About GC Women's Soccer

Financial Aid & Scholarship FAQ

• How can I receive my financial aid award and package?
• Will I receive a soccer scholarship if I play soccer at Greenville College?
• How does "need" affect which scholarships and grants I can receive?
• Is it true that NCAA, Division 3 schools can't give scholarships?

Q: How can I receive my financial aid award and package?

A: Complete the following:

•  Greenville College Application for Admission
(You can apply online for free at: www.greenville.edu/admissions/application/instructions.shtml )

•  Financial Aid Form (FAFSA)
(Online preferred for prompt processing at: www.fafsa.ed.gov .)

A wealth of financial aid information is available at: www.finaid.com .

Q: Will I receive a soccer scholarship if I play soccer at Greenville College?

A: Scholarship aid at Greenville College is plentiful in a variety of areas. The amount of scholarship aid that a person might receive will primarily depend upon the following factors:

• Academic Merit
• Achievement
• Leadership
• Entitlement
• Financial "Need"
• Federal Aid Programs
• State Aid Programs

These factors and the ensuing aid package can be determined by the Greenville College Financial Aid Office once the student-athlete has (1) been accepted to the college, (2) completed the FAFSA form, and (3) the appropriate information is communicated to our Financial Aid Office.

For additional Greenville College financial aid and scholarship information visit: www.greenville.edu/financialaid or call our Financial Aid Office at (800) 345-4440. A listing of GC scholarships is available at: www.greenville.edu/financialaid/guide/scholarships.shtml . Additional scholarship and grant opportunities are available at: www.greenville.edu/financialaid/other.shtml .

Just for review, once a person applies, is accepted and completes the FAFSA form, a financial aid package from Greenville College will be presented to the prospective student and their family for review.

Q: How does "need" affect which scholarships and grants I can receive?

A: A students "need" of financial assistance for college is determined by the results of the FAFSA form. Both "need" and "no need" -based scholarships and grants are available from Greenville College , the Federal and State Government and from other sources that may be considerable for you and your family unit.

" Need"-based scholarships and grants include:

• Greenville College Scholarships & Grants

•  Out-of-state Tuition Grant
Full-time students with financial need who are legal residents outside of Illinois .
AWARD - Up to $4,000 per year.

•  Greenville College Endowed Scholarship
Awarded to students with financial need after other sources of aid have been applied.
AWARD - Up to $4,000 per year.

•  International Student Scholarship
Students who are not citizens of the United States
AWARD - Up to $4,000 per year.

• Federal Programs ( www.ed.gov/studentaid )

•  Federal Pell Grant
Students with financial need enrolled at least half time.
AWARD - Up to $3,750 per year. Must apply annually.

•  SEOG (Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant)
Full-time, Pell-eligible students with extreme financial need.
AWARD - Up to $2,000 per year. Must apply annually.

• Primary State of Illinois Programs ( www.isac1.org )

•  ISAC Map Grant
Residents of the State of Illinois enrolled on full-time basis.
AWARD - Up to $4,968 (2003-03) per year. Must apply annually.

•  ISAC Merit Recognition Scholarship
Residents of the State of Illinois ranked in the top 2.5% of their class.
AWARD - $1,000 for the freshman year of college.

•  ISAC Incentive for Assess Grant
Residents of the State of Illinois and have a zero expected family contribution.
AWARD - $500 for the freshman year of college

"No need"-based (merit-based) scholarships and grants include:

• Greenville College Scholarships & Grants

•  Boyer Scholarship
Must be National Merit Scholar Semifinalist
AWARD - Three-fourths of tuition. RENEWABLE.

•  President 's Scholarship
Incoming freshment with a 3.0 H.S. GPA and minimum score of 27 or 1210 SAT.
AWARD - $8,000 anually. RENEWABLE

•  Dean's Scholarship
Incoming freshmen with a 3.0 H. S. GPA and minimum score of 22 ACT or 1200 SAT.
AWARD - $6,000 annually. RENEWABLE

•  Leadership Scholarship
Incoming freshmen with a 2.5 H.S. GPA and 18 ACT or 860 SAT with evidence of outstanding leadership characteristics.
AWARD - $500 to $4,000 per year. RENEWABLE

•  Transfer Achievement Scholarship
Transfer students who have a 3.2 GPA on a 4.0 scale.
AWARD - Up to $4,000 per year. RENEWABLE

•  Phi Theta Kappa Scholarship
Community College transfer students who hold a membership in Phi Theta Kappa.
AWARD - Up to $4,000 per year.

