<p>I was thinking about takeing a full load of classes this summer, and i was wondering if you guys knew how that worked.</p>
<p>Am i to late to submit a FAFSA for it so i can get aid? will it affect the amout of loan's i will recieve next fall?</p>
<p>Also, do you think its possible that the school will let me stay in my dorm room that i used over the fall/spring semester?</p>
<p>I know this is the wrong section but thanks :)</p>
<p>You would have to check with your school about dorms. At my daughter’s school they do have dorms that are open during the summer. However they are not all open. If she had wanted to stay on campus her 1st summer she would have had to move to a different dorm entirely. If she had been in one of the dorms that are open in the summer then she could have stayed in her same room.</p>
<p>Schools can either count the summer as part of the preceding year or the following year. (both schools I am associated with it goes with the preceding year). If they treat it as part of the preceding year then it would come under the 2009-2010 FAFSA you filed for the 2009-2010 school year(assuming you filed?). If they count it as part of the following year then it would come under the 2010-2011 FAFSA you are filing for the 2010-2011 school year. There is no additional FAFSA to file for summer classes. Your school may have a separate form of their you must complete to apply for summer aid.</p>
<p>If your school includes summer as part of the preceding year then the loans you can get will depend on what you have already received. For instance if you already have the maximum freshman Stafford of $5500 for the year then you cannot get more Stafford loan for the summer. </p>
<p>If they include summer in the following year then loans you get in the summer will reduce what is available to you the rest of the year. For instance if you got $3000 for the summer then your remaining eligibility for Stafford loans would be $3500 for the year (sophomores are eligible for $6500).</p>
<p>If you get Pell you may be able to get additional Pell in the summer even if you have had a full years. This is a new thing and has some special rules so you would need to check with your school.</p>
<p>Check with your school for their actual summer aid policies.</p>
<p>I’m not sure what you’re thinking is a ‘full load’, but at the schools I know, the summer semester is short, and you can really only take half the hours you would take in a spring or fall.</p>
<p>Our daughter did this one summer. She took 15 credits…5 in each of three terms. That was full time for the summer term. She subletted an apartment. Lots of apartments dwellers are looking for summer folks to fill their spots if they aren’t staying.</p>
<p>She paid out of pocket for the summer term. Her school doesn’t offer financial aid for the summer.</p>
<p>My daughter’s school also splits the summer into short sessions. I think there is a 3 week and 2 4 week sessions. Their maximum allowed for summer is 12hours and she had to petition to be allow and she had to petition to
be allowed to do 13.</p>
<p>One weird thing we discovered is that because federal loans require at least half time they could not disburse her loans the first session as it was just 5 hours. She had to wait until she started the 2nd session (when she hit and exceeded the minimum 1/2 time of 6 credits) to have her loan disbursed.</p>
<p>In all likelihood, you would not be able to stay in your same dorm room.</p>
<p>Often, colleges close some dorms in the summer and use others for special programs. They may also rent dorm rooms in particular buildings to students taking classes in the summer session or even to students from their own or other colleges who are interning at local businesses or organizations.</p>
<p>In many college communities, however, summer apartment sublets are easy to find. A lot of students have 12-month leases but go elsewhere for the summer.</p>