Understanding your Financial Aid Award Letter (financial aid offer)

[@myrao819]

I SOOOOOOOO NEEDED THIS VIDEO!!!!! THANK YOU!!

[@Edspira]

Awesome. Thanks for watching Myra!

[@guardiandogoargentinos1385]

@@Edspira can i get some one on one help via email? I have brain damage and I just want to take these beekeeping courses and try to make some money off of grants simultaneously so I can get a car but it's hard for me to figure out simple things like paperwork....Things that stress me out kind of black out my consciousness. I've been trying to figure all this out for a few years believe it or not. Everyone i ask for help doesn't know how to help and I'm not gettin too far on my own sadly...

[@krishpatel9873]

I have millennial parents that dont know anything this was very helpful

[@jordanconstantino10]

Try explaining this to my boomer parents that didn’t finish high school. Ughhh

[@taybandssss]

Thank you for this financial aid break down

[@jerryspann8713]

But how do you accept these grants.

[@cloudgamer178]

You click accept

[@realballer6106]

@@cloudgamer178 😂

[@2kelhadj215]

@@cloudgamer178 😭😭😭

[@AnthonySmith-tz3kh]

Grants are normally accepted automatically since they are “free money” you don’t have to do anything

[@ceca1113]

When you just starting collage did financial aid pay first payment or I should pay then they send me money??

[@glittergoldandglam]

This helped a lot. Thank you for posting this. It answered a lot of my questions.

[@kanwalshahzadi2991]

What does no pending aid mean even i registered for classes and i dont have any charges but still why my facsa is not in pwnding

[@dmeads5663]

I’m still kinda confused about the federal work study loan.

[@Edspira]

Here's a video that covers that topic in more depth: www.edspira.com/topic/federal-work-study/

[@casswright9189]

Work-Study is not a loan. It's an opportunity for you to work on either the campus or the community. You have to check with the financial aid office to see if you qualify for a work-study job.

[@dmeads5663]

Cass Wright bro you’re way late, I’ve known this for a while now.

[@jillh1731]

Great video, thank you!!! Question...what are the options for the unmet needs, besides the parent loan?

[@Edspira]

In some cases you may be eligible for a PLUS loan (check with your financial aid office to verify). But the most common option if for the student to get a part-time job

[@_danieljr]

Ok so I accepted 11k in grants specifically. I’m nervous if there’s a catch because I find it so unreal to have 11k for free. I’m enrolled in 12 units and my CSU does quarter system. If I wanted to drop for winter quarter before classes started. Will I have to pay back?

[@yaboycody4633]

Grants are free my guy

[@noelblackwell1908]

If they applied the money to the quarter you are enrolled in and want to drop then yes, u will have to pay that portion back. And if you don’t they will not offer you any more grants until you do. But once you do they freely offer it to you again. Hope that helps!

[@christianstadler6099]

Don’t drop

[@Robert-dx7rj]

I received a letter from Dept. of ED. saying my school intends to distribute this net amount on May 19th 2021. It's not in my account and their negative signs where positive signs should be. Help!

[@mikelowry5061]

you say if you "accept" these grants... yet how do you accept them or know what you're being offered?

[@organicsmurf5850]

Have you found the answer?

[@DestinySerrano]

Bryan Historia I need to know too! 😫

[@mikelowry5061]

Bryan Historia unforunately no

[@jungkookthegoldenmaknae1237]

@@mikelowry5061 do u know? now? i mean...

[@mixtapemania6769]

So nothing bad happens if you reject, right? They won't stop offering you aid for following semesters?

[@justjesss9051]

Wow this is really informative. Thank you so much for this video

[@DestinySerrano]

Does anyone know how to accept the Pell Grant? I have no idea about any of this. I got offered a cal grant and a Pell Grant! But I don’t know how to accept them!!!

[@Edspira]

You should receive a financial aid award letter from your university, with options to accept or reject each type of aid you are being offered. If you haven't received this, contact your university's financial aid office to ask for your financial aid award letter

[@lovedallas2112]

You need to log in to your schools app. You should have recieved and ID number to create your account. Then you log in and go from there.

[@DestinySerrano]

Chloe Love I got it lol, with my school you just automatically get it unless you reject it. Thank you!

[@lovedallas2112]

@@DestinySerrano lol..of course you got it! I didn't even realize this was a year ago!!😂 Goodluck w your school!👍

[@Gserrano27]

*REJECTS SCHOLARSHIPS TO ASSERT DOMINANCE*

[@miriamart9712]

What? 😆

[@nicole8578]

accepting doesn’t mean you’re committing to the school right?