• GC Departmental Scholarships

•  Minority Education Scholarship
Minority students who declare an education major and have a 2.5 GPA and minimum of 20 ACT or 950 SAT.
AWARD - Up to $2,500 per year.

•  Music Participation Scholarship
Non-majors who participate in the concert band or string ensemble. Award based on audition evaluation.
AWARD - $500 per year.

•  Music Scholarship
Must declare a major in Music. Award based on audition evaluation.
AWARD - $2,500

•  Art Scholarship
Must declare a major in Art. Award based on audition evaluation.
AWARD - $1,500

• Entitlement Scholarships

•  Alumni Dependent Grant
Children of Greenville College Alumni.
AWARD - $500 per year. Renewable

•  Christian Service Dependent Scholarship
Dependents of ministers or missionaries whose primary income is derived from the church.
AWARD - Up to $2,500 per year. Renewable

•  Free Methodist Youth Scholarship
Members or active participants in Free Methodist church programs.
AWARD - $500 per year. Renewable

•  Sibling Scholarship
Awarded to each additional sibling attending Greenville College .
AWARD - $500 per year. Renewable

• Matching Grants

•  Church Partnership Scholarship
Any full-time undergraduate student with support of local congregation.
AWARD - GC will match up to $1,000 of support given by the church.

•  Dollars for Scholars
Recipients of scholarship assistance through the Dollars for Scholars organization.
AWARD - GC will match DFS awards up to $750 per student.

Q: Is it true that NCAA, Division 3 schools can't give scholarships?

A: No. Colleges that give “partial scholarships” (non-Full Rides, but only partial athletic related aid/scholarships), such as NAIA or Div 2 schools, are DECEIVING YOU IF THEY SAY that we (or any Division 3 school) do not “give scholarships” . The fact is that WE DO give great scholarship aid!!!

What IS TRUE is that our Financial Aid and Scholarship Packages will not be able to list any “athletic related scholarship aid” because Division 3 colleges cannot give financial aid based purely on athletic talent and ability.

HOWEVER, Just remember, YOU WANT TO LOOK FOR THE TOTAL FINANCIAL AID PACKAGE and not simply if a school gives athletic related financial aid.

REASON - if you are given $1,000 or $3,000 or even $5,000 in athletic related aid from a college that gives partial soccer scholarships, you may find that our Greenville College total Financial Aid Package may exceed the total aid package of a “soccer scholarship school” (when you combine all the different forms of financial aid that you may be eligible to receive from Greenville College).

BOTTOM LINE – remember to:

•  Look for the TOTAL FINANCIAL AID PACKAGE before you make decisions, and not just whether a particular athletic related “partial scholarship” is in your package.

•  WAIT TO MAKE DECISIONS about the various colleges you are considering until after you receive the financial aid award packages from ALL  the colleges that you are considering.

•  Do not let schools “pressure you” into making decision about whether to “sign with them.” If they pressure you, they may not have your best interests in mind , only theirs. Sometimes partial-athletic scholarship colleges will attempt to pressure you into signing with them (and accepting their partial scholarship) BEFORE you have the total aid packages from other schools (especially Division 3 schools). That is not in your best interest, and I encourage you consider their attempts to rush you into a decision that may not be in your best interest just because “they are afraid to lose you” to another college and thus have to force you to make early decisions.

IN CONCLUSION:

Only after you and your family have the financial aid award packages from all the colleges that you are considering can you and your family make educated choices based on facts and not on “sales pitches” about how “certain schools give athletic scholarships and others do not.”

However, REMEMBER WHAT MATTERS MOST is the total aid package that a college will offer you, including the various other forms of scholarship / financial aid that an institution may be offering to you if you choose to attend their school.