I applied with FAFSA and got the maximum I could of gotten $5700 or whatever it is for 2015-2016 year
and now my school shows no record of it On CUNY First at all and says I owe $2,600. School starts Tuesday after labor day so I can’t talk to them on Monday before but will I be getting it? My EFC is 0000
Print your SAR from the FAFSA, which will show your completed and submitted FAFSA.
Did you apply for TAP?
If not got to
http://www.hesc.ny.gov/pay-for-college/apply-for-financial-aid/nys-tap.html
and apply for TAP TODAY!!!
make sure you put in KBCC Code: 1402
Print out the proof that you applied for TAP (today) (TAP will take approximately 4 business days to process.
take your SAR for federal aid and your proof that you applied to TAP to the financial aid office first thing tuesday. They should be able to tell you your anticipated credits. Then when you get that information, find out if you need to take anything to the bursars office.
I applied for TAP as well but got nothing from them.
Are you sure? That is hard to believe that you had a 0 EFC and received no TAP
Go to
http://www.hesc.ny.gov/pay-for-college/apply-for-financial-aid/nys-tap.html
and double check your tap status. IF KBCC is not listed as your choice on TAP (remember you can only put in one school) then your CUNY first account will not have any TAP listed for them
Yeah TAP says I have an estimated $0 in aid. Not that big of a deal since the federal Pell grant would cover all of school. KBCC is $2,600 for the semester and the grant maximum is $5,700 or so.
Please review and double check your tap application to make sure that you filled it out correctly It is unusual to have a 0 Efc and not receive any tap at all
In terms of FAFSA I am an independent but with TAP I am not which is why
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Find out if you can still apply for and get accepted to ASAP at KBCC,. If accepted they will cover any gaps in your tuition and fees, you will get a book stipend and metro cards
Could it be they took it off to recalculate my aid? I applied for FAFSA around August 18th and just applied for TAP last Thursday September 3rd. In my financial aid letter emailed to me it said my state and federal aid was total of $8,801.00 $3,000 of it was from the state. Since I applied for TAP so late could it be they removed it all to recalculate it?
Took about a week after I applied on FAFSA for it to show on CUNY First
Forgot to add it showed on CUNY First as federal Pell grant $2,700 and $1,300 as Estimated TAP before I applied got TAP
If this all doesn’t work do I have time to apply for a student loan through the federal loans or even somewhere like Sallie Mae?
when you logged into your status today, did you see anything for TAP (check your HESC status to log into TAP) because CUNY first can sometimes have a delay in information
See your financial aid people on tuesday. to see what they have for you.
Worse case, you should be able to borrow a direct loan from the federal govt (talk to financial aid about this too). As an independent student you can borrow $9500 (I would not recommend that you borrow this much). Of the $9500, $3500 will be subsidized (meaning the interest is paid by the federal govt while you are in school.
Again, see if it is not too late for you to get ASAP, because you can have all of your base needs, tuition, fees, books and transportation covered without loans.
It is to late to apply for ASAP and would need to wait for the spring semester
sorry to hear that; start the process now so that you can be all set for the spring; you will get the benefit until you finish your associates
I just want to state everything was fine with my Federal Pell grant. Looks like they just took it off showing on CUNY First but I still had it in the system
I am glad that it all worked out