Applying For Financial Aid: Federal Pell Grant Program
Many college students look for some financial help in order to pay for college tuition and cover any other expenses
. This time grants come for help. Grants are payments awarded by college that are not necessary to repay. There are quite many programs that provide students with a financial aid. The federal Pell Grant is one of such programs. This is, probably, the biggest program awarded to students at the governments account.
Federal Pell Grants are provided for the students in accordance with the financial need they have. The application of the Pell Grant is a part of the FAFSA. Only after completion of the FAFSA application students can find out if they are eligible not only for the Federal Pell Grant program, but for some other grants, such as loans and work study. These types of grants are also easy to apply for. These programs offer good opportunities for students:
Opportunity to pay for tuition independently
Opportunity to reduce educational costs
The Department of Education of USA finds out financial eligibility of the students and determines what kind of grants and awards student can apply for. This also includes Federal Pell Grant program. The application for FAFSA being made, the result that provides with the information about students eligibility will be informed in two or three weeks. If the student is defined to receive a loan or any other aid, such as work-study, it is already up to him to decide whether to get this help or not. In other words, he is entitled to decline these kinds of aid.
One more important feature of this type of aid is that Federal Pell Grants are awarded to the students who are mastering first bachelors degree. Graduate students are not entitled to receive this kind of financial aid. There are no definite educational requirements, such as grade point average needed.