Financial Aid Application

FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR

NAME:
First Middle Last

Home Mailing Address:
Street, Route, or P.O. Box
City State Zip Code

Phone: E-mail:

CLASSIFICATION:

Beginning Freshman

Transfer Student (academic level )

Returning Student (academic level )

ANTICIPATED ENROLLMENT PERIODS:

Fall and Spring Semesters

Fall, Spring, and Short Term

Other

Major

Career Choice

Anticipated Graduation/Completion Date from Judson

Yes No 1. Will you reside in a Judson residence hall?

Yes No 2. Do you live with your parents during periods of non-enrollment?

Yes No 3. Will you complete a Free Application for Federal Student Aid?

Yes No 4. Have you been a resident of Alabama for the past twelve months?

Yes No 5. Have you ever applied for or received aid through Judson College?

Yes No 6. Do you have access to scholarship funds independent of Judson College? If so, please specify amount and source:

Yes No 7. Do you wish to be considered for campus employment?

8. How many members are in your immediate family? How many (including yourself, but not including parents) will be attending college at least half-time in the year of enrollment?

9. Please mark the appropriate income for your family's total annual income range (include both parents' and students' income).

$0 - $20,999 $21,000 - $30,999 $31,000 - $40,999

$41,000 - $50,999 $51,000 - 60,999 more than $60,999

SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS

Please indicate programs for consideration.

Federal Pell Grant: Financial need required. Eligibility determined by the U.S. Department of Education through the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (produces the Student Aid Report or SAR).

Acteen Scholarship: Award based upon completed steps as verified by pastor or WMU director.

Minister's Dependent Grant: For dependent daughters of full-time or bi-vocational ministers of the Southern Baptist Convention.

Church-Related Vocation Scholarship: Students who are members of Alabama State Convention churches and have made a formal commitment to a church-related vocation may apply.

Junior Miss Scholarship: State and local pageant winners are eligible.

Church Secretary's Dependent Grant: For dependent daughters of full-time church secretaries in churches affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention.

Girls' State Scholarship: Award made to students who may have attended Girls' State.

LOAN PROGRAMS

Federal Perkins Loan: Financial need required. Must be Pell Grant recipient. Interest rate is 5% with maximum repayment period of 10 years. Judson is the lender. Limited number available.

Federal Stafford Loan: Variable interest rate tied to 91-day T-bill plus 1.7% for in-school, grace, and deferment; T-bill + 2.3% interest during repayment. Annual maximum amount is $2,625 freshmen level; $3,500 sophomore level; $5,500 junior and senior levels. Maximum repayment period is 10 years. Financial need required as shown through processed federal Pell forms. Commercial lender.

Federal Unsubsidized Stafford Loan: Same as above, except for middle income students who do not qualify for a subsidized Federal Stafford Loan. Interest is not deferred while in school; may sign agreement with lender to have interest capitalized.

Federal Parent's Loan for Undergraduate Students (PLUS): May borrow cost of education minus other financial aid. Variable interest rate tied to 91-day T-bill plus 3.10% capped at 9%. Checks are co-payable to parent and college. Repayment begins no later than 60 days after disbursement of check.

ALTERNATIVE LOAN METHODS

Available to parents or students:

P.L.A.T.O. Loan: Variable interest rate loan. Financial need not required to qualify, www.platoloan.com

Pickett & Hatcher Educational Loan: Low interest loans to students.

Contact directly: P.O. Box 8169, Columbus, GA 31908 or www.phef.org

Signature_______________________________________ Date_______________