FA was awarded unevenly... question.

swimcatsmom
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 02:15:31 +0000

Your SCHOOL sets the Cost of Attendance. It doesn’t matter whether YOUR actual costs are higher…it’s what the school allows as a COA that matters.

A school can increase the COA for a student that can demonstrate that their school related expenses are higher than the average allowed in the COA. For instance my daughter’s school lists the following criteria as reasons that may be used to ask for an increase in COA:



If you are enrolled in fifteen or more hours, and your actual tuition and fee charges are greater than the Tuition and Fees component of the Cost of Attendance for students like yourself;

If your required costs for books and supplies are greater than the Books and Supplies component of the Cost of Attendance for students like yourself (documentation may be requested by a Financial Aid Counselor);

If you have day care expenses not covered by some other source of assistance (you must submit our Request for Dependent Care Allowance for the year assistance is requested);

If you live in another city and commute to school and incur travel costs;

If you have expenses related to a disability not already paid by some other source of assistance;

If you purchase a computer for educational purposes (This is allowed one time only during your degree program and is limited to $1000 unless enrolled in a program of study that requires a special PC or software. Documentation will be required from the department to confirm that requirement.);