Financial Aid at White Mountains Community College

Applications for Financial Aid for the 2008-09 Academic Year (summer 2008 through spring 2009) are being processed now!

Renewed Scholarship Opportunities. For more information please see:
http://www.ccsnh.edu/foundation/scholarships.html

FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) applications are available to prospective and returning students. If you are planning on attending college this summer/fall/spring, you must file this application located at www.FAFSA.ed.gov. Paper FAFSA forms have been replaced with an on-line FAFSA Worksheet which may be obtained either at the www.FAFSA.ed.gov website or the financial aid office at the College. The on-line FAFSA Worksheet contains the same information as the paper FAFSA yet provides a more detailed explanation about how to properly complete the form.You will need your 2007 Federal tax forms, including W-2 information,and possibly parent tax forms and W-2’s. (If you are under 24 years old, not married, have no children, are not a veteran or ward of the court, you will need parental information.)

To help better understand the entire FAFSA process, you need to know that the information you submit at www.FAFSA.ed.gov goes to a Central Processing System which is an organization that has entered into a contract with the U.S. Dept. of Education to determine the student's eligibility. Once the information that you submit is complete, the outcome will be electronically submitted to the colleges using the school codes you have listed on the FAFSA website

Once you file the FAFSA, we will get an electronic record from the Central Processor. This will load into our database and we will then start to correspond with you. Remember, you must have filed an application and been accepted into a program by the Admissions Office before you can receive financial aid. A follow-up to this information and how proceeds from financial aid are disbursed will be explained during our summer orientation sessions.

The Financial Aid Handbook is available at:
http://www.ccsnh.edu/documents/2007-0820StudentFinancialAidHandbook.pdf

Let us know if you have any questions.

For more information about the topics on this page, please contact Kathy Duchesne or Laurie Erickson at:
kduchesne@ccsnh.edu Telephone: 603.752.1113 ext. 1300
lerickson@ccsnh.edu Telephone: 603.752.1113 ext. 1302

Financial Office Hours:
Monday-Thursday-Friday 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday and Wednesday 8:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.

The college is well aware of the financial burden of meeting college costs. The Financial Aid Office at the college encourages students to apply for assistance. The basic forms of assistance available are scholarships, grants, loans, and work-study. Remember to list the Federal College Code on the FAFSA for Berlin: 005291

Overview:
To be awarded financial aid, applicants must do as follows:

Complete the FAFSA and demonstrate financial need as determined by federal or state guidelines.
Submit any additional documentation the college may request.
Apply and be admitted into a program of study that leads to a degree, diploma, or eligible certificate.
Be enrolled in a minimum of six (6) credits per semester to receive Stafford Loans.
Maintain Satisfactory Academic Progress.
Reapply for financial aid each academic year.

5/2/2008