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Show News - Page Twelve Openings 1988 STUDENT SERVICES By Tamara Hardesty d and only for in this program. This award is undergraduates. Unlike loans, this is a gift, it does not have to be paid back The amount of the award depends on your need and on program funding. need-base- Chronicle assistant editorial editor Some philosopher, many years ago, sold the public on the notion that poverty was part of the romance of being a college student Like most noble ideas, this is bunk. Hunger does not increase a student's desire to obtain that blessed sheepskin. Lack of electricity (those bills must be paid) makes reading an arduous task. The problem is clear: the trail to the lofty echelons of intellectual superiority is beset with potholes. For all the elusive romance implicit in mythology, it is hard to hear the professor over your growling stomach. But take heart! There is money out there just waiting for the industrious scavenger to grab it up. Legal money. It's called financial 2. Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants. This program is for undergraduate students with excep $2,625 to $7,500 a year. 5. PLUS Loans and Supplemental Loans for Students. PLUS loans are for parental borrowers and SLSs are for students. Unlike Stafford loans, you do not have to show need, but you may have to undergo a credit check. The maximum amount you can borrow in one year is $4,000. In this pro6. College Work-Studgram, the student (graduate or undery. e to help defer graduate) works costs. The difference between a work-stud- y job and one at Pizza Hut is you are promised a certain amount of money. Then you work (usually on part-tim- campus) to earn back your prize. Because you worked for the money, you don't have to pay anyone back. To be considered in the first run, you should get the FFS form completed no later than Feb. 15. This is the base form for all aid and must be filed even if you miss the deadline. You should complete the U.'s aid. The government euphemistically refers to the humongous financial aid application form as the FFS. (The government loves acronyms! It means Family Financial Statement). If you missed the March 1 deadline for filing your FFS then you are in a tight spot. Harold Weight, director of the Financial Aid and Scholarships Office, warns that if you missed that deadline, there may not be any supplementary grant or scholarship funds available. Once a student's need has been calculated, all the e basis. money is dispersed on a This office is used to (although not pleased by) procrasti-natorIf you haven't begun or completed the complicated process of begging for your tuition, you better liurry. The longer you wait, the more difficult the process becomes. Moreover, every passing day cuts one more option from your file of ways to raise college money. The Financial Aid and Scholarship Office administers most of the awards and programs on campus. Logically, it should be the first place you go to search for funds. The programs you should consider, at least for next year, are the following: 1. Pell Grants. If you are eligible, there are still funds first-com- e, Application jor zcnoiarsnips and return it to the Financial Aid office by the same Feb. 15 deadline. If you haven t done this already, mark it on first-serv- s. HAW ' tional financial need, it also does not have to be paid back. You can get up to $4,000 a year if your need is great enough according to your Student Aid Report The U. receives a set amount of this money, unlike the Pell, and that fund has already been exhausted for this year. 3. Perkins Loan. This used to be called the National Direct Student Loan Program and is a loan-- it must be paid backfor both graduate and undergraduate students. The amount you could get (next year) would depend upon your financial need and the availability of Perkins Loan funds. 4. Stafford Loans. These loans used to be called Guaranteed Student Loans, but the name was too simple. These must be paid back, hence the term loans, but they have a low interest rate. Both graduate and undergraduate students may apply and there is still money in this program. The amount you can borrow varies from Mre AHD next year's calander. About six weeks after you have submitted the FFS, you should receive your Student Aid Report This is the first definitive sign the government has noted your existence. If all goes well, this little piece of paper can get you an Award Notification Letter. This is the nroverbial iar.lcnot. With this eem vou can eet a loan nnnli- cation form. When all of the proper little pieces of paper have been duly noted, examined and filed, you many get a ' final little piece of paper, your refund check. all who students need Weight urges money to go' immediately to the Financial Aid office. He warns that if you haven't already applied, your aid may not get here in time to pay fall tuition. Therefore, you may need to find another way to pay your tuition for fall quarter. StnHv thfi svstpm with rlnsp attpntinn- tn HparlHnpc j j odds. If more "poor" college students the and conquer get degrees, everyone gains power. Perhaps someday the myth of romantic poverty will be effectively eliminated. ; . The ALL NEW 1989 Miss Utah-USPageant A NOW Accepting Applications You don't have to just dream about it, it's not too late to register for Naval Science 1 1 2. 2 year scholarships are still available i ! Courtney Gibbs Pageant Date: October Miss USA 1988 28 29,1 988 -- Place: Snowbird, Utah Welcoming Party: Heritage House Contestants Seminar: Park Hotel Entry Deadline: September 30,1988 "At Contact Lt. Jay Erickson at the Naval Science Building 3 or ask any midshipman. or call 581-672- Von are tho CJavy . Call: Franclne A. August 6, 1988 Sef tember 17, 1988 Quinn 277-904-9 State Director Girls 17 years of age and under 25 by February Resident of the State of Utah for 6 months Mitt UNIVtlU . 1, 1989 may enter mi |
