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COSC Financial Aid? - strawberryxfuzz - 03-13-2016
Hey everyone! Had a question since I'm still relatively new to all this, and have never enrolled in a College so I'm unsure about this bit. I've been testing out and passed a few CLEP/DSST exams following KittenMittens COSC Business Administration plan. The overall cost being around $5000.
The main cost seems to be the two Capstone courses at $1,333 each. Because I'm testing out almost entirely, would it be possible that I could apply for financial aid when I enroll in COSC just to cover those two capstone courses?
Might be a bit of a stupid question but as I've never enrolled before or applied for financial aid I wasn't sure if COSC would approve it for just capstone courses when the rest of the credits are being transferred.
COSC Financial Aid? - rebel100 - 03-13-2016
Yes, except know that you typically need 6 credits to qualify for part time, and 12 credits to get full time benefits (so half grant for 6 credits, full aid requires 12 for example). Not really cost effective if taking all COSC courses.
I took the required COSC courses and supplemented them with courses through CSU-Pueblo. So a COSC course and three from CSU each of two semesters to recognize the full potential of my PELL grant. It's called a consortium agreement.
COSC Financial Aid? - Mamasaphire - 03-13-2016
rebel100 Wrote:Yes, except know that you typically need 6 credits to qualify for part time, and 12 credits to get full time benefits (so half grant for 6 credits, full aid requires 12 for example). Not really cost effective if taking all COSC courses.
I took the required COSC courses and supplemented them with courses through CSU-Pueblo. So a COSC course and three from CSU each of two semesters to recognize the full potential of my PELL grant. It's called a consortium agreement.
I've never heard of that! Would have been nice if the CC would have told us last semester when my daughter took courses at two places, but I guess when I asked about utilizing Pell Grant and they told me it can only be used at one school at a time, they may not have thought of mentioning a consortium agreement.
How does a consortium agreement work with the new Federal Aid requirements that any class FA pays for must be needed in the student's degree plan?
I am wondering for myself --I was thinking of how I have to take the Capstone at TESU and how helpful it would be to use my Pell Grant award towards it, but besides major/core SS classes (which I am planning to do via PLA Portfolio), there aren't any empty slots in my degree plan.
COSC Financial Aid? - sanantone - 03-13-2016
Mamasaphire Wrote:I've never heard of that! Would have been nice if the CC would have told us last semester when my daughter took courses at two places, but I guess when I asked about utilizing Pell Grant and they told me it can only be used at one school at a time, they may not have thought of mentioning a consortium agreement.
How does a consortium agreement work with the new Federal Aid requirements that any class FA pays for must be needed in the student's degree plan?
I am wondering for myself --I was thinking of how I have to take the Capstone at TESU and how helpful it would be to use my Pell Grant award towards it, but besides major/core SS classes (which I am planning to do via PLA Portfolio), there aren't any empty slots in my degree plan.
TESU will only do consortium agreements for courses they don't offer.
http://www.tesu.edu/documents/FA_ConsortiumForm.pdf