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CHICOPEE – Parents, principals and students will all be invited to attend an all-school anti-bullying and suicide prevention program in mid-April. The multi-day event will include a community night starting at 6:30 p.m. on April 12 at Edward J. Bellamy Middle School.
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Does financial aid cover housing costs at a technical college?

My tuition is almost all covered with federal grants and the rest should be covered with other grants and scholarships but does this pay for my apartment also, or is that actually covered with the tuition anyway? I’m 19 and this will be my first year in college. The apartments are around $200-$400 per month. Thanks.

There is no housing usually offered at a community college but whatever fin aid you get is your to use for that. You may also get a plus loan if you need more money and you get the school increases your budget.

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UC Financial Aid student with no income how much?

Hi,
Does anyone know how much money (pell/cal grant + money from UCI/financial) I would get if I plan on attending UC Irvine if I am independent (my parents don’t claim me) and I make less than $20,000 yr but I recently lost my job and I am living with my mother. I’m 22…can anyone give an idea of how much I will have to pay out of my pocket to attended a UC? If you are in my situation let me know! Thanks

First of all, just because your parents don’t claim you does not make you independent for financial aid purposes. When you apply for aid by completing the FAFSA at http://www.fafsa.ed.gov you are required to answer seven ‘yes/no’ questions. They deal with your age, if you are married, if you are a veteran, etc. If you answer ‘yes’ to just one of the questions then you are considered independent and parental information is not required. However, if you answer ‘no’ to all seven then, for financial aid purposes, you are considered a dependent student and will be required to provide you parent’s income and asset information. (Note…age they are looking for is 24.)

Second, there is no way for anyone to tell you how much aid you will qualify for based on the information you provide. The FAFSA asks questions like income and assets, family size, home state of residence, number of family in college, grade level, etc. All of this information is taken into consideration when determining your aid eligibility. The best way to find out what you are eligible to receive is to apply at the FAFSA website. Then, when the results are sent to the school, the aid office will determine the type of aid and amount you are eligible to receive based on guidelines established by the school, the state, and the feds. Apply and see what happens…

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What happens if you get your financial Aid check and quit?

IM attending a college and soon as fasfa started sending out the checks my classes got smaller and smaller is this common…can they take the money back?

Don’t listen to Tennessee. If a student enrolls in courses and gets his/her financial aid refund, if s/he drops out for the semester before the 100% drop deadline, ALL of the financial aid will be returned to the lender AND the student is going to have to return that refund to the college/university. Lenders will not lend you money if you are not enrolled. If the student withdraws by the 75%, 50%, or 25% tuition deadline, then the student’s financial aid is PRORATED. The prorating is quite drastic too, so it’s very like the student will owe back most of the financial aid refund. The students in your courses and drop and already received their refunds are really hurting themselves financially. Most have already spent a good portion of the refund and can’t return it to the college/university.

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