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20k stafford for part time?

Post by lolschool2011 » Mon Feb 14, 2011 3:20 pm

If you enroll part time, can you secure the entire 20k/year from stafford?

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Re: 20k stafford for part time?

Post by Neidermeyer519 » Mon Feb 14, 2011 4:23 pm

I believe you are allowed to borrow up to the cost of attendance, which even for a part time program, should be over 20K. Typically they figure living expenses, etc., to be somewhere in the 20K neighborhood on their own.

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Re: 20k stafford for part time?

Post by lolschool2011 » Mon Feb 14, 2011 4:23 pm

Neidermeyer519 wrote:I believe you are allowed to borrow up to the cost of attendance, which even for a part time program, should be over 20K. Typically they figure living expenses, etc., to be somewhere in the 20K neighborhood on their own.
But Stafford is capped per year.

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Re: 20k stafford for part time?

Post by HOPEFORCHANGE » Mon Feb 14, 2011 8:44 pm

You have to be more than halftime

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