{"id":75,"date":"2023-09-07T01:24:57","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T01:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losmedanos.collegefocus.org\/fall-2023-volume-4-issue-1\/full-time-students-attend-tuition-free-for-2-years\/"},"modified":"2023-11-04T17:55:21","modified_gmt":"2023-11-04T17:55:21","slug":"full-time-students-attend-tuition-free-for-2-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losmedanos.collegefocus.org\/fall-2023-volume-4-issue-1\/full-time-students-attend-tuition-free-for-2-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Full-time students attend tuition-free for 2 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">Full-time students can attend Los Medanos College tuition-free for up to two academic years in the fall and spring semesters. This new offer is an enhancement to the program that limited free tuition to first-time full-time students.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">\u201cThis is a game changer for continuing and returning students who previously did not qualify for the program,\u201d said Tammy Oranje, director of Financial Aid. \u201cNow, students who meet eligibility requirements can attend full-time for free, whether it\u2019s their first semester of fourth semester.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">Last fall, LMC had 2,570 full-time students, but only 689 were first-time students who qualified for free tuition under the old program. This fall nearly all 2,953 full-time students could qualify for free tuition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">Students qualify for free tuition when they register in 12 or more credit units and complete a financial aid application, regardless of income. Students are not required to qualify for financial aid, demonstrate financial need or meet any income requirements. This tuition waiver is like a grant, meaning that unlike a loan, students do not need to repay the money. Students are responsible for other expenses such as<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>non-enrollment fees ,books, supplies, and materials fees required by their classes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.4cd.edu\/insite\/full-time-free-tuition-program\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\"><b>https:\/\/www.4cd.edu\/insite\/full-time-free-tuition-program<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\">Here\u2019s how to get your free tuition:<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">For the current year, complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) <span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\"><a href=\"https:\/\/studentaid.gov\/h\/apply-for-aid\/fafsa\">https:\/\/studentaid.gov\/h\/apply-for-aid\/fafsa<\/a><\/span>; or<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">Complete the California Dream Act Application (CADA) <span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dream.csac.ca.gov\/\">https:\/\/dream.csac.ca.gov\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">Enroll in a minimum of 12 units; and be a California resident or otherwise exempt from paying non-resident tuition fees.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\">Financial Aid<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">Students may be eligible for one of the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\">California Promise Grant \u2013<\/span> Income-based fee waiver that reduces eligible students&#8217; cost of tuition to $1 per year <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\">Grants<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">This form of financial aid doesn\u2019t have to be paid back (unless you withdraw from any or all your classes). Grant awards and amounts are determined by the student\u2019s enrollment status and financial need. Award amounts are based on an academic year.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\">Pell Grant:<\/span> Pays up to $7,395 per year for eligible students.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\">Cal Grant:<\/span> Pays up to $1,648 per year for eligible students.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\">Student Success Completion Grant (SSCG):<\/span> Eligible Cal Grant recipients automatically qualify for the SSCG if enrolled in 12 or more units. Students enrolled in 12-14.9 units qualify for $2,596 per year and students enrolled in 15 or more units qualify for up to $8,000 per year.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\">Work-Study Grants:<\/span> Federal and state work-study grants pay up to $5,000 a year and allows eligible students to work part-time while attending college.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold'; font-size: 19.2px; color: #000000;\">Federal Work-Study<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">This program provides up to $5,000 for eligible students to work in certain part-time jobs on campus.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\">Scholarships<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">These are awarded based on academic achievement, community involvement or extracurricular activities, and\/or financial need.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Full-time students can attend Los Medanos College tuition-free for up to two academic years in the fall and spring semesters. 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