<p>So i'm currently student at ACC (Austin community college) and i just looked at my financial aid status for the 2013/2014 school year and it says i was awarded 4,000 (2,000 per semester) both semesters combined all in grants no loans offed at all. After this fall semester i plan on transferring to Texas State, which is a 4 year university so it will cost a lot more then the CC i attend now. What i'm trying to ask is would i get more financial aid money once i transfer to Texas State? and Would State help pay the cost of tuition and board or offer any sort of aid? </p>
<p>My grades are more then good enough for state (my GPA is a 3.2) just the financial part of it is what is stressing me i don't have rich parents or a family with money so i'm really starting to get worried that i won't be able to transfer any advice or help is appreciated.</p>
<p>Every school must include a Net Price Calculator on their financial aid web site. Try using this with numbers as accuate as possible.</p>
<p>Texas State’s policies are almost certainly entirely different from ACC’s, although both use FAFSA. They will have a different definition of “need”. Even after determining need however, Texas State might very well not meet full need, or offer large loans.</p>
<p>You can try the NPC but it may not be accurate for transfers. </p>
<p>What kind of grants were you awarded? Pell? Texas state grants? </p>
<p>Your Pell grant amount is set based on EFC, not by cost of the school.</p>
<p>Don’t know how TX grants are determined. </p>
<p>What is your FAFSA EFC?</p>
<p>you will very likely have full loans in your FA pkg. State schools often do not give grants to cover room and board. Is there a univ that you can commute to?</p>
<p>As Rmidad says, each school has its own policies regarding their own money and certain federal funds that they are permitted to give out. The federal government gives certain money out as entitlements and those remain constant most all of the time.</p>
<p>Your FAFSA EFC remains the same. That is the minimum amount you and your family have to pay befor you are entitled to federal subsidies. If your EFC is below a certain amount, you are entitled to the PELL grant and that amount remains constant regardless of where you go as long as the school is cleared to get those monies, really most anywhere in the US. If your EFC is below what the Cost of Attendance ((COA) of the school is, a portion of your student Direct Loan is subsidized.</p>
<p>You need to know what the make up is of the awards that your old school has given to know what is transferable. </p>
<p>Even more important is getting your financial aid application over to Texas State. Though Pell and Direct Loans are entitlements and are good anywhere, and maybe some state money. the rest of the aid comes out of the school’s own pot, and you are late as it is right now. Transfers are at a natural disadvantage for aid for that reason alone. Only Texas State can tell you what they will be giving you. Do understand that most schools do not meet need, and Texas state does not, for most of their students.</p>