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Financial Aid

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   CSC School Code: 002539

FAFSA on the Web
PIN Registration
Satisfactory Academic Progress
Enrollment Status
Summer Financial Aid
Dependency Status
Concurrent Enrollment
Verification
Special Circumstances
Accessing Your Financial Aid on MyCSC

FAFSA on the Web

To be considered for federal grants, work study, student and parent loans, and other state-supported financial aid assistance you must complete the FAFSA on the web. This website allows you to fill out an electronic FAFSA and submit it using a Personal Identification Number (PIN). Your FAFSA results will be sent to Chadron State College. You will be contacted by Financial Aid, via your EagleMail account, if you have awards that you need to accept or if you need to submit additional information.

Chadron State College School Code: 002539

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PIN Registration

Apply for your PIN. It serves as an electronic signature for both the student and parent applications, as well as the various United States Department of Education forms. Forms include:

• FAFSA on the web at http://www.fafsa.gov
• Students Master Promissory Notes for the Direct Student Loans at www.studentloans.gov Parents Master Promissory Notes for the Direct Parent Loan at www.stuentloans.gov.
• Personal Financial Aid history at http://www.nslds.ed.gov
• Up-to-date Direct Student Loans account and loan repayment information at www.myedaccount.com.  
• Consolidate student loans online at http://www.loanconsolidation.ed.gov

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Satisfactory Academic Progress

Federal Financial Aid regulations require financial aid recipients make satisfactory academic progress toward the completion of a degree. In order to be awarded and retain financial aid, recipients must comply with the following three satisfactory academic policy requirements. At the end of every semester, we evaluate the progress toward the degree in accordance to the following criteria.

1. Students must maintain acceptable academic standing as established by the Chadron State College. This pertains to the Academic Probation/Suspension policy. If you are placed on academic suspension, you are automatically suspended from future financial aid.
   
   • A student will be placed on Academic Probation if:
     • his/her CSC cumulative grade point average is below 2.00, or
     • as a first-year student, he/she earns less than a 1.00 in his/her initial semester at Chadron State College. The first year student will be allowed to continue for one additional semester on probation.
       The student's failure to bring his/her cumulative grade point average to a successful level will result in academic suspension from Chadron State College. Students on probation may be required to participate in activities designed to facilitate academic success.
   • A student will be suspended under the following conditions:
     • A student who is not a first-time, first-semester student and who earned less than a 1.00 cumulative grade point average will be academically suspended.
     • A student who has been placed on probation will be academically suspended from the college is his/her semester grade point average (GPA) falls below 2.50 and his/her cumulative GPA falls below the following scale:
       • After attempting 1-29 CSC semester hours: 1.25
       • After attempting 30-44 CSC semester hours: 1.50
       • After attempting 45-59 CSC semester hours: 1.76
       • After attempting 60+ CSC semester hours: 2.00
       The first academic suspension from Chadron State College is for one semester. The second (and subsequent) suspension from Chadron State College is for three years.
2. Students must successfully complete a certain number of attempted credit hours each semester based each on the financial aid status in which they are paid in order to maintain future eligibility. The following graph displays this relationship. This includes Summer Sessions.

   Undergraduates
   	New Hours Attempted	Hours Successfully Complete	Financial Aid SAP Status
   Full-Time	12 credits or more	At least 12	Good Standing
   	12 credits or more	At least 6	Warning
   	12 credits or more	Less than 6	Suspension
   3/4 Time	9 to 11 credits	At least 9	Good Standing
   	9 to 11 credits	At least 5	Warning
   	9 to 11 credits	Less than 5	Suspension
   1/2 Time	6 to 8 credits	At least 6	Good Standing
   	6 to 8 credits	At least 3	Warning
   	6 to 8 credits	Less than 3	Suspension

   Graduates
   	New Hours Attempted	Hours Successfully Complete	Financial Aid SAP Status
   Full-Time	9 credits or more	At least 9	Good Standing
   	9 credits or more	At least 6	Warning
   	9 credits or more	Less than 6	Suspension
   1/2 Time	6 to 8 credits	At least 6	Good Standing
   	6 to 8 credits	At least 3	Warning
   	6 to 8 credits	Less than 3	Suspension

   • Grades of A, B, C, D or Pass are successfully completed grades.
   • Grades of F, W, IP, AU, or I are unsuccessfully completed grades.
   • Preparation courses (developmental courses) required by Chadron State College are acceptable and qualify for financial aid.
   • Attempted credit hours are all credit hours attempted, including repeat courses and courses in which you withdrew.
   • Repeats, Correspondence courses with one-year completion (DIS 80), extended open enrollment courses, CLEP tests, professional development courses, or ALP courses do not qualify for financial aid eligibility.
   • Repeat courses are considered any courses enrolled in for a second or more times. They do not qualify for financial aid eligibility but they do count toward total attempted credit hours.
   • Students with grades of I or IP that have been successfully completed with a successful grade may request to the Financial Aid Office for a re-evaluation of their satisfactory academic progress status.
   • Undergraduate students enrolled in graduate courses that do not apply toward their undergraduate degree do not count as attempted or earned hours. Therefore these courses cannot be covered by financial aid.
   • Graduate students enrolled in undergraduate courses that do not apply toward their graduate degree do not count as attempted or earned hours. Therefore these courses cannot be covered by financial aid.
3. Students may receive financial aid toward their degree up to a maximum time frame The following maximum timeframes apply toward the particular program.

