Financial Aid

Mike NelsonThe following financial aid may be applied to Summer Session charges:

Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) Full-time enrollment is normally required. However, part-time (six or more total credits) summer TAP awards are possible if the student is enrolled full-time in the semester immediately preceding the summer.

IMPORTANT SUMMER NOTICE: Minimum credit load is six or more credits in order to receive ANY summer aid.

Federal Pell Grants may be available for those students who are graduating in August or December.

Federal Stafford Loan applicants must file a 2008-09 Free Application for Federal Student Aid prior to March 15 and enroll for six or more total summer credits. Further detailed information is available in the Financial Aid Office.

Federal Work Study applicants must file a 2008-2009 Free Application for Federal Student Aid and complete the Summer Aid Application prior to June 13.

Title IV Refunds and Overpayments: All students receiving Title IV Funds (Federal Perkins Loan, Federal SEOG, Federal PELL), including federal family education loans, are subject to federal regulations on refunds and overpayments as described in the Higher Education Amendments of 1998 (Public Law 102-325; Sect. 484B). The procedures for calculating the refunds and overpayments are dictated by the U.S. Department of Education and are noted in "The Blue Book" published by that department. A copy is on file in the Office of Student Accounts and you may contact that office if you have questions. Complete refund information is available from Student Accounts, HAB 204, (845) 257-3150.

Students who wish to avail themselves of federal financial aid must meet the guidelines outlined in "Good Academic Standing and Satisfactory Progress Standards for Receipt of the Title IV Aid". This document is available in the Financial Aid Office and the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs. Please note that among the factors which may adversely affect a student's satisfactory academic progress are: repeating courses, failure in courses, incomplete marks, withdrawal from courses or college.

If you have any questions about financial aid, contact:

Financial Aid Office
HAB 603
(845) 257-3250
www.newpaltz.edu/financialaid