Who Gets Federal Aid?
The most basic eligibility requirements are that you must:
- Demonstrate financial need (for most programs).
- Be a U.S. citizen or an eligible noncitizen.
- Have a valid Social Security Number.
- Maintain satisfactory academic progress in college or career school.
- Be enrolled or accepted for enrollment as a regular student in an eligible degree
or certificate program.
- Show you鈥檙e qualified to obtain a postsecondary education by
- Having a high school diploma or General Educational Development (GED庐) certificate,
now known as a State of Illinois High School Diploma.
- Completing a high school education in a home school setting approved under state law.
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