   1st Undergraduate Bachelors degree. Financial aid recipients may not exceed 187 attempted credit hours toward their first bachelor’s degree. Attempted hours are defined as all attempted credit hours in which students enroll that are reflected on students’ academic records. Transfer students attempted credit hours include all attempted undergraduate credit hours reflected on all academic transcripts from all previously attended institutions.

   Graduate and Specialist degrees. Financial aid recipients may not exceed 125% attempted credit hours toward either a graduate or specialist degree. Attempted hours is defined as all credit hours attempted toward the sought degree and that are reflected on students’ academic records. Transfer students attempted credit hours include all attempted graduate credit hours reflected on all transcripts from all previously attended institutions.

   2nd Undergraduate Bachelors degree. Financial aid recipients seeking a second bachelor’s degree are required to complete an evaluation through the appropriate records keeper in order to receive financial aid. Copies of the evaluation must be submitted to the Financial Aid Office for eligibility determination. Students seeking the second bachelor’s degree may not exceed 125% credit hours toward the second Bachelors degree.

   Endorsements/Additional majors. Students seeking to add an endorsement or additional major to their current degree are not eligible for financial aid as these academic criteria are not considered certificate or degree seeking.

   Transfer Credit: All attempted credit hours reflected on all transcripts from all previously attended institutions.

All students are notified in writing regarding their continued eligibility requirements or exhaustion of eligibility.

Financial Aid Warning

Students placed on financial aid warning remain eligible for most financial aid programs for their next period of enrollment. However, the next term of enrollment is the probationary period. During the probationary period, students are required to successfully complete 1) at least 12 new credit hours if paid as full time; or 2) at least 9 new credit hours if paid as ¾ time; or 3) at least 6 new credit hours if paid as ½ time or 4) at least 3 credit hours if paid as less than ½ time. Please reference #2 for definitions of successfully completed and courses that do not count towards attempted credit hours. Failure to successfully complete the attempted enrollment status while on probation will result in Financial Aid Suspension.

Financial Aid Suspension

Students placed on financial aid suspension are ineligible to receive financial aid for the next term of enrollment. To regain financial aid eligibility, students are required to successfully complete at least 50% of the enrollment status of the term, which resulted in financial aid suspension using their own resources.

Financial Aid Appeals

Students may appeal their situation if they believe extenuating circumstances interfered with their ability to maintain satisfactory academic progress. To request consideration for an appeal, students need to write a letter explaining their circumstances to the Financial Aid Office no later than the deadline date provided in the notification. Students are allowed to appeal only once. If  your appeal is approved you will be placed on Financial Aid Probation.

Extenuating Circumstances

Extenuating Circumstances may be injury or illness of a student or dependent of the student, death of a family member, family difficulties or interpersonal problems with friends.

Academic Suspension

Students placed on academic suspension are automatically placed on financial aid suspension. Students choosing to appeal their academic suspension MUST submit an appeal letter to the Financial Aid Office in addition to the Academic Suspension Appeals Committee.

Academic Amnesty

Students declaring academic amnesty for a semester in which financial aid was received and resulted in an academic or financial aid suspension is not appealable and students will need to meet the conditions of the Financial Aid Suspension to regain their financial aid eligibility.

All decisions made by the satisfactory academic progress appeals committee are final.

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Enrollment Status

Financial Aid Enrollment Status- Undergraduate

Please reference graph is Step 2 above.

Financial Aid Enrollment Status- Graduate

Please reference graph is Step 2 above.

MBA students are considered full-time, if enrolled in 6 credit hours during an 8-week session. MBA students are considered 1/2-time, if enrolled in 3 credit hours during an 8-week session. This only applies to students admitted in the MBA program and only applies if the courses are in 8-week sessions. If courses are semester based, this policy does not apply.

Financial Aid Enrollment Status - Correspondence Courses Plus Regular Courses

The number of correspondence hours counted in the total course load was adjusted so that the correspondence hours never exceeded the regular hours taken.

Notice in the last example, the student is eligible for payment based on half-time enrollment in correspondence courses, despite the fact that the student only took two hours of regular coursework.

