

AWARD DECISIONS ENROLLMENT REQUIREMENTS SATISFACTORY PROGRESS PROFESSIONAL JUDGEMENT DEPENDENCY OVERRIDE ALTERNATIVE ENROLLMENT PROGRAMS

FINANCIAL AID OFFICE SERVICES WHAT IS FINANCIAL AID? BASIC ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS DETERMINING FINANCIAL NEED COST OF ATTENDANCE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

FINANCIAL AID PROGRAMS

Bright Futures Scholarship
As a Bright Future Scholarship recipient, your award is based on your actual enrollment as determined after the DROP/ADD period. Please review the table below as a guide to assist you in determining your scholarship award. The Scholarship does not cover any ON-LINE courses.
The amounts detailed below DO NOT include lab fees. Your award will cover tuition, fee (health and athletic) and lab fee. Review the following chart:

Spring 2008 Bright Futures Awards Chart
*amount does not include LAB Fees

Adjustment to Spring 2008 Bright Futures award will be made after the Official Add/Drop Period

OSFA: 888-827-2004
http://www.floridastudentfinancialaid.org/ssfad/home/uamain.htm
FIU’s PSI Code: 131

For more information please go to the Bright Future Website.

CREDITS	FLORIDA MEDALLION VOC GOLD SEAL	FLORIDA ACADEMIC SCHOLARS
6	$552	$848
7	$634	$958
8	$716	$1067
9	$798	$1233
10	$880	$1342
11	$962	$1452
12	$1045	$1618
13	$1127	$1727
14	$1209	$1837
15	$1291	$1946
16	$1373	$2056
17	$1456	$2166
18	$1538	$2275

Note: ONLINE COURSES ARE NOT COVERED

Award Amount based on Tuition of $109.58 per credit, $67.20 Health, and $10 Athletic Fee. Please note that the maximum allocation for Health, Athletic, and “LAB” fee(s) is $300 per term. Bright Futures does not cover Online Fee.

A maximum of 45 credits maybe funded in one academic year.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:
FAS Book Allowance Reduction effective January 1, 2008:
* Amount for Florida Academic Scholars includes Book Allowance of:

12+ credits = $225
9 – 11 credits = $169
6 - 8 credits = $113

Minimum Cumulative GPA Required for Bright Futures:

FL MEDALLION / VOC GOLD SEAL	ACADEMIC SCHOLARS
2.75	3.0

Minimum Earned Hours Required PER TERM for Renewal:

FL MEDALLION / VOC GOLD SEAL	ACADEMIC SCHOLARS
6 Earned Credits	6 Earned Credits

Summer grades hours earned after spring evaluation may be used if necessary to meet the scholarship renewal requirement. A student must ask a financial aid officer at the home postsecondary institution (that reported his/her spring renewal grade and hours) to submit a grade and hours update to the Bright Futures office indicating the adjusted cumulative GPA and/or hours.

Students who receive a change in grades for Fall or Spring must notify the Financial Aid office in writing in order to submit updates to Bright Futures.

Eligible VISA Types for Bright Futures Eligibility
(Be sure Visa is not expired)

Category A - government official
Category E - treaty trader or investor
Category G – representative of an international organization
Category H-1 – temporary worker performing professional nursing services or in a specialty occupation
Category H-4 – only if spouse or child of an alien classified H-1
Category I – foreign information media representative
Category K – fiancée, fiancé or child of a US citizen
Category L – intra-company transferee (including spouse or child)
Category N – parent or child of alien accorded special immigrant status
Category O-1 – workers of “extraordinary” ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics
Category O-3 – only if spouse or child of O-1 alien
Category R – religious workers
Category NATO 1-7 – representatives and employees or NATO and their families