<p>There is someone I know that is in this situation and I am looking for any type of help.</p>
<p>In the school year 2007 to 2008, the person was planning to graduate for Spring 2008 semester and had 12 credits left to take. She decided to not take all 12 credits in the Fall Semester 2007 because one course did not required a specific time to be in class but it require a lot of lab research and free time.</p>
<p>She had NY TAP and Pell Grant. TAP and Pell gave her full time financial aid package. But she dropped the one credit course making her become part time (11 credits). Both TAP and Pell decided to drop her financial aid for the Spring 2008 semester. They also stated that she owns them money which nows total around $8,000 with fees accordingly. </p>
<p>1) Does she HAVE TO pay the balance back to the school and/or government?
2) If she does not have to pay back, what is the process of getting her back to school?
She only had one class to take to graduate!</p>
<p>Also she met the minimum requirement for both programs (2.0 GPA)</p>
<p>After she graduates for her BS, she plans on to go to medical school.</p>
<p>Sybbie and Kelsmom are the two members who can best address this issue as they know well how this works. But ultimately, the student needs to sit down with a financial aid office, maybe at the school where this occurred and see how it can best be resolved.</p>
<p>I know that with TAP going from full to part time, prorates the award accordingly. I don’t what happens with PELL. Yes, there may be penalties and interest charges.</p>
<p>Whatever her plans, she has to resolve this first, and yes, she will have to pay back what she owes before getting any more money from the government. It might be wise for her to pay for the one class she needs to graduate on her own as she does her payback. She isn’t going to be going to ANY medical school unless she has the money (which if she did she could pay this off right away and there would be no issue), because she is likely going to need federal funds to borrow for it, and they won’t give her a thing if she owes. </p>
<p>She may have a tough time getting into med school with such a gap between when she was going to school, but one thing at a time. She needs to get her debt paid off first.</p>
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<p>The same thing happens with Pell student goes from full time to 3/4 time (11 credits).
If student owes $$, she will not be able to register for last course. Even if she pays for course out of pocket, Op will not receive degree nor will any transcripts be released for med school or anything else until the unpaid balance is paid.</p>
<p>As of right now, she has let this debt accrue for 5 years accumulating interest and penalties. Her best bet is to talk to the bursars office to come up with a plan to pay this debt so that she can move forward with her life.</p>