[Students] A few financial aid reminders

Maria Ramos Maria_Ramos at tamu-commerce.edu
Wed Aug 31 11:21:23 CDT 2011


Hello Juanita:
I am sorry to hear that you have not heard anything on your financial
aid for this fall. In looking at your financial aid record, there is no
financial aid application received on file and I don't see where you are
registered for classes this fall 2011 semester. I do see where you were
admitted but that is all the information available. 
We would be very happy to assist you but without a 2011-2012 FAFSA on
file there is little information to provide. If you have not done so,
you need to complete the 2011-2012 FAFSA at http://fafsa.gov . When
completing the FAFSA, please have available your 2010 income tax
information. You will need that data for the income section of the form.
Please make sure you include our school code, 003565. This will enable
us to retrieve your application data once the FAFSA processor completes
their analysis. Once we have access to your financial aid record, we
will be able to determine your eligibility for financial aid and the
amounts from what program. You do have to be enrolled in a minimum of 6
credit hours. Let me know if I can be of further assistance. 

Maria del C. Ramos
Director, Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships
Texas A&M University-Commerce
PO Box 3011
Commerce, TX 75249-3011
Phone: 903-886-5091
Fax: 903-886-5098
http://web.tamu-commerce.edu/
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piecemeal matters that there is a lamentable tendency to let the "long
run" or future take care of itself. We often are so busy "putting out
fires," so to speak, that we find it difficult to do the planning that
would prevent those fires from occurring in the first place. As a
prominent educator has expressed it, Americans generally "spend so much
time on things that are urgent that we have none left to spend on those
that are important."
 Gustav Metzman

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-----Original Message-----
From: jserna at leo.tamu-commerce.edu [mailto:jserna at leo.tamu-commerce.edu]

Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 10:39 AM
To: Maria Ramos; students at tamu-commerce.edu; employees at tamu-commerce.edu
Subject: Re: [Students] A few financial aid reminders
Importance: High

In regards to Financial Aid,I have not heard anything from
you all at A&M about aid so I will need to drop my classes.
I have tried every number I have been given to no avail. So
if you would be so kind as to respond and let me know if I
have to go personally to the campus and withdraw or drop the
classes. I could not apply for a loan that I'm not sure I
will be able to repay for now. I'm sorry if I have bothered
you it was not my intention but this is the only alternative
that I have. I work full time and don't have the luxutry to
be on the phone for long. I understand you all our busy but
I don't know what else to do. Thank you. Sincerely, Juanita
Serna

----- Original Message Follows -----
From: "Maria Ramos" <Maria_Ramos at tamu-commerce.edu>
To: <students at tamu-commerce.edu>,
<employees at tamu-commerce.edu>
Subject: [Students] A few financial aid reminders
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 11:39:37 -0500

>  
> 
> Our office wants to welcome everyone back to the beginning
> of another academic year and we want to send out a few
> reminders to get everyone started on the right track.
> 
>  
> 
> Minimum number of hours:
> 
> One of the requirements of financial aid is that the
> student must maintain a certain level of credit hours. The
> minimum is 6 credit hours. Our office started releasing
> financial aid on the 19th of this month which was the
> earliest day we could start to release financial aid to
> the Office of Student Accounts. We are monitoring
> enrollment level daily through census day of this semester
> , September 14, 2011. 
> 
>  
> 
> Students who drop below 6 credit hours and remain at less
> than 6 credit hours will not be eligible for financial
> aid. Monitoring has started and already we are noticing
> students who have dropped below the 6 credit hour minimum.
> Notices will be sent to students no longer in 6 credit
> hours to see if there are plans to add a course here and
> there. 
> 
>  
> 
> Financial Aid Standards of Academic Progress
> <http://web.tamu-commerce.edu/admissions/tuitionCosts/fina
> ncialAidandSch
> olarships/financialAid/awardingAid/satisfactoryAcademicPro
> gress.aspx> 
> 
> Students need to also remember that to maintain financial
> aid eligibility for future enrollment, Financial Aid
> Standards of Academic Progress need to be followed each
> semester. The Financial Aid Standards of Academic Progress
> will be monitored at the end of each semester of
> enrollment. 
> 
>  
> 
> Return to Title IV Refunds
> <http://web.tamu-commerce.edu/admissions/tuitionCosts/fina
> ncialAidandSch
> olarships/financialAid/awardingAid/withdrawalPolicy.aspx> 
> 
> We all know that there are instances when a student finds
> themselves in a situation where they must fully withdraw
> from the semester. Students who receive financial aid and
> fully withdraw from A&M-Commerce may find that they must
> repay all or part of the aid awarded. This calculation
> falls under the Return to Title IV Refunds process. Since
> the financial aid is released to pay tuition and fees and
> any credit balance issued to the student via a refund, the
> university no longer has access to the funds. Therefore,
> the university returns the funds to the appropriate
> federal financial aid program(s) affected. The student
> then owes the university. 
> 
> We find that the best analogy as to why the repayment
> needs to happen is to give the following example:
> 
> Imagine one is employed and one receives 4 months of
> salary in advance all at the same time. 
> The condition is that one must work up to a certain point
> in time in order to keep all the advanced salary. 
> If one were to quit prior to the specific point in time,
> then repayment may need to occur. 
> The amount that will need to be paid back will be based on
> the date one quits. 
> 
>  
> 
> Have a great Fall!
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> Maria del C. Ramos
> 
> Director, Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships
> Texas A&M University-Commerce
> 
> PO Box 3011
> 
> Commerce, TX 75249-3011
> 
> Phone: 903-886-5091
> 
> Fax: 903-886-5098
> http://web.tamu-commerce.edu/
> "Most business men generally are so busy coping with
> immediate and piecemeal matters that there is a lamentable
> tendency to let the "long run" or future take care of
> itself. We often are so busy "putting out fires," so to
> speak, that we find it difficult to do the planning that
> would prevent those fires from occurring in the first
> place. As a prominent educator has expressed it, Americans
> generally "spend so much time on things that are urgent
> that we have none left to spend on those that are
> important."
> 
> Gustav Metzman
> 
>  
> 
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