Undergraduate Student Aid
UAH has several programs to assist students in financing their college education. Comprehensive,
updated information on all financial aid offered through the Office of Student Financial Services is
available in a booklet published annually. It includes detailed information about kinds of aid,
eligibility guidelines, application procedures, criteria for awards, disbursement methods and
regulations, and institutional policy followed in administration of aid. These booklets and necessary
forms are available in the Office of Student Financial Services.
Students of academic promise who can demonstrate financial need are encouraged to apply for
assistance. Realistic financial planning is an essential part of college preparation.
UAH helps
qualified students find employment, scholarships, and loans as its resources permit. In planning a
program of financial assistance, consideration should be given to the advisability of combining
scholarships, loans, and part-time employment since one kind of aid alone is inadequate in most
cases.
Students should make financial plans well in advance of entering the University. There are two
important priority dates for student aid--February 1 for scholarships and April 1 for federal aid. The
priority dates are the dates by which completed applications are certain to be included in the first
round of review. Applicants are advised to write the Office of Financial Aid requesting a copy of
the financial aid booklet at the time of application to the University.
Applications for student aid
should be filed at the Office of Student Financial Services before the priority date of April 1, for the
following school year. A new application must be submitted by this priority date each year.
Home schooled students who wish to apply for Federal Title IV financial aid must demonstrate the “ability to benefit” as defined by the U.S. Department of Education. The ability to benefit may be
confirmed by presenting any one of the following:
GED - Results (High School Equivalency Diploma)
ASSET- Basic Skills Test, Forms B2 or C2. Approved passing scores are: Reading: 34; Writing:
34: Numerical Skills:33.
CPAt - Career programs Assessment, Forms A, B, or C. Language Usage: 43; Reading: 44;
Numerical Skills: 42.
COMPASS - Pre-Algebra/Numerical Skills: 21; Reading: 60; Writing: 31.
CPTS - Computerized Placement Test/ACCUPLACER. Reading Comprehension: 52; Sentence
Skills: 60; Arithmetic: 36.
DTLS - Descriptive Tests of Language Skills Forms M-8-3LDT. Reading Comprehension: 108;
Sentence Structure: 9 or Conventions of Written English: 309; and Arithmetic:506.
TABE - Test of Adult Basic Education, Forms 5 and 6. Reading Total: 768; Total Mathematics:
783; Total Language: 714. Level A, Forms 7 and 8, Reading: 559; Total Mathematics: 562;
Language: 545.
WBST - Wonderlic Basic Skills, Verbal Forms VS-1 and VS-2; Quantitative Forms QS-1 and
QS-2.
Verbal: 200; Quantitative: 210.
These tests are usually available at local junior, community, or technical colleges.
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