Financial Aid A-Z
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A
- Academic Progress
- Academic Progress Appeal
- Admissions
- Aggregate Loan Limits
- Agreement to Serve (for TEACH Grant)
- Aid Limits
- Aid Recalculation
- Aid Reductions
- Alternative Loans
- Alumni Scholarships
- Annual Student Loan Acknowledgment
- Appeals
- Applying for Aid
- Audit Classes
- Award Offer
B
- Bearcat Food Pantry
- Bearcat Portal
- Billing
- Book Allowance
- Budgeting
- Bursar (Billing and Collections)
C
- Campus Jobs
- Campus Life Fee
- CARES Act Funding (also see HEERF)
- Catalyst
- Catalyst Access for New Students
- Child Care Costs (for pre-school aged children)
- Cincinnati Pride Grant
- Cincinnati Tuition Guarantee
- Cincinnatus
- Cincinnatus Renewal
- Class Level
- Co-op
- Collections
- College Financing Plan
- College Program Fees
- Community Service
- Community Work-Study for Non-UC Employers
- Computer Allowance
- Consortium Agreement
- Consumer Information
- Cost of Attendance
- Contacting Student Financial Aid
- COVID-19 Assistance
- Credit Balances
- Credit Cards
- Credit Check
D
- Darwin T. Turner Scholarship
- Deadlines
- Debt Management
- Degree Certification
- Department of Education
- Dependency Status
- Direct Deposit
- Direct Loans
- Distance Learning Fee
- Dropping Classes
- Drug Conviction
- Dual Degree Programs
E
- Eligibility
- Emergency Grant
- Employment
- Endorser for PLUS
- Enrollment
- Enrollment Certification
- Enrollment Reporting
- Enrollment Services (customer service for aid, billing, and class registration)
- Enrollment Verification
- Entrance Counseling
- Estimated Aid
- Estimated Family Contribution (EFC)
- Estimating the Bill
- Exit Counseling
F
- FAFSA
- FAFSA Taxes
- FAFSA Parent(s)
- FastWeb
- Federal COVID Assistance
- Federal Student Aid Identification Username & Password (FSA ID)
- Fees
- Financial Aid Award
- Financial Aid Budget
- Financial Aid Offer Glossary of Terms
- Financial Aid Portal
- Financial Aid Portal Account Creation
- Finding a Job
- Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
- FSA ID
G
- General Fee
- Good Spending Habits
- GPA Requirement
- Grad PLUS Loan Denial
- Grad PLUS Loan Endorser
- Graduate Assistantships
- Graduate Fellowships
- Graduate PLUS Loan
- Graduate Scholarships
- Graduation Certification
- Grants
H
I
- Independent Status
- Information Technology and Instructional Equipment (ITIE) Fee
- Instructional Fee
- Interest Rates
J
K
L
- Late Fees
- Lenders
- Live Like a Student
- Loan Arrival
- Loan Borrowing History
- Loan Class Level Amount
- Loan Counseling
- Loan Debt Relief
- Loan Deferment Certification
- Loan Fees
- Loan Forgiveness
- Loan Limits
- Loan Management
- Loan Posting to Bill
- Loan Repayment
- Loans
M
- Marian Spencer Scholars
- Master Promissory Note (MPN)
- Maximum Loan Eligibility
- Metro Rate
- Monthly Loan Repayment
- Monthly Payment Plan
N
- National Outreach Award
- National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS)
- Net Price Calculator
- Non-Participation Grades
- Non-Payment Penalties
- Non-Resident Surcharge
- Non-Tuition Costs
- Non-UC Scholarships
- Notice of Non-Discrimination
O
- OCOG
- Ohio Department of Higher Education
- Ohio Residency
- One Stop Student Service Center/One Stop (now Enrollment Services)
- Online Students
- Origination Fees
- Outside Scholarships
- Overawards
- Overpayment
P
- Pace
- Parent PLUS Loan
- Parent PLUS Loan Denial
- Parental Information
- Part-Time Enrollment
- Past Due Balances
- Payment Plan
- Payments
- Pell Grant
- Pell Grant Eligibility (beginning 2024-25)
- Pell Lifetime Limits
- Personal Expenses
- PharmD Students
- PLUS Denial
- PLUS Endorser
- PLUS v. Alternative Loan
- Post-Award Changes
- Post-Enrollment Eligibility
- Posting Aid to Bill
- Poverty Guidelines
- Prior Prior Year
- Private Loans
- Promissory Note
R
- Reapplying for Aid
- Reducing Debt
- Refunds
- Registrar (Registration and Student Records)
- Registration
- Repeat Classes
- Reporting Non-UC Scholarships
- Residence Hall Rates
- Residency
- Return of Aid
- Right to Know
- Rights and Responsibilities
- Room and Board Charges
S
- SAI
- Satisfactory Academic Progress
- Satisfactory Academic Progress Appeal
- Scholarship Limits
- Scholarship Renewal
- Scholarship Search
- Scholarship Service Requirement
- Scholarships
- Selective Service
- Semester Payment Plan
- SEOG
- Service Blocks
- SNAP Benefit Extension
- Special Circumstance Appeal
- Student Aid Index (SAI)
- Student Bill
- Student Employment
- Student Health Insurance
- Student Loan Debt Relief
- Study Abroad
- Subsidized Loan
- Summer Aid
- Supplemental Awarded Aid Information (2022-23)
- Supplemental Awarded Aid Information (2023-24)
T
- TEACH Grants
- Timeframe
- Timeline
- Tools & Resources
- Transcripts
- Transfer Scholarships
- Tuition
- Tuition Guarantee
- Tuition Remission
- Turner Scholarship
U
- UC Financial Aid Portal
- UC Student Email System
- Undergraduate to Graduate Status
- Unsubsidized Loan
- Unusual Circumstance Appeal
- Unusual Expenses