UF Financial Aid

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<p>So now that everyone who's still on this thread has been (hopefully) accepted, we can start talking about financial aid. </p>

<p>So i know that UF taken bright futures, which covers tuition. But what about room and board? Does UF Give financial aid for that? </p>

<p>Any current Freshmen who received FA, what was your EFC for FAFSA, and what did you actually get in terms of Grants, Loans, scholarships, etc...</p>

<p>And everyone here, have you received any info about FA or anything related? Ru guys expecting/needing a certain amount to go?</p>

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<p>Be careful about fin aid from UF. I at first got offered $3000 IN WORK STUDY, $2000 in Loans, & $1000 in GRANTS. on top of that, I got about $12,000 in private scholarships.</p>

<p>Then, right at the end of summer, when it was too late to switch schools, they took away both the work study and the subsidized loans, because apparently I had received “too much aid” and they wouldn’t give it to me even when I told them that I had been counting on it to pay for my school and my parents weren’t able to make up the difference. So I had to get almost that amount in private loans. Luckily I got the loan from the credit union that gave me one of those scholarships, so I got a good rate, but still if UF had not waited to take them away and had told me immediately about the problem, I would have gone to USF and not had to take out any loans.</p>

<p>A lot of the time, I feel like the school just sees the students as walking dollar signs</p>

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<p>If you have a high EFC, dont expect to get much other than loans. Student I knew who got a lot of aid (grants & scholarships) had EFC’s of approx. $2000 and less.</p>

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<p>For 2010-2011, I have a EFC of 4379. To pay for everything my FA has bright futures and florida prepaid, then on top of that I have a 539$ pell grant, a 2000$ SMART grant (For having a engineering or science major), 500 for national merit, and a little over 3k in loans. That’s per semester.</p>

<p>I’ve had more then enough money, so you could easily get by on far less. I take the max in loans offered to me because I’m considering joining the military, and they’ll pay the loans off. I had higher EFCs in the past, and making ends meet without the grants was a little more challenging.</p>

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<p>my EFC is zero. I have 100% Bright Futures. How will this work out? Would I get federal and institutional aid? Also, how do we apply for summer aid? Is there an email address for the UF financial office or just a phone number?</p>

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<p>You know, there is no more 100% bright futures. For each level of scholarship, BF pays a set amount per credit hour.</p>

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<p>Yeah I know, I just meant that I have the equivalent to 100% Bright Futures…</p>

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<p>I filled out my fafsa over a month ago and have no idea how to access my Financial aid status? any help?</p>

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<p>Can you log into ISIS? That’s how we usually do it, log into ISIS and go to Aid Status for 2011-2012</p>

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<p>Yea I did. but the wierd thing is that they havn’t asked me to send m 010 tax return or dependency worksheet.</p>

<p>Every other florida university (USF,UNF,UCF,) have asked for these documents cus I was selected for verification.</p>

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<p>Ok, but do any of you guys have financial aid info in ISIS? mine is just blank, and says that i have no materials that need to be sent in.</p>

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<p>Florida doesn’t usually do federal verification. They have some independent verification agreement so being selected by the fed doesn’t necessarily mean UF will require any additional documentation.</p>

<p>The one time I was selected for verification when I filled out my FAFSA UF didn’t request any additional info. </p>

<p>Since the FAFSA deadline hasn’t passed, it’s unlikely they’ll get the aid put together. I don’t even think disbursements are available yet. Probably in march.</p>