SUMMER FINANCIAL AID
Summer is considered a "leading" semester for the fall and spring semesters. As a result, students who are requesting aid for summer must have submitted a FAFSA for the upcoming school year (for example, for summer 2011, the 2011-2012 FAFSA results must be on file in our office) and will be awarded aid for the entire aid award year (Summer, Fall, Spring). Students must take this into account when accepting aid for summer, since summer aid will reduce the amount they will have available for the folowing fall and spring semesters when most students take more credit hours. An SDSM&T Summer Aid Application, which will be available late March or early April, must also be completed before you will be considered for summer aid.
If you are just beginning your college career during the summer of 2011, or if you attended the previous year, but not both fall and spring (i.e. you attended the fall of 2010, but not spring 2011), you should make sure the School of Mines has your 2010-2011 FAFSA record so that we can see if you have any aid eligiblity remaining so as to minimize the impact of summer aid on aid eligibility for fall 2011 and spring 2012.
For Financial Aid purposes, enrollment status during the summer (full, 3/4, 1/2 and less than half) is the same as it is for the fall and spring semesters. For example, over the course of the summer, undergraduate students must take 12 credit hours and graduate students must take 9 credit hours to be considered full time. As a general rule, you must be taking at least a half time course load (6 credits for undergraduate and 4.5 credits for graduate students) to be eligible for summer financial aid.
Summer 2011 Financial Aid Application
For more information contact...
Financial Aid Office
South Dakota School of Mines
501 E Saint Joseph St
Rapid City, SD 57701-3995
Work Phone 605-394-2274
FAX 605-394-1979
Toll Free 1-877-877-6044
FinancialAid@sdsmt.edu
Contact: SDSM&T Financial Aid
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