Combination of Regular & Correspondence Courses
FA Enrollment Status	Regular Courses	Correspondence Courses	Adjusted Course Load
Full-Time	6	6	12
3/4-Time	6	3	9
1/2-Time	3	3	6
	3	6	6
	3	9	6
	2	3	6

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Summer Financial Aid

You must enroll in all of your summer courses, before applying for summer financial aid. The form can be accessed at this website http://www.csc.edu/finaid/forms/summerfinaid.csc. Students who receive financial aid for summer classes must maintain Satisfactory Academic Progress to remain eligible for future aid.

Financial aid is disbursed in one lump sum at the beginning of the first summer session in which the student is enrolled. Tuition and fees for all summer sessions are deducted from the disbursement and the remaining financial aid available is for living expenses for the summer.

Summer Financial Aid Enrollment Status:

	Undergraduate	Graduate
Full-time	12+ credit hours	9+ credit hours
3/4-time	9-11 credit hours	N/A
1/2-time	6-8 credit hours	6-8 credit hours
Less than 1/2-time	1-5 credit hours	N/A

 

Cancelled courses, due to lack of enrollment, may seriously impact students’ future financial aid eligibility. Therefore, Students are strongly encouraged to immediately contact the CSC Financial Aid Office, if their courses are cancelled.

Additional information on summer courses.

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Dependency Status

• You are automatically considered an independent student if:
• You are at least 24 years of age by December 31 of the award year (e.g., by December 31, 2012, for 2012-2013);
• You are a United States Armed Forces veteran or serving on active duty for other than training purposes;
• You are an orphan or ward of the court, or were a ward of the court until age 18;
• You have children who receive more than half of their support from you;
• You have dependents (other than your children or spouse) who live with you and who receive more than half of their support from you now and through June 30, 2013;
• You are married prior to filing the FAFSA;
• You will be a graduate student during the first term of the academic year; or
• You are an emancipated minor, are in legal guardianship, or are an unaccompanied homeless youth.
• Parents divorced and remarried? If the natural parent for whom you are listing information on the FAFSA has divorced but is now remarried, you must include information about your stepparent on the FAFSA as well.

* Not living with your parents or not being claimed by them on their tax return does not determine your dependency status.

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Concurrent Enrollment

If enrolled at more than one institution and seeking a degree from Chadron State College, complete the appropriate concurrent enrollment form.

• WNCC
• MCC
• WSC
• Other Institution

• EWC
• NPCC
• PSC

• OLC
• UNL

You will need Adobe Reader to view the above PDFs.

* If you are taking classes with Wayne or Peru State College please be sure to complete the Joint Enrollment Form in addition to the Concurrent Enrollment Form.

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Verification

About 1/3 of financial aid applicants are selected for verification. If you have been selected, print and complete the appropriate form and attach the requested tax information.

Independent 2011-12        Dependent 2011-12

Independent 2012-13      Dependent 2012-13

When the documentation is received, it must be reviewed by the Financial Aid Office. Any discrepancies must be resolved before a student’s eligibility can be determined. Upon completion of the verification, the Financial Aid Office will electronically submit any necessary corrections to your application. The federal processor will send you an acknowledgement, indicating the changes that were made to the application data. The Financial Aid Office will send an electronic award notification to your MyCSC account, informing you of your eligibility.

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Special Circumstances

If you feel you or your family have special circumstances that might affect your need for Student Financial Aid, you may complete a Special Circumstances Request Form and submit it to the Financial Aid Office for review. Examples of special circumstances may be loss of income, unusually high medical/dental expenses or receipt of a one-time income. Our office will review your request and notify you within 7-10 days if additional supporting documentation is necessary or we will proceed with your request. Remember, we have to have a very good reason for making any adjustments and supporting documentation is necessary. Once a decision is made, it cannot be appealed to the United States Department of Education.

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Accessing Your Financial Aid on MyCSC

When you apply for admission to CSC, you receive an NU ID and password, which is what you use to signon to your MyCSC account. Your MyCSC account provides online access to your personal financial aid information (including completing your To Do List and accepting your FA awards) and is the formal line of communication between you and Financial Aid.

Please read and follow all instructions carefully. When appropriate, ensure that you select the correct award year.

• To access your personal financial aid information:
  1. Go to www.csc.edu
  2. In the upper-right corner of the screen, click on the MyCSC in small print
  3. Signon to your MyCSC account by inputting your NU ID and password
  4. Under Student Quick Links, select Student Center
  5. Under Finances, select Account Inquiry
• To complete your To Do List:
  1. Go to your Student Center
  2. On the right side of the screen, under To Do List, click on Details
  3. Follow the instructions posted for missing items
• To accept or decline awards:
  1. Go to your Student Center
  2. Under Finances, select Accept/Decline Awards
  3. Follow the instructions carefully
  4. Ensure that you have completed everything on your To Do List

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