One does not get rejected for aid just because they already have a
bachelor's degree.
You probably are referring to a comment on your Student Aid Report that
you are not eligible for a Pell Grant. Pell grants are only for
undergrads seeking their first degree. The next sentence on the SAR
probably says something like "However, you may be eligible for other
types of aid."
Some aid available to undergraduates is not available for graduate
students, and vice-versa.
As a graduate student you are automatically eligible for up to $20,500
in Stafford Loans. If your school also provides aid from it's own
controlled funds(some graduate schools do not) you are eligible for
whatever that might be. Your school decides what other aid, and how
much, it might offer - just as your undergrad school did.
Almost every new graduate student has a very low EFC because their
parents finances are not considered.
Steven B. Blank
College Financial Aid Consultants
29 Ives Hill Court
Cheshire, CT 06410
(203)250-7761
On 4/19/2007 8:21 PM, MauiJNP wrote:
> "MauiJNP" <jmh1116@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:X8adnd_Mvo7_mrXbnZ2dnUVZ_ruknZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>> I am going to grad school to earn my first Master's Degree. I have a
>>Bachelor's already. I got rejected for aid because I have a Bachelor's
>>degree already. Why don't they help people get a Master's degree? How
>>can I get help with Grad school?
>>
>>THANKS for any help!
>>
>
>
> Oh, if it matters, my EFC was only 1,602 which shows how little I can
afford
> to pay on my own!
>
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