Federal SEO Grant?

swimcatsmom
Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:45:47 +0000

The SEOG is what is called campus based federal aid. This means each school is given a very limited amount of funding for the program and decides how best to allocate those funds. Once they have awarded the funds, they can not award any more. Schools usually do not have enough SEOG funds for all that qualify. As each school gets different fundint and sets their own criteria, it is not unusual to b awarded it by one school and not another (my daughter got it some years and not others despite having the same EFC very year).

Pell, on the other hand, is an entitlement grant - you get what your EFC qualifies you for. It will be the same at each school.