[@i.c.stupidpeople4590]

Federal Perkins loan is no more...

[@soylayazz12]

I got confused on the last 10 seconds.... So, if my need is not fully met... I pay the left over plus EFC???? wasn't EFC already deducted from the total need???? Please answer me... Thanks so much!

[@maryanngomes2949]

That’s what I’m confused about

[@soylayazz12]

@@maryanngomes2949 I was looking for more information and I am pretty sure that's how it goes. Leftover plus EFC needs to be pay. If no leftovers than EFC is the only amount to pay. Let's hope they answer us.

[@nicolesanchez9908]

I have a question, when I pay for my tuition with a meal plan and housing what does that mean travel and books I don’t have to pay?

[@the_solution2932]

Idk

[@a1fraydough]

Bro so simply explained. Thank you!

[@tiptip5491]

This information was so helpful. Thank you!😊

[@Dermetsu]

I really wish I got 25k in grants and scholarships for two terms hahaha.

[@moonchildx389]

if i already got my award letter but i applied to scholarships that won't be awarded until the summer, will they be added later on or did I need to wait before accepting the initial awards?

[@jungkookthegoldenmaknae1237]

hi, so do you know?

[@moonchildx389]

@@jungkookthegoldenmaknae1237 they would be awarded to you for the fall term and should be automatically added. If there's any issue you just need to show the financial aid office at your uni your award letter and they should fix it. But my scholarships were automatically added (:

[@jungkookthegoldenmaknae1237]

@@moonchildx389 thanks

[@shomoy7396]

Yo can someone help me. The school website on financial aid is telling me that for fall 2019 I got amount awarded $3097 but amount Disbursed $1549 . So is the school going to keep the rest of the money or what.

[@Pinkbubble]

Shomoy Scott same situation happen to me did you find out why that happened if so could You inform me too

[@nellyhatesjelly]

The award is separated per semester!

[@heavensangel21.]

Did you figure it out?

[@Lion-og5ey]

Do you get the award letter after you say your going to the college

[@naomimcgregor4409]

Lion 123 normally colleges send your award letter along with your acceptance letter

[@aafx3083]

I’m very confused, my letter says the cost for me to attend the school is $25,000 but direct costs payable to my school is $22,604. So does that mean they’re covering that portion or i have to with the help of student loans ?

[@miriamart9712]

Which was it??

[@lauraelshire3725]

that's a way to understand it easy

[@hughballs]

Please reply , I filled out the other fafsa for dreamers when will I get results

[@estefanyrobles957]

If you reject the loans will they offer you more aid

[@luceroblume]

What about for a grad student?

[@rjtheripper931]

Why do they base your financial aid on your parents income and not your own?

[@tajfoushee9693]

Until your 25 or independent situation you are under your parents responsibility. Check with your college to see there rules.

[@cdh0879]

To give you the least amount of aid possible

[@theonegreyjoy7403]

Thank you so much! This is much needed! Thank you!

[@Edspira]

No problem. I wish you the best!

[@erickpeculiar823]

Thank you for making this video. It was very helpful

[@kimberlyjohnston8099]

As per U.S. News & World Report Arianne Hutchins (July 24, 2019) the Perkins loan no longer exist.

[@soylayazz12]

Thank you so so so so much for this information, I greatly appreciate it!

[@kanwalshahzadi2991]

I did took off fall smester amd since i m freshman i m starting my college this spring smester

[@clarisse2410]

THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH FOR THIS !!!

[@majorslav8138]

I got a presidents scholarship, academic excellence. 84k, 21k per year.

[@glitznailsbazaar3023]

Does work study affect loans?

[@jvazquez_jjv]

Thanks a lot

[@Edspira]

No problem!

[@Meow-cm7cx]

Good video

[@ignauciowitherspoon1618]

play at 1.25x

[@amytru3606]

If you dont graduate you WILl have to pay it back!!

[@heavensangel21.]

I’m so excited for my refund check, anyone else getting one? 😛

[@thelifeofro5946]

I’m getting like 1k 😩. Can’t wait for that

[@ppharaoh5421]

@@thelifeofro5946 how do you know how much you get

[@thelifeofro5946]

@@ppharaoh5421 It shows a negative number in your student account. Also in your bank account, once they send it, it shows you the amount deposited

[@jcorrea6892]

Can I hire you for an hour ? XD

[@servinxo]

If I was returned grant money and decided to do a work study is that classified as overpayment/overaward?