What if I am a returning student?

thumper1
Thu, 18 Nov 2010 21:59:07 +0000

You need to contact your college financial aid department and inquire there. Some schools (and states) do not award need based aid for the second semester except for entitlement programs like the Pell grant (if you are eligible for it) and the Stafford loan. Very often, institutional grant money has been allocated for students enrolling in the fall term.

I don’t know a speck about the Cal Grants but someone here might be able to tell you if those can be awarded to students enrolling the second term of the academic year.

Did you receive a financial aid award for the fall and then not enroll? Did you apply for a deferral of your enrollment? Did you discuss your aid with the school when you made a decision not to attend or did you simply “skip” the fall term?