AwardYear: 1997-1998 Edition: PostSecondary Part: 3 - - Filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid SectionNumber: SectionTitle: Section C "Your Plans" PageNumbers: 61 Section C "Your Plans" Purpose: Section C collects information on a student's college enrollment plans for the 1997-98 award year, intended course of study, and preference for types of aid. Information on the amount of veterans education benefits a student expects to receive is also collected in this section. Question 32 asks a student for his or her grade level for the 1997-98 school year. This question is used to establish the federal limits that apply to the amounts that can be borrowed by this student. High school seniors and persons who will be entering college for the first time should check "1st yr./never attended college." High school students who have taken college-level courses prior to graduating from high school should also answer "1st yr./never attended college." Questions 33-35 ask a student to indicate what types of aid, in addition to grants, the student (and his or her parents) are interested in receiving. If students are not sure, they should answer "yes" to all three questions, and they will be considered for all types of aid that are available. Students can decline any aid they are later awarded that they do not want. Question 37 asks about a student's (not the parents') dependents. If a student has no dependents, the question should be left blank. Questions 38 and 39 request information about veterans education benefits that the student will receive. The law requires that education benefits offered by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs be treated as a resource when determining the student's eligibility for the campus-based programs and as estimated financial assistance when determining the student's eligibility for Direct Loans or Federal Family Education Loans. Veterans education benefits are not used in the EFC calculation; they are collected in this section for the school to use when packaging aid. If an applicant receives veterans education benefits, the applicant must report the amount of monthly benefits that he or she expects to receive during the school year (from July 1, 1997 through June 30, 1998). Such benefits include Selective Reserve Pay (Montgomery GI Bill-- Chapter 106), New GI Bill (Montgomery GI Bill--Chapter 30), Post- Vietnam Veterans Educational Assistance Program (VEAP) (Chapter 32), Vocational Rehabilitation (Chapter 31), REPS (Restored Entitlement Benefits for Survivors--Section 156), Educational Assistance Program (Chapter 107), and Dependents Educational Assistance Program (Chapter 35). |