No not local at all @ready2launch as we are from NJ. We absolutely loved our visit and my son really thought the school was amazing, as did I. I asked financial aid to email me the details of what we discussed about stacking just so that I had it in writing. Here’s what they said:
“With federal student aid, there is a limit to the total amount of aid a student can receive in a given school year. That limit is the budget, or cost of attendance, determined by the financial aid office. Let’s say a student’s budget is $20,000 and they get grants/scholarships of $5,000 and student loans $6,000 on their initial award letter. If outside scholarships came in totaling $10,000, we would decrease the student loans by $1,000 so that the total aid doesn’t exceed the $20,000 budget.
Another factor is that outside scholarship count toward need. If a student has need-based aid, outside scholarships could reduce or eliminate the need based aid (depending on their level of need.)”
Thanks @pjar21. Do many film students have workstudy jobs? I imagine it may be difficult to manage one in addition to coursework and crew. @Csggirl, @uncsastudent please chime in with your experiences/insights as well.
@ready2launch I think it’s 4 hours a week…I might be totally wrong here but I believe that’s what I read. I’ll have to go find it but yes anyone with experience with work study I would love to hear that answer too.
Federal Work Study
Federal Work-Study (FWS) is a federal need-based program
College students are offered job opportunities to earn wages to meet expenses.
Students participating in this program at UNCSA work an average of 4 hours per week.
This is a completely different subject, but has anyone found any pictures of the inside of the dorm rooms online? We are curious what they look like! I only found a drawing of the layout.
After patiently waiting (on the waitlist) my daughter received a call yesterday offering admission to the Film School. It’s been her first choice all along so this was awesome news that she will be attending UNCSA in the Fall!!!
