<p>I'm a freshman at University of Miami and I may be thinking to far ahead, but I would like to stop worrying about it now. I simply want to know how federal pell grants for the summer work. First of all, what is an estimated amount of how much I will get for the summer? Also, I would really like to this intensive course offered at UC Berkeley, called The Greek Workshop. I would like to know if I can apply for a federal pell grant and use it towards the tuition at UC Berkely being a student at another university? Can I use stafford loans as well towards their tuition? Thank you.</p>
<p>Probably not. You have to be a degree seeking student at a school before you can be eligible for aid there. If you are just taking summer classes there, then you probably are not able to get federal aid.</p>
<p>As far as general rules for summer aid for the school you are attending. There is summer Pell grant money - which is a new thing this last year. It has some more complex rules such as having to have comleted a certain number of hours in the year. Other than that it is based on your FAFSA EFC and your enrollment, just like the regular school year. So if you have a 0 EFC and are enrolled full time (usually 12 hours) then you would be eligible for $2775. If your EFC is higher or your enrollment lower then the Pell would be less. If you have already received the max in Stafford loans for the year ($5500 for a freshman)you cannot get any more for the summer. But if you have not reached the max you are eligible for loans in the summer. But if your school includes summer as part of the following year then getting loans in the summer may reduce what you can get in the regular school.</p>
<p>Can I use the summer pell grant and stafford loan towards my matriculated school and they disburse it to the school I want to attend? Is that possible? Is going to a domestic school in the U.S. considered Study Abroad?</p>
<p>I think you can get pell money for transient summer school expenses if you use the credits from summer school toward your degree at your home school. There might be extra paperwork between the schools; check with a financial aid officer at your home college about doing this.</p>
<p>I think they have to have a thing called a consortium agreement between the 2 schools for that to be possible. For instance in our state one of the CCs had a consortium agreement with one of the 4 year state schools. Best thing to do is to ask your school. They can give you a definitive yes or no.</p>
<p>A million thanks to the both of you. I had sent an e-mail to the financial aid office and thanks for the link to the “consortium agreement” website. I read it after sending the e-mail but hopefully I get a response from them. Again, THANKS =)</p>
<p>Talk to your advisor or registrar’s office about cross-registering under the consortium agreement. At my D’s school, there are 14 4-year colleges in a consortium and not one of them will accept a summer registration…and to cross-register for fall/spring requires the signed document from the home institution, presented in person, on a very late registration date (ie. after all their own students and the paying non-matriculated students have registered). There are usually only a few spots left, if any, in most courses. If the student isn’t simultaneously registered for a full course load at the home institution, they must pay the additional charge.</p>
<p>i plan on taking 10 credits for the summer and it’s all under one class. Also, i’m not thinking of doing this for the regular (fall/spring) term, just for the summer.</p>
<p>You would have to take the credits at the school where you’re matriculated in order to receive financial aid, so the answer to your original question is no. Did you check to see if your school offers the classes in the summer? Maybe an online version would work if no labs are involved.</p>
<p>i plan on taking 10 credits for the summer and it’s all under one class. Also, i’m not thinking of doing this for the regular (fall/spring) term, just for the summer. </p>
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<p>Not sure I understand. What are you not thinking of doing in the fall/spring?</p>
<p>First of all, unless you can arrange some type of consortium agreement between your own school & the summer program’s school, you will not receive the Pell in the summer. You must be in a regular, degree granting program in that school to receive federal aid.</p>
<p>Second, if you were to qualify for aid somehow at the other school, only that school can answer whether or not you would qualify for a summer Pell payment. There are a couple different options for determining whether or not a student has earned enough credits to be eligible for the second Pell payment, so it depends on the school’s policies/requirements. As mentioned earlier, the summer Pell rules are complex. For students who have taken and PASSED enough credits to be considered one year’s worth by their school’s financial aid definition of one year, and who take at least 6 credits in the summer, it is likely they will qualify for second Pell in summer. For anyone who withdrew from or failed classes, summer Pell may or may not be available to them.</p>