Page4 >. The Lion's Eye : ' March 20,..2006 Eye On Campus Free College Money Available: Nobody’s Taking It BY JESSE ROWLAND Jjar422@psu.edu Although tuition costs are rising, some students are not applying for financial aid. According to a recent report by the American Council on Education (ACE), it is estimated that 1.5 million students who : could have been awarded the Pell Grant didn't even ~~ FREE APPLICATION FOR § apply for it. Why is this? Wo Holo Put A Admissions assistant Anna Pipino says that a big ean problem is procrastination.- Those students who put things off are hurting their chances of getting finan- cial aid. Photo Provided courtesy of Google Images "Deadlines are critical features," said Pipino. * cations increased by nearly 3 million, to 11.1 mil- There is apparently also some confusion over the lion. Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) However, the number of low-income students who form. did not file rose from 1.7 million to 1.8 million or Recently, volunteers in 25 states set up stations in about 28 percent of low income students. schools, libraries, and other buildings to help stu- It is important for students to realize that applying dents and their families with forms as part of a pro- for student aid is a process, but in the end, it can be - gram called "College Goal Sunday." well worth the patience, counselors stress. When students and parents are working together Aside from just applying for financial aid through to fill out the FAFSA form, there may be circum- FAFSA, students can also apply for campus-based stances where they need to wait for income tax scholarships. forms to come in. Since filling out the FAFSA "Students who have a 3.0 or higher at the end of seems to be so complicated, it often turns students the fall semester can apply for campus based schol- off. arships that will be in effect the following fall," said What students need to know is that they can't just Pipino. fill out the FAFSA and be done. They have to fol- But the problem of procrastination still exists. low up and wait for notification and confirmation," Another problem with students is that they don't Pipino said. believe that they have any chance of winning a The Southeastern Association of Colleges and scholarship award, so they don't bother to apply at Employers study, released in February, found the all percentage of undergraduates completing FAFSA ~~ Pipino says, "When applying for web-based schol- actually rose from 50 to 59 percent over the four- arships, students have to be proactive." year period it studied, and the total number of appli- ee ¢ C0000 0000s000v006006060606 0 J CN) Poe 0sssbvesc00s00 University Park Extravaganzas BY JESSE ROWLAND jar422@psu.edu Although most of you have probably been up to Main Campus, maybe even studied there already, there are some things about University Park that need attention. For students transferring up to the Main Campus next semester, here is some advice: : Photos provided by Google Images
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