Interesting Information about Colleges, College Terms, Application Deadlines, and Mississippi Financial Aid

• 70% of freshman at Ole Miss do not claim a major
• A student can earn an unlimited number of college credit hours through AP tests and dual enrollment and still be considered an entering freshman for scholarship purposes.
• A student cannot earn more than 12 hours after high school graduation before entering college in the fall without the risk of losing entering freshman scholarships
• There is more transfer scholarship money available to students who complete their associates degree. So, students should complete the two years at a community college over taking one year at the community college and then transferring to a four year college.
• Being inducted into Phi Theta Kappa at a community college will increase scholarship opportunities when you transfer to a four year college.
• Christian Brothers University will work with undocumented students; all state colleges and schools will consider undocumented students as international students.
• CPC - College Prep Curriculum. Students are admitted to MS universities based off a required or recommended CPC. For more information visit: http://www.ihl.state.ms.us/admissions/curriculum.asp
• CSS Profile: College Scholarship Service Profile. This financial aid application is required by a number of private colleges and universities to determine a student's eligibility for non-government financial aid. This application can be completed in the fall. For more information visit: http://www.finaid.org/fafsa/cssprofile.phtml or http://student.collegeboard.org/css-financial-aid-profile
• Net Price Calculator: a toll available on all college/university websites or the College Board website. The tool allows students and parents to estimate their "net price" based off different financial and academic elements. The goal is to encourage the understanding of the "net price" (out of pocket price) and the "sticker price" (full cost of attendance). For more information visit: http://netpricecalculator.collegeboard.org/
• Non-selective Schools: Non-selective schools still has admission standards, but typically operate on a rolling admissions platform. Meaning, they will accept students until their enrolling class is full.
• Regular Decision: Regular Decision allows the student to apply by a designated deadline and typically releases an admission decision 3-4 months after the deadline. Students can complete as many regular decision applications as they wish.
• Early Action: Early Action is an application deadline typically avaliable at selective or Ivy League institutions.
•  You can decline your offer if accepted
• You can apply to more than one school early action
• You can wait until spring and weigh all of your options

• Early Decision: Early Decision is an application deadline typically available at selective or Ivy League institutions.
• Binding: If you are accepted and enough financial aid is offered, you must enroll
• You must withdraw ALL regular decision applications upon acceptance
• You can only apply to ONE Early Decision school
• Some colleges have two early deadlines, called Early Decision I and Early Decision II. They both work the same way, but the second deadline gives you more time to decide whether to apply early.

• Full Pell grant is greater than MTAG, so a student receiving a full Pell grant will not qualify for MTAG as well. MTAG is distributed in the fall only.
• HELP Grant can be distributed for 10 semesters. If a student does not qualify freshman year, they can apply again for sophomore year. Students can only receive the HELP for the first time as a freshman or sophomore, but they can continue to receive it throughout college by completing a renewal application.