singing the WTF Financial Aid blues...
In the first time that i've logged into the student MIX system in the past month, i noticed something of some concern.
A $3k grant that i was supposedly eligible for had been 'canceled'.
I called the grant-issuing agency, and they told me that i had been approved.
I called the financial aid office here, and they told me a different story.
It seem that i am 1% below the level of completion that i needed for the last academic year (69% of my credits earned, instead of 70%), and as such, this grant was canceled.
The admin in charge of this program wasn't in her office when i called (though the general FinAid assistant was very helpful), so i obtained the e-mail address of the 'out of the office' admin, and wrote her a letter, asking her about the possibility of appeal, explaining my 'good grades despite extenuating circumstances', and asking her about any other programs that might be able to help (should there be no 'wiggle room' on this one).
I'm really hoping to hear something, one way or the other, before the weekend. Otherwise, i'm going to worry.
In the meanwhile, i have to figure out what other class i'm going to take, because i'm not going to take more than 12 hours this semester. I can't afford (academically or financially) to keep trying to take too big a course-load, and then dropping things. I need to find a happy medium where i can get good grades and keep up, without working myself to death.
A $3k grant that i was supposedly eligible for had been 'canceled'.
I called the grant-issuing agency, and they told me that i had been approved.
I called the financial aid office here, and they told me a different story.
It seem that i am 1% below the level of completion that i needed for the last academic year (69% of my credits earned, instead of 70%), and as such, this grant was canceled.
The admin in charge of this program wasn't in her office when i called (though the general FinAid assistant was very helpful), so i obtained the e-mail address of the 'out of the office' admin, and wrote her a letter, asking her about the possibility of appeal, explaining my 'good grades despite extenuating circumstances', and asking her about any other programs that might be able to help (should there be no 'wiggle room' on this one).
I'm really hoping to hear something, one way or the other, before the weekend. Otherwise, i'm going to worry.
In the meanwhile, i have to figure out what other class i'm going to take, because i'm not going to take more than 12 hours this semester. I can't afford (academically or financially) to keep trying to take too big a course-load, and then dropping things. I need to find a happy medium where i can get good grades and keep up, without working myself to death.