<p>I'm doing the FAFSA right now and I'm a little confused on one of the items. I'm on the page where it asks "ACG Eligibility Data." Specifically, the one about "Student's Eligible High School Coursework." It says the following:</p>
<p>Student's Eligible High School Coursework.
(Set of courses similar to State Scholars Initiative)</p>
<p>The student completed and passed all of the following high school courses:</p>
<pre><code>* Four years of English
* Three years of math (including Algebra I and a higher level math class such as Algebra II, Geometry, or Data Analysis and Statistics)
* Three years of social studies
* Three years of science (including at least one year each of two of the following: Biology, Chemistry, or Physics)
* One year of a language other than English.
</code></pre>
<p>I am currently a senior in high school and plan to start going to college this fall. Are any high school seniors supposed to mark "yes" to the above question (It seems impossible as these are usually graduation requirements...and high school seniors at this time have NOT graduated and thus not completed ALL of the above)?</p>
<p>The ACG grant is a relatively new grant available to students who have recently, or will soon be graduating from High School. If, upon graduating from High School, you will meet those requirements, you would want to answer yes. The school will almost definitely verify this information with your High School. Also, being able to answer yes to the questions does not mean you will automatically qualify for the ACG Grant...I believe that it is need-based.</p>
<p>Shoot! I marked no on both of them and submitted the FAFSA (I was waiting for a reply but nobody was replying, and my parents wanted me to get my FAFSA in early just in case some problem comes up so I have time to deal with it)!</p>
<p>What can I do now? I tried to make corrections for it, but my FAFSA is still processing!</p>
<p>Okay, my FAFSA was processed today and I was able to go back and make corrections. I changed the selective service question to "yes." HOWEVER, when I go to change the High School Coursework one that I left blank, I'm just taken to "Employer ID Number (question 101):"!</p>
<p>EDIT: If I go to ANY of the ACG items, I'm instantly taken to question 101!</p>
<p>"Wow, when I called Fafsa about the selective service question, they said if my son wasn't 18 yet, not to put yes."</p>
<p>That's the intuitive answer, and the technically correct answer, based on the way they phrase the question. But I recommend putting "yes" anyway.</p>
<p>But by putting "no" down for your 17 year old, your FAFSA application will get put on hold until you put "yes." That was my experience, and the experience of several posters here. Just put "yes" for the 17 year old, and the application will proceed, and he'll automatically be registered when he turns 18, as required by law.</p>
<p>Okay, I just called them and they said that you can't change the ACG information once you've submitted it. They said that I have to go talk to my school about it. Who would I talk to about this?</p>
<p>If you are not truly qualified to receive the ACG then the school will document that in their files and not issue you an award for it. Depending upon how your institutions Financial Aid Office is set up, you may just need to call and find your contact person by asking. Each office has its personnel set up differently...for example, in my office, we are split between programs, with myself handling all new adult students and my supervisor handling all returning adult students..in the other part of the office, one lady handles all freshman traditional students, one handles all transfer students, and the other handles all returning students. Some schools, however, have the breakdown based on duty, such as oen area or person who performs verification, one who calculates awards, one who issues the awards, one who verifies enrollment, one who certifies loans, etc.</p>
<p>Then your institution should issue the award. If not, you can inquire as to why it was not awarded. Some of the requirements are very strict and, especially since the program is still very new, I anticipate many FAA's will easily overlook qualified students.</p>
<p>So long as the institution is well-informed of the qualifications of the grant and so long as you remind them should they forget to check and so long as you are Pell eligible. I have spoken with one of my colleagues about this and we examined the paper FAFSA and do not even see a place to answer the ACG required questions on the paper application...so schools are going to have to pay close attention to this anyways.</p>