Know the Financial Aid Application Deadlines for Your State
Yes, states give financial aid too!  It is important, however, that you pay attention to the deadlines for submitting financial aid forms.  Missing a deadline seriously impacts your ability to obtain federal and state financial aid as well as institutional aid and scholarships.
We have compiled a list of state deadlines for May 2011 as well as provided some tips to help you and your family understand how financial aid deadlines work. 

Tips:  

• The FAFSA is the federal application for financial aid, but it is also used to apply for aid from other sources, such as the state.
• The deadlines for the state or colleges may be different from the federal deadlines and you may be required to complete additional forms.  
• Check with your high school guidance counselor or a college financial aid administrator about state and college sources of student aid.
• Refer to the state in which you live, not the state of the school that you may attend.
• Pay close attention to the college's definition of an application deadline - whether it is the receipt date and time or the process date and time of the application. 

State financial aid deadlines: 
Pennsylvania - May 1
Maine - May 1
Massachusetts - May 1
New Hampshire - May 1
Florida - May 15

If you state is not listed, it is because the state deadline is later than the month of May or may have already passed.  Visit collegepreparationevents.blogspot again for additional deadlines and tips.

For more information on completing the FAFSA form:  http://www.fafsa.ed.gov


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Missing a deadline for financial aid - what does it really mean?
I was recently asked by a family, "what does it really mean if we are late submitting our financial aid applications", so I thought I would share my response to this issue.

FAQs:  Will my late application be reviewed, considered, processed?  I'm only a few days late, does it really matter that much?  Can I be considered for something else?

The short answer to the issue is that missing a financial aid deadline basically means that you will have  a very slim chance to get the funding from that source (e.g. college financial aid deadline, scholarship deadline, state grant application deadline,etc)

Advice- Yes, you may loose an opportunity to take advance of one resource but don't give up completely.  Keep up the search for other scholarships, grants and loans that still have open or available application dates.

There was a time when you may have been able to squeeze an application in if it was only a couple days late.  However, now with the economy in the state that it is in and people and foundations losing  money, and more families in need then ever before, a late application is less likely to be considered.

Advice -Pay attention and get or stay organized.  Every source of money for college has its own deadline and this creates much confusion.  Starting early and staying on top of your planning helps enormously.  If you are already late and have missed a deadline or two, know that the aid could be lower or you may have missed that opportunity altogether.  Contact the source of the aid (college financial aid office, scholarship contact, etc) and learn more about your next steps and other options.  Keep searching for additional sources.  Don't give up!  Stay connected and watch for the information posted here.

More State Financial Aid Deadlines

May 1:
Maine
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New York
Pennsylvania


May 15:
Florida
 

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Florida, like many other states, is in a critical shortage of teachers in a variety of sectors. As teachers' salaries have decreased, the number of people who must decide on the teaching profession to pursue their career choices. The Florida Office of Student Financial Assistance and the Government of the State of Florida have created a program in which teachers-Florida student loans must be repaid. This program is designed to encourage teachers to receive their diplomas of higher education in subjectsexperiencing shortages in the critical state of Florida.

According to the statutes of 2004-05, is the program of undergraduate and graduate loans. The teacher should not be in default for each of their loans. The teacher must take in the Florida teaching certificate and teach in a public school full time in Florida. You need to come teach at least ninety days in order to be considered for the program, an academic year. The teacher may also have received no other specific schoolGrants or loans for their education.

The documents for the repayment of the loan is obtained from the Office of College Student financial assistance in Florida. A teacher may submit the documents to the end of the first year. Your district superintendent must certify their jobs, and teachers also have their transcripts of all colleges to submit to visit them. The creditor or the holder of the loan of their student loans should alsoCertification of financial statements of the loan for the teacher.

The good news is that a teacher will receive up to $ 2,500 a year may be used for loans of up to $ 5000 and graduated a year for the school loans. Every teacher can have up to 10,000 dollars from the program as a whole. The teacher receives a check for the teacher and lenders, and must, before approving the lender.

There are a number of areas that are subject to critical shortages. They are areas subjectRight to the program are:

Autism

Emotionally handicapped

English for speakers of other languages (ESOL degrees)

Exceptional Student Education

Languages

Deaf

Industrial Arts-Technical Education

Vaimuhaigus

East and High School Mathematics

East and High School Science

Disabilities

Reading

School psychologists

Specific learning disabilities

Language / SpracheDisabled

Various exceptionalities

Blind

This is an excellent program designed to address the critical shortage of teachers, giving them an incentive, teachers alleviate one of the areas mentioned above. For anyone interested in a teacher in Florida, it makes sense to consider a teacher in one of these subjects, so they can receive assistance repay their student loans. Why can not repay your student loan-teacher in Florida? AndWho knows? If you work in Florida, other states might follow suit, because many states have similar educational bottlenecks.

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