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Applying: Eligibility
- You must be officially admitted and matriculated in a program leading to an undergraduate or graduate degree (non-matriculated students are not eligible).
- Through the submission of the FAFSA, your eligibility must be confirmed through federal database matches with:
- Social Security Administration (the match verifies social security number, name, date of birth and citizenship status)
- Immigration and Naturalization Services (reports on non-citizen eligibility for aid)
- Selective Service Administration (reports on compliance to selective service registration requirement for males)
- National Student Loan Database System (reports students with a federal loan default or federal grant repayment requirement who are not eligible for further federal aid at any school until the default or repayment is cleared).
- You must file the Downstate Institutional Application- (2010-11) in order to be considered for Institutional grants..
- If you are a grad student, you must have 5 or more credits to receive loans, 9 to receive grants.
- Undergraduate students receiving Pell Grants may receive a Pell Grant (only) if registered for 5 or more credits. All other undergraduate aid requires 6 or more registered credits each semester for aid eligibility. An undergraduate student is considered full-time for aid purposes with 12 or more credits per semester.
- Other requirements may apply — you will be notified by the Financial Aid Office if any apply to you.
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