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I chose to attend CUNY - HUNTER College because it has GREAT Faculty and is CHEAP, CHEAP, CHEAP!
However, I needed to receive FEDERAL Financial Aid.
I have a bachelor's degree in Engineering.
Here is a checklist of things that I had to do:
1.) Apply to Hunter before or soon after the March deadline as a SECOND DEGREE TRANSFER STUDENT. The application is on the CUNY website. (NON-DEGREE students CANNOT receive federal aid!!!) There is an application from Hunter College that allows you to apply for a Post-Bacc Premed program as a NON-DEGREE student. DO NOT do this if you want to receive federal aid.
2.) Send your transcripts to the appropriate address. ***Include a cover letter with every transcript!!!!*** The receiving department received all of my transcripts, but then placed them under the wrong name. (That is, if my name was RICK JOHN BOBBY-> they were labeling the transcript as FIRST_NAME= BOBBY, LAST_NAME=RICK). It was a nightmare to get that solved.
3.) Submit an online FAFSA. If you already have a bachelor's degree, then you will be applying for "2nd Bachelor's degree" and "5th yr./ other undergraduate". You will have to use your W-2 information from the previous year.
***If your financial's have changed over the year (For example, you are leaving your job in August to start at Hunter), then you need to apply for a "Change in Financial Status" (or similar form) from the HUNTER OASIS OFFICE. You will write your NEW (smaller) income for the year, and then you will submit it to the HUNTER FINANCIAL AID OFFICE.
For example, FAFSA will calculate your Expected Family Contribution from your previous year income (e.g. $50,000). But if you will leave your job in August, you will only make $35,000 this year. The financial aid office will enter this information into FAFSA, and you will be eligible to receive more aid!
***Do not just leave the form with the HUNTER COLLEGE financial aid office. MAKE SURE that they enter the information into the system (it should take about 10 minutes). DO NOT LEAVE UNTIL ITS DONE, otherwise, it will sit on someone's office forever!!!! THE amount of RED TAPE at HUNTER COLLEGE is overwhelming.
4.) Register for your classes (THIS CAN BE A HEADACHE ALSO). If you did not get into your classes, keep trying. Chances are, the only class that you will have big trouble with is ORGANIC CHEMISTRY (LAB Class). If so, after you are accepted, talk with the Chemistry department about changing your major to BIOCHEMISTRY. This will allow you to register for SPECIAL RESERVED spots in ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LAB.
Hunter College is worth the effort. I've learned a ton from GREAT FACULTY. But everyone agrees -> AT HUNTER, YOU'VE GOT TO FIGHT to make it!!!
However, I needed to receive FEDERAL Financial Aid.
I have a bachelor's degree in Engineering.
Here is a checklist of things that I had to do:
1.) Apply to Hunter before or soon after the March deadline as a SECOND DEGREE TRANSFER STUDENT. The application is on the CUNY website. (NON-DEGREE students CANNOT receive federal aid!!!) There is an application from Hunter College that allows you to apply for a Post-Bacc Premed program as a NON-DEGREE student. DO NOT do this if you want to receive federal aid.
2.) Send your transcripts to the appropriate address. ***Include a cover letter with every transcript!!!!*** The receiving department received all of my transcripts, but then placed them under the wrong name. (That is, if my name was RICK JOHN BOBBY-> they were labeling the transcript as FIRST_NAME= BOBBY, LAST_NAME=RICK). It was a nightmare to get that solved.
3.) Submit an online FAFSA. If you already have a bachelor's degree, then you will be applying for "2nd Bachelor's degree" and "5th yr./ other undergraduate". You will have to use your W-2 information from the previous year.
***If your financial's have changed over the year (For example, you are leaving your job in August to start at Hunter), then you need to apply for a "Change in Financial Status" (or similar form) from the HUNTER OASIS OFFICE. You will write your NEW (smaller) income for the year, and then you will submit it to the HUNTER FINANCIAL AID OFFICE.
For example, FAFSA will calculate your Expected Family Contribution from your previous year income (e.g. $50,000). But if you will leave your job in August, you will only make $35,000 this year. The financial aid office will enter this information into FAFSA, and you will be eligible to receive more aid!
***Do not just leave the form with the HUNTER COLLEGE financial aid office. MAKE SURE that they enter the information into the system (it should take about 10 minutes). DO NOT LEAVE UNTIL ITS DONE, otherwise, it will sit on someone's office forever!!!! THE amount of RED TAPE at HUNTER COLLEGE is overwhelming.
4.) Register for your classes (THIS CAN BE A HEADACHE ALSO). If you did not get into your classes, keep trying. Chances are, the only class that you will have big trouble with is ORGANIC CHEMISTRY (LAB Class). If so, after you are accepted, talk with the Chemistry department about changing your major to BIOCHEMISTRY. This will allow you to register for SPECIAL RESERVED spots in ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LAB.
Hunter College is worth the effort. I've learned a ton from GREAT FACULTY. But everyone agrees -> AT HUNTER, YOU'VE GOT TO FIGHT to make it!!!
