White Mountains Community College: Financial Aid

Financial Aid at White Mountains Community College

Welcome to the WMCC financial aid page! Our office and staff recognize that education is an investment in your future. Besides the excellent academic opportunities that you will find at this College, our office will assist you in identifying the maximum financial resources to help make college more affordable.

Jackie Catello, Financial Aid Director
Kathy Duchesne, Financial Aid Program Assistant II
Patty Chase, Financial Aid Program Assistant I

Students: Please read about the new direct lending policy.

All students must fill out the FAFSA to receive scholarships, work study, and other financial aid.

Summer 2010 Hours

Monday - Wednesday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Thursday. Closed (For processing student records)
Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Overview

To be awarded financial aid you must:

Complete the FAFSA and demonstrate financial need as determined by federal or state guidelines.
Submit any additional documentation the college may request.
Be matriculated (formally accepted) into a financial-aid eligible program (16 credits or more).
Be enrolled in a minimum of six (6) credits per semester to receive Stafford Loan funds.
Maintain satisfactory academic progress.
Reapply for financial aid each academic year.

More information on the above can be found in 2010-2011 The Financial Aid Handbook available at the URL below as a PDF document:
http://www.ccsnh.edu/financialaid/documents/Studentfinancialaidhandbook.pdf

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FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) applications are available to prospective and returning students. If you are planning on attending college this summer, fall or spring, you must file this application located at www.FAFSA.ed.gov. If you do not already have an assigned PIN number, you will need to apply for one at www.pin.ed.gov. This PIN will serve as your electronic signature not only for the FAFSA but for student loan processing. Paper FAFSA forms have been replaced with an online FAFSA Worksheet which may be downloaded at the above website or obtained at the Financial Aid Office at the College. The online FAFSA contains the same information as the paper FAFSA but provides more detailed explanations. For 2010-2011, you will need your 2009 Federal tax forms including W-2's and possibly parent tax forms and W-2's. (If you are under 24 years old, not married, have no children that you support, are not a veteran or ward of the court, you will need parental information.)

To better understand the entire FAFSA process, you need to know that the information you submit at www.FAFSA.ed.gov goes to a Central Processor which is an organization that has entered into a contract with the U.S. Department of Education to take student data and ultimately determine a student’s eligibility. Once the information is entered online and you press SUBMIT, the outcome of the Needs Analysis Formula will be electronically transmitted to the colleges whose codes you designated on the website. The College will then load the records into our Banner database and we will then start to correspond with you. Remember, you must have filed an Admissions application and been formally accepted to the College before you can receive financial aid. More information will be provided when you attend an Orientation session.

FAFSA Tutorial

For more information about the topics on this page, please contact the Financial Aid Office.
Telephone 603-752-1113
Kathy Duchesne. e-mail: kduchesne@ccsnh.edu
Patricia Chase. e-mail: pchase@ccsnh.edu

Renewed Scholarship Opportunities. For more information please see:
CCSNH Foundation Scholarships
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