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Award Notification
You will receive a notification in eSantaFe when you are awarded. The types and amounts of aid offered, specific program information,your responsibilities, and the conditions that govern the award will beon eSantaFe in My Financial Aid.
Important Dates/Deadlines
January 1, 2009 –
Apply now (or as soon as possible after this date);complete the Free Application for Student Aid (FAFSA) for the 2009-2010 academic year.
March 15, 2009
– Priority “on time” deadline for full funding 2009-2010
June 30, 2010
– The federal processor must receive the FAFSA onthe Web by midnight Central Daylight Time. A paper FAFSA must bemailed in time for the processor to receive it by the deadline.
July 15, 2010
– File must be complete and verified (or 10 days prior toyour last day of enrollment, whichever is earlier).
August 8, 2010
– SFC must receive your Student Aid Report (SAR,the results of your processed FAFSA); (or by last day of enrollment, whichever is earlier) for you to receive any financial aid.
Your Financial Aid Information isOnline at eSantaFe
To find out the status of your file or the awards received, including the amount and disbursement date of your financial aid check(s), visitus online at eSantaFe.
Confidentiality
SFC ensures confidentiality of student records in accordance withthe Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). Your infor-mation is kept private, and can only be released when a signed autho-rization is presented to the college. You can download the Student Authorization Form at
http://dept.sfcollege.edu/records/PDF_DOC/Studentautho.pdf
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Notification of Collection and Useof Social Security NumbersSection 119.071(5), Florida Statutes
This notice is intended for students, employees, and applicants.Santa Fe College collects your social security number for use in per-formance of the college’s duties and responsibilities for the following possible purposes: classification of accounts; identification and verifica-tion; creditworthiness; billing and payments; data collection; reconcilia-tion; tracking; benefit processing; tax and scholarship reporting; finan-cial aid processing; athletics recruiting; accreditation of programs; andreporting to authorized agencies of the state and federal government.Social security numbers are also used as a unique numeric identifier incertain cases and may be used for search purposes. Federal law requiresthat we protect social security numbers from disclosure to unauthor-ized parties. Students and employees are assigned SFC identificationnumbers to assist in protecting their identities.
A Few Things to Know
The 2009-2010 Financial Aid Handbook information is availableonline at
http://www.sfcollege.edu/financialaid/.
. You may be eligible for a fee deferment (see more information on feedeferments on page 4. A standard term is 16 weeks in length and flexterms occur withinthe standard term for approximately eight weeks. Transfer students must have at least a 2.0 GPA after all officialtransfer course work has been evaluated to be eligible for financial aid.If you are awarded a Federal Direct Student Loan you must com-plete a loan orientation online at
http://www.sfcollege.edu/financialaid/orientation.php.
You must also complete a Master Promissory Note(MPN) at
http://dlenote.ed.gov
if you have not already done so for aprior Federal Direct Loan.Many outside organizations offer scholarships to students whomeet certain criteria including, but not limited, to the following: back-ground, professional affiliations, field of study, and/or place of resi-dence. You may find scholarships at
http://dept.sfcollege.edu/crc/fr.htm
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Transfer Students
If you plan to transfer to SFC during the year (i.e. spring 2010 orsummer 2010) you should:
• Add the SFC Federal school code 001519 on the FAFSA.• Contact your current school and tell them of your plans to transfer
so they may cancel your aid. All transfer credits as well as attempted course work at SFC will beincluded as attempted credit hours. You must have at least a 2.0 minimum cumulative all college gradepoint average (GPA) after all official transfer credits are evaluated to beeligible for financial aid. If you are a transfer student with a GPA lessthan 2.0 and you are attempting to qualify for aid in subsequent terms,you must either:1. Raise your cumulative GPA to at least a 2.0, or2. Earn a minimum term GPA of 2.5 for enrollment of at least half-
time status. This must occur in your rst term at SFC.
Critical Enrollment Information
Maximum eligibility for funding is based on a full-time enrollmentstatus; however, part-time students may be eligible for financial aid.Per federal regulations, a student’s financial aid must be calculated by determining the student’s enrollment status based only on course work applicable to the student’s degree or certificate at SFC.Enrollment status categories for funding are as follows:
• Full-time status is 12 credit hours or more;• Three-quarter time status is 9 to 11 credit hours;• Half-time status is 6 to 8 credit hours;• Less than half-time status is 1-5 credit hours.
Students who plan to register for less than full-time enrollment sta-tus should pay close attention to the eligibility requirements listed foreach financial aid program (see page 5). The following are examples of enrollment status and financial aideligibility: A. Melissa’s program of study is associate of arts (AA) 1133 and shehas completed all of her SFC degree requirements (60 credits).During the fall of 2009, she is registered for 13 credit hours of pre-requisites required for admittance to the upper division of a stateuniversity that she wants to transfer to in the spring of 2010. Be-cause her fall 2009 courses do not apply to her degree at SFC, her
nancial aid enrollment status is zero hours and she is not eligiblefor nancial aid.
Subject Credit Hours
INR 2002 International Relations 3SPN 1121 Spanish 2 4STA 2023 Introduction to Statistics 3CPO 2001 Comparative Politics 3B. John’s program is associate of science (AS) 3315 Nuclear Medicine Technology and his fall 2009 registration of 9 credits includes a 3credit hour class ENC 1102 that is not applicable to his degree at
SFC. His enrollment status for nancial aid is 6 hours (half time).
Subject Credit Hours
NMT 1111 Patient Care 3NMT 1430 Radiation Biology 3ENC 1102 Writing/Lit 3
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