Financial Aid News

"Scammers" are calling, emailing and sending mail requesting personal information regarding student loans. These individuals are representing themselves as bank officials that make loans to students through federally regulated loan programs. (Federal Family of Educational Loan Programs).

Do not give out personal information or your student loan information to any individual without checking with your student loan lender first.

You may go online to www.nslds.ed.gov to view your student loan lenders. If you click on the lender, you will be able to get contact information. You should contact your lenders if you have any questions.

Please contact your lender first and if you need additional information about your financial aid including loans, please call the financial aid office.

Protect your personal information!

All GGU Students

First Deadline for Financial Aid Application is March 17, 2008 for students who plan to enroll in summer 2008 and have not yet been offered aid. Students must be fully admitted to a degree or certiicate program and maintain half-time enrollment status. Please complete the 2007-08 FAFSA and the 2008-09 FAFSA http://www.fafsa.ed.gov and a Golden Gate University 08SU-08FA FinAid App If you apply after April 28, 2008, it may delay financial aid processing until after the start of summer 2008 classes. Students who submit their applications after April 28, 2008 are required to make payment arrangements with Student Accounting Services to cover their balance before the first day of class. Repeat courses may not be used to determine half-time enrollment status for financial aid awarding.

Changing enrollment units or terms/trimesters

When students receive financial aid award letters, the calculations are based upon the information provided on the GGU Financial Aid Application. Any change in the enrollment of units or terms/trimesters may cause a student to become ineligible for all or part of their awarded financial aid. Financial aid funds may have to be returned and the student may end up owing GGU the amount of returned funds. If you are going to change your enrollment in any way, please contact your GGU Financial Aid Advisor before the change is made.

Undergraduate Students

Academic Competitiveness Grants 2008-09

UG students may receive up to $750 (for first year students) or $1300 (for a second-year student) towards their education.

• UG students must be full-time,
• citizen of the United States,
• enrolled in a two or four year degree granting institution of higher education,
• completed high school after January 1, 2006 for first year students
• or completed high school after January 1, 2005 for second year students.
• UG students must be enrolled in a rigorous secondary school program of study.
• Students must be determined Pell Grant eligible through filing the FAFSA http://www.fafsa.ed.gov.

SMART Grants 2008-09

UG students may receive up to $4000 each year of the third and fourth academic years of study.

• UG students must be a U.S. citizen,
• full-time in a degree granting institution,
• major in physical, life or computer science, engineering, mathematics, technology or a critical foreign language,
• have a cumulative 3.0 grade point average (GPA),
• and be determined Pell Grant eligible through filing the FAFSA http://www.fafsa.ed.gov.