<p>If you are in school full time in the regular school year, there is no additional Pell in the summer anymore. That was only around for a couple of years. If you have not had the full year’s Pell you are entitled to (for instance if you start mid year or are not full time), only then can you get pell in the summer. it is treated the same as a regular session. At my daughters school the whole summer is treated as a unit for FA so if you do 3 hours in one session and 3 in another, then you are half time. However, they do not distribute loan aid until you start the session that takes you to the minimally required half time status. For instance if you do 3 hours in Maymester (a three week session) and 3 hours in june, they won’t distribute loan money till you start the June session.</p>
<p>The maximum time you can get Pell is for 12 full time semesters or 600% of annual Pell. For a quarter system a years worth of Pell would be divided into 3 sessions instead of 2. So you should be able to get 18 quarters, which is the same as 600% of annual Pell (or 12 semesters).</p>