For Immediate Release
Shirley Luna – July 5, 2004

Financial Assistance Still Available for College Education

By July, many potential university students think they’re out of luck if they haven’t already applied for college and figured out a way to pay for it. However, according to administrators at Stephen F. Austin State University, it is not too late.

According to Monique Cossich, executive director of enrollment management at SFA, the Texas Common Application for enrollment, which can be found on the Internet at www.applytexas.org, is the first step.

“Students also will need to provide supporting documents, such as ACT or SAT scores, and a high school transcript with graduation date and class rank,” Cossich explained. “If they can provide those documents, there is still plenty of time to enroll, and possibly even qualify for a scholarship or other financial aid.”
Cossich added that students transferring from other higher education institutions would need to provide transcripts from those schools.

Academic Excellence scholarships and Community College Transfer Scholarships are still available and are awarded automatically to qualified candidates.

Academic Excellence Scholarships are awarded to 2004 high school graduates from accredited high schools who ranked in the top 10 percent of their class or who ranked in the top quarter and earned a minimum score of 1100 on the SAT or 24 on the ACT.

Community College Transfer Scholarships are available to students who have completed a minimum of 45 transferable hours at community colleges only and have a grade point average of at least 3.0.

SFA admissions counselors are available to students by appointment or on a walk-in basis. For more information, call (936) 468-2504.