Test Preview: Packaging Aid and Notification

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To earn this credential, you will need to know the guidelines schools follow to combine various types of Title IV and non-Title IV aid from federal, state, institutional, and private entities, to create award packages designed to help meet the financial need of college students. In addition to knowing about program definitions and the guidelines for packaging and notifying students about their aid, you also will need to understand the concept of overawards, and how to prevent and resolve them, as well as aid appeal policies and procedures. This will help you demonstrate the ability to meet a student's financial need with funds from various sources, while ensuring equitable distribution of limited resources, maintaining compliance with program-specific requirements, and endeavoring to meet the mission, goals, and objectives of your school. 

The range of topics in this test include:

  • General Concepts of Packaging
  • Packaging Guidelines
  • Overawards, Appeals, and Aid Notifications

Tests may include questions pertaining to a variety of program structures, such as credit- or clock-hour, term or nonterm, standard or nonstandard term, undergraduate or graduate/professional programs, and programs of various length (shorter than one year, two-year, four-year, certificate, etc.).

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1. Which of the following is NOT considered other financial assistance (OFA) when packaging TEACH, campus-based aid, or federal loans?

    • Veterans education benefits
    • Private scholarships
    • Waivers for tuition and fees
    • State grants

2. After initial packaging, a student may receive additional other financial assistance (OFA) that causes an overaward. Which type of aid is never reduced to correct an overaward?

    • Federal Work-Study
    • Federal Pell Grant
    • TEACH Grant
    • Federal Direct Loan

3.  A school can use __________ funds to substitute for the student's SAI when packaging.

    • FSEOG
    • Direct Unsubsidized Loan 
    • FWS
    • Federal Pell Grant

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