Education

Selective Service Registration for the military draft is required for financial aid. Male students who are U.S. citizens and have reached the age of 18 and were born after December 31, 1959 must be registered with the Selective Service to be eligible for Federal financial aid. If the student did not register and is past the age of doing so (18-25), and the school determines that the failure to register was knowing and willful, the student is ineligible for all federal student financial aid programs. The schools decision as to whether the failure to register was willful is not subject to appeal. Students needing help resolving problems concerning their Selective Service registration should call 1-847-688-6888.

Research Assistantship is a form of financial aid awarded to graduate students to help support their education. Research assistantships usually provide the graduate student with a waiver of all or part of tuition, plus a small amount for living expenses. A Research Assistantship is required to perform research duties. Sometimes these duties are strongly tied to the student's eventual thesis topic.

Veteran status is needed for Federal financial aid purposes when determining dependency status. A veteran is a former member of the US Armed Forces (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines or Coast Guard) who served on active duty and was discharged other than dishonorably, meaning: received an honorable or medical discharge. You are a veteran even if you serve just one day on active duty, (not active duty for training before receiving your DD-214 and formal discharge papers). In order for a veteran to be eligible for VA educational benefits, they must have served for more than 180 consecutive days on active duty before receiving an honorable discharge. There are exceptions for participation in Desert Storm/Desert Shield and other military campaigns.) ROTC students, members of the National Guard, and most reservists are not considered veterans. Since the 1995-96 academic year, a person who was discharged other than dishonorably from one of the military service academies (the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, the Naval Academy at Annapolis, the Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs or the Coast Guard Academy at New London) is considered a veteran for financial aid purposes. Cadets and midshipmen who are still enrolled in one of the military service academies, however, are not considered veterans. According to the US Department of Education's Action Letter #6 (February 1996), "a student who enrolls in a service academy, but who withdraws before graduating, is considered a veteran for purposes of determining dependency status". Having a DD-214 does not necessarily mean that you are a veteran for financial aid purposes. As noted above, you must have served on active duty and received an honorable discharge.

If you are completing a paper FAFSA, you can only list four colleges in the school code step. You may add more colleges by doing one of the following: 1. Use the Federal Student Aid PIN you will receive after your FAFSA has been processed and go to FAFSA on the Web at www.fafsa.gov. Click the “Start Here” button to log in and then select the “Make FAFSA Corrections” link. 2. Use the Student Aid Report (SAR), which you will receive after your FAFSA is processed. Your Data Release Number (DRN) verifies your identity and will be listed on the first page of your SAR. You can call 1-800-4-FED-AID and provide your DRN to a customer service representative, who will add more school codes for you. 3. Provide your DRN to the financial aid administrator at the college you want added, and he or she can add their school code to your FAFSA. Note: Your FAFSA record can only list up to ten school codes. If there are ten school codes on your record, any new school codes that you add will replace one or more of the school codes listed.

No. You can select up to six schools to receive your FAFSA data by listing them on your application.

Yes. SAT address is www.collegeboard.org/sat/html/satform.html, ACT is www.act.org/aap/regist/index.html

(FinAid = www.finaid.org)(FastWeb = www.fastWeb.com) (FreSch = www.freschinfo.com) (MACH25 = www.collegenet.com/mach25) (Scholarship 101 = 208.225.207.218/scholarships101/) (Embark = www.embark.com/fa) (Fastweb = www.fastweb.com)

(FAFSA on the Web = www.fafsa.ed.gov) (PROFILE report = www.collegeboard.org/profile/index.html) (The Student Guide = www.ed.gov/prog_info/SFA/StudentGuide) (College is Possible = www.collegeispossible.org.) (Calculator = www.collegeboard.org/finaid.) (www.collegeboard.com/finaid/fastud/html/efc.html)

Eapply = www.collegquest.com, XAP Apps = www.xap.com, CollegeLink = www.collegelink.com, The Common App = www.commonapp.org, College View = www.collegeview.com/appzap, Embark.com = Apply.embark.com, CollegeNet = www.applyweb.com, College Board = www.collegeboard.org.