<p>In my financial aid award history for last year it lists the Pell Grant as accepted for $4200, but "Paid to Date" $3150.</p>
<p>Is this normal? Will I get the other $1050? I don't go to that school anymore, I'm transferring.</p>
<p>Were you full time for the entire school year? The pell is divided equally between the number of semesters (or quarters) in the school year, and is also based on the level of enrollment in each semester (or quarter). For instance if you are in a semester system, the $4200 would be disbursed $2100 per semester. But if you were only enrolled half time in one of those semesters, you would only receive half the pell for that semester - $1050.</p>
<p>If you were not enrolled full time (usually 12 hours per semester for a semester system) for the whole school year then, no, you will not receive the rest of the grant. If you were full time, you need to ask the FA department why you did not receive the full award.</p>
<p>Any aid for the upcoming school year will be based on the 2012-2013 FAFSA. Unused Pell from the 2011-2012 school year will not carry over - it is gone.</p>
<p>I totally agree with SCM’s assessment of your situation.</p>
<p>To piggybackon SCM’s post, it looks as if you may have gotten the full Pell one term ($2100) semester and a partial Pell the other semester ($1050, which is half of your Pell allocation). </p>
<p>Even if you were originally registered as a full time student, if you dropped classes during the term, your Pell will decrease.</p>
<p>THis is most likely what happened and it is highly unlikely that you will receive the “rest of the Pell.”</p>
<p>Every student who has not exhausted his/her lifetime Pell eligibility can receive up to 100% of the annual Pell award during a particular award year. Each term’s Pell is worth 50%. If the student takes 12+ credits, he receives 50%, 9-11 credits is 37.5%, 6-8 credits is 25%, and 5 or fewer credits is 12.5%. In a school with an award year that runs fall/spring/summer, a student who uses less than 100% during fall and winter can receive summer Pell to bring the year’s total to 100% (or 50% for summer, if less than 50% was used in fall and winter). When the year ends, any unused Pell is no longer available. I had students upset because they thought the unused Pell was somehow at the school, waiting for them … and they figured it was “theirs.” The reality is, the school receives Pell each term based on the actual enrollment. If credits are dropped before the financial aid lock date, Pell may have to be returned. After the lock date, the Pell is not reduced when students drop credits unless they drop all credits. In that case, a Return of Title IV Funds calculation is done, and Pell may have to be returned based on date of withdrawal.</p>
<p>Okay, that makes sense then; I only took 10 hours since it was all I needed to graduate. Thanks a lot for the help, everyone.</p>