Financial Aid Award Doesn’t Show Pell Grant Or Hope And My Efc Is 0…?!?
Help! I just received a letter from my school saying that my financial aid award is available to view online, checked it, and only shows a loan! My EFC is 0, and my fafsa told my that I would be able to receive my whole COA(cost of attendance) through the Pell grant, and it shows only a Direct Loan for 3500. Obviously I would rather not receive the loan if I am able to get a grant for what I need. It also does not show my Hope GED 500.00 certificate that I had sent into the school earlier.
What is going on? Do grants take longer to process into a student’s aid package or something? I emailed my financial aid office days ago and still haven’t gotten a response.
First of all, FAFSA is just a form, forms cannot talk. The government dictated that you might be eligible for a Pell grant, no where does it ever say that you would get it. This is incredible early, most schools do not send out their letters until later in April. So it is possible that the government has just not dueled out their Pell grants for the year, I am not sure exactly when they do it, but I would be surprised to see it this early. I advise you to call the financial aid office, always call business’ offices, especially around a holiday. They will be able to tell you for sure.