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Financial Aid Available
at Brewton-Parker College
There are many different kinds
of Financial Aid Available for External students at Brewton-Parker.
Click on the links below to learn more.
Student aid at Brewton-Parker
College includes:
To
be eligible to receive Federal and/or State financial assistance,
a student must be admitted as a degree-seeking or eligible
certificate-seeking student and maintain satisfactory academic
progress.
Brewton-Parker
College reserves the right to adjust institutional aid when
that aid, in combination with other forms of aid (except
the Stafford/Perkins Loans and Institutional/Federal Work-Study
funds), exceeds the cost of tuition and fees, and textbook
charges in the college bookstore. Institutional funds
shall not be utilized in determining or paying for off-campus
living and transportation costs. Please refer to the
college catalog for complete information.
SENIOR CITIZEN'S PROGRAM
In an effort to strengthen community
ties and foster a better quality of life for older residents
of the region, Brewton-Parker College works with residents
who are 65 years old or older to enroll them at significant
discounts in the College's higher education curriculum.
Any senior citizen, as defined above, can enroll in courses
at Brewton-Parker
College
for credit through the following procedures:
1.
Present proof of age (driver's license, etc.);
2.
Complete application for admissions and pay application
fee;
3.
Present transcripts from other colleges attended;
4.
Register for any class in which Senior Citizens Program
enrollees are not displacing fully enrolled students;
5.
Pay the Senior Citizen Program tuition, which is $100 per
course.
Transcripts
will be created and grades will be provided for these students.
They are subject to the same fees for textbook costs as
other students. No financial assistance is available to
students for this program.
Any
senior citizen, as defined above, can audit courses at Brewton-
Parker
College through the following procedures:
1.
Present proof of age (driver's license, etc.);
2.
Complete an application for admission and pay application
fee;
3.
Register for any class in which Senior Citizen Program enrollees
are not displacing fully enrolled students;
4.
Pay the Senior Citizen Program audit tuition, which is $50
per course.
Senior Citizen Program audit students
will adhere to the policies described on page 20 in the
current College catalogue. They will not be subject to prerequisite
requirements and book purchases are not mandatory. Classes
charging laboratory fees cannot be audited. No financial
assistance is available to students for this program.
The staff of the Financial Aid
Office is here to help you, and we can be reached by telephone
at 1-800-342-1087, ext 215. Our office hours are Monday
through Friday 8 AM to 5 PM.
Financial Aid Question
and Answers
What
financial aid is available to me?
How
do I apply for financial aid?
How
does the FAFSA application work?
How
do I know what aid I am eligible to receive?
How
am I paid financial aid?
What
if I received a bill and my financial aid has not been credited?
If
I borrow a loan, may I use some of these funds to live on
while I attend BPC?
What
happens if I must totally withdraw from classes and do not
complete the semester?
What financial aid is available to
me?
As a student enrolled in the
Division of External Programs, you will be eligible for
all the federal programs for which you qualify. They
include:
- Pell Grant
- Federal Supplemental Educational
Opportunity Grant (FSEOG)
- ACG/SMART
- Federal Work StudyFederal Perkins Loan
- Federal Stafford Loans
You may also be eligible for
the state aid programs. If you are Georgia resident you may be eligible to receive:
- Georgia Tuition Equalization Grant (GTEG). (Must be enrolled fulltime)
- HOPE Scholarship (minimum of half time enrollment) Graduated from a Georgia
High School as a Hope Scholar. Georgia resident not having
attended college as a degree-seeking student anywhere
may earn eligibility by completing 30 semester hours with
a 3.0 grade point average (GPA).
- Georgia Leveraging Educational
Assistance Partnership Grant Program (LEAP)
- Promise Teacher Program
Brewton-Parker
College has institutional aid programs available to students
enrolled in the Division of External Programs which are:
- Lettie Pate Whitehead Scholarship
- Georgia Baptist
Membership Scholarship
How do I apply for financial
aid?
You must complete the Free
Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA.
This application must be completed each academic year.
How does the FAFSA application work?
When you complete the FAFSA
application, you may send the form to the Financial Aid
Office for electronic transmission or you may submit the
information yourself via the Internet at the U.S. Department
of Education's website http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/.
The
Department of Education enters your information and determines
your eligibility for the Pell grant using a pre-determined
formula. They will send you a Student Aid Report
(SAR).
How do I know what aid
I am eligible to receive?
You will receive an Award Letter
from the Financial Aid Office. This Award letter makes
an offer of all the grants, scholarships and loans that
you are eligible to receive. Additional paperwork
may be required to actually be paid the funds.
How am I paid financial aid?
If
all your paperwork is finalized you will usually receive
a credit for each award on your student account about two
weeks after the drop/add deadline each semester. If
you have borrowed a Stafford loan, these funds may actually
be received before the other aid is credited to your student
account.
All
Stafford loan funds are paid by the lender you choose, via
electronic funds transfer. When BPC receives the loan
funds, these funds will be credited to your student account.
The loan funds will first be applied to tuition and fees
and any other costs charged to your student account, such
as books and supplies. If your student account has
a credit balance after all your aid is applied, the Business
Office will send you a refund check. Refunds will
be generated only by Stafford loan funds. You will
not receive a refund from Brewton-Parker institutional funds
or funds controlled by BPC.
What
if I received a bill and my financial aid has not been credited?
If
you receive a bill from the Business Office before the semester
begins, it has been sent as an information memo only.
If
you receive a bill from the Business Office after the add/drop
period, and your financial aid has not been credited, then
a problem may be occurring with your financial aid.
It could indicate that we do not have all the necessary
paperwork from you, or additional clarification is needed.
Contact the Financial Aid Office for help.
If
you receive a bill from the Business Office and all the
financial aid has been credited, then you must make arrangements
to pay the balance. If you have not borrowed a Stafford
loan, we can assist you with this process to pay your balance.
The loan paperwork must be done during the semester in which
you are enrolled, and you must be enrolled in at least 6
semester hours. Contact the Financial Aid Office for
help.
If
I borrow a loan, may I use some of these funds to live on
while I attend BPC?
Yes, but all funds must first
be used to pay the cost of attending BPC such as tuition,
fees, room and board, books and supplies, any excess funds
after these costs are paid, may then be used for your other
needs.
What
happens if I must totally withdraw from classes and do not
complete the semester?
The Financial Aid Office will
calculate the amount of aid you will have earned based upon
the amount of time you completed during the semester.
You will earn financial aid eligibility in proportion to
the amount of time you remained enrolled. Financial
aid funds may have to be returned to the particular aid
program, such as the Pell grant or Stafford/Perkins loan
programs. The result of your total withdrawal could
result in your owing money back to the government, state
and BPC. The full return of Title IV funds policy
is found in the College catalog.
Withdrawing
may also affect your Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP).
The College is required to establish minimum standards of
SAP. These standards measure your progress toward
a degree in three areas.
- Qualitative - refers to
grade point average
- Quantitative - refers
to number of hours earned within a specified time period
- Time frame - refers to
the maximum number of hours attempted
You
will find the full SAP policy in the College catalog.
Before withdrawing from BPC consult with your College Advisor
and the Financial Aid Office.
The staff of the Financial Aid
Office is here to help you, and we can be reached by telephone
at 1-800-342-1087, ext 209. Our office hours are Monday
through Friday 8 AM to 5 PM.
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