Aggie Assurance

TexasAtHome
Sun, 05 Apr 2015 14:59:55 +0000

Have you already received your Financial Aid award letter? If so have you filed an appeal?

Last year we were in a similar situation. My husband was laid off after we submitted my son’s scholarship application listing his income. Since it was late in the year, the FASFA reflected his last year income but not the fact we had no future income.

Financial Aid awarded us only loans, so we filed an appeal, but they told us all aid was gone. Then in July and August things started appearing, little grants, like Student Deposit Grant, Texas Aggie Grant, and a small COE scholarship. The biggest help to us was the B-On-Time Loan which if you graduate on time becomes a grant that is forgiven.

Those plus the Federal Direct loans added up to enough to pay the first year.

I can’t promise anything like this will happen for you, but I encourage you to contact financial aid and discuss your situation.