Financial Aid

Welcome to the Financial Aid Website!

Wondering where to go to find ways to finance your education? Well here is the answer! This website is provided to assist current and prospective students a path to finance your education.  We are always here to help!

The Mission of the Financial Aid Office of Blue Ridge Community and Technical College is to provide leadership and direction in every area of the Financial Aid Administration including policy and procedure analysis development.    We assure compliance with government regulations and polices pertaining to state and federal financial aid programs. 

We hope that the information contained within this website will answer the many questions you may have.  If you have further questions, please feel free to contact us finaid@blueridgectc.edu

Financial Aid Presentation

Student Aid Calculator

Attention Financial Aid Students!!!!

2012-2013 FAFSA Reminder

STATE DEADLINE IS April 15th (However, we still encourage completion by March 1st)

GO TO WWW.FAFSA.GOV AND COMPLETE YOUR 2012-2013 FAFSA

You will need a copy of your 2011 Federal Tax Return and W2’s for this process

Attention Financial Aid May Graduates!!!!

Graduate students who have borrowed from a Direct Loan and are graduating in May 2012, please be sure to complete exit counseling at www.nslds.gov. Transcripts will be held if this process is not completed.

Spring 2012 Financial Aid Updates

There are several changes in processing of financial aid that may affect you.  Please carefully read the information below and contact the Financial Aid Office if you have questions.

Those who completed the FAFSA late for the Spring Term (after December 1, 2011), awards will be posted  in BRIDGE as soon as possible.  If you’re FAFSA application is selected for verification, it will take an extended period of time for processing. Please check your BRIDGE account periodically for any revised information.

Please review, and accept or decline your financial aid award on your BRIDGE account using the following instructions:

1. Log on to BRIDGE through www.blueridgectc.edu using your student identification number and your BRIDGE PIN number (your 6 digit birth date or the 6 digit password you have chosen).
2. Click on “Financial Aid”
3. Click on “Award”
4. Click on “Award By Aid Year”
5. Select the current aid Year then submit
6. Award by aid year shows what financial aid package is being offered for the current year.
7. Select the requested amount; this can be the full or partial amounts, and then submit your request.

• The maximum Pell Grant award for the 2011-2012 year is $5,550.  SEOG awards will average $750 and HEAPS (WV Part-time Grant) will be based on up to six credit hours of tuition.

• Please review the New Satisfactory Academic Progress Policy for financial aid, which was effective July 1, 2011. The New Policy and Process may have a strong impact on current or future aid eligibility. You may review this information on our website at http://www.blueridgectc.edu/Financial_Aid/sap.htm

• The Year- Round Pell has been ELIMINATED by the Department of Education for the 2011-2012 school year and will have an effect on Summer 2012 aid eligibility.  Therefore, students who regularly accept their full loan amounts for the fall and spring semesters may want to consider accepting partial amounts of their loans for the year.  Summer financial aid will be awarded from 2011-2012, and as a result if a student utilizes all of their loan money in Fall 2011 and Spring 2012, he or she may not have any loan eligibility to assist with the Summer 2012 Term unless there is a change in grade level. Please budget and plan according.

• Students who are eligible for Federal Work Study must be enrolled in classes at least half time, and must meet the current Satisfactory Academic Progress Policy as with all Federal and State financial aid.

• Generally, students will not be awarded the WV Grant or HEAPS in conjunction with SEOG in the same semester.

• Electronic bookstore credits for the Spring 2012 term will be available beginning Tuesday, December 6, 2011 through Monday, January 23, 2012, ending at 6pm, and may be used if you have financial aid that creates a credit balance on your student account. 

• Financial Aid Refunds will be available for the Spring 2012 term tentatively on Monday, February 6, 2012 (to be determined by the Finance Office). Please make sure that you have satisfactorily completed ALL requirements for financial aid.  The most common requirements that are not completed - for student loan purposes - are the master promissory note and entrance counseling.  Please check your BRIDGE account to make sure all outstanding requirements are completed.  Otherwise, this will delay your refund.   Thereafter, refunds will be issued each Thursday in the Finance Office in Room A07.  You must provide your Blue Ridge Student ID in order to pick up your refund!

• Tuition payments for the Spring 2012 term will be due on Thursday, January 12, 2012 (60%) and on Friday, February 24, 2012 the remaining 40% is due. Tuition Bills are sent directly to your Blue Ridge email account.  Paper bills are no longer sent!  Please contact the Finance Office for further questions at 260-4380 ext 2214.

• Contract payments for students who are receiving benefits through National Guard, WIA, TAA, Vocational Rehabilitation, VA Vocational Rehabilitation and the Post 9/11 GI Bill, will be posted on student accounts for the Spring 2012 Term on Tuesday and Wednesday January 10 & 11, 2012.