E-mail Notifications
Financial Aid uses the official CofC email accounts to communicate information about financial aid awards and missing documents. Click here for details
View ArticleTax Benefits for Higher Education
NASFAA has published the Parent and Student Guide to Federal Tax Benefits for Tuition and Fees with general guidance to federal education-related benefits. Click here for details
View ArticlePresidential Scholarships Awarded for Entering Freshmen
Last week we sent out emails notifying entering freshmen that were awarded Presidential Scholarships. All students that applied for admission by Dec. 1 were considered. This year’s group was filled...
View ArticleLIFE, HOPE Awarded for Entering Freshmen
We have awarded LIFE and HOPE Scholarships for entering freshmen in MyCharleston. When the Commission on Higher Education notifies the College of Palmetto Fellows in April, we’ll award those...
View ArticleSummer Financial Aid Application Available
The application for summer financial aid is available at finaid.cofc.edu/pdf-forms/SSAP.pdf. This application is for Maymester through Summer II. The priority deadline is April 15; if you do it after...
View ArticlePalmetto Fellows (and other scholarships) awared
We received the first list of next year’s freshmen Palmetto Fellows from CHE last Friday and quickly set about awarding the scholarships. With a bit of clean-up, they were all awarded by this morning....
View ArticleFederal and Need-based Awards for Entering Freshmen
Yesterday afternoon we made awards of federal and need-based aid to over 4,000 freshmen entering. This is quite possibly the earliest we’ve ever made the awards and I’m really excited that we got them...
View ArticleRandom Thoughts on Student Loan Indebtedness
I recently had a student ask me how much the average graduate from the College has in student loan indebtedness. In reviewing the student loan page, I saw that our stated figure came from the Common...
View ArticleUpgraded ROTC Information
I recently expanded the information available on our website about the College’s joint ROTC programs with the Citadel (Army) and Charleston Southern (Air Force). You can check it out at...
View ArticleComplete Verification Now!
Students that were selected for verification should turn in their documents as soon as possible, preferably this week. Assuming everything goes as planned, we’re going to begin awarding federal and...
View Article$529 Bonus to 529 Plans for 5/29 Babies
The Future Scholars, the SC 529 college savings plan, has announced that they will give a $529 bonus to any accounts opened before August 30 which list a child born on 5/29/2013 as a beneficiary. Visit...
View ArticleBusy Season
So it is the busy season in financial aid (July and August). Call and email volume is really high right now, so we are not answering every phone call on the first ring and every email in 5 minutes....
View ArticleScholarships Renewed with Summer School
Lately I have received the following question plenty: I’m taking a summer course to boost my GPA and/or hours enough to keep my scholarship. If my grade does not post until next week but the tuition...
View ArticleTax Benefits for Higher Education
NASFAA has published the Parent and Student Guide to Federal Tax Benefits for Tuition and Fees with general guidance to federal education-related benefits. Click here for details
View ArticleE-mail Notifications
Financial Aid uses the official CofC email accounts to communicate information about financial aid awards and missing documents. Click here for details
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