Scholarships or Grants?

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Note that Pell grants get kind of butchered at TESC due to the way the scheduling works. Since it is a year-round school, six credits is considered fulltime, but that means your pell grant is split into four parts instead of the normal two parts. If you only take one class you will find a very reduced pell grant might apply, but most financial aid requires more than one course to be taken to get any payment (I think loans start at 6 credits). Also note that pell grants don't cover the enrollment fee, they are based on the number of credits taken and you won't get much (if any) left over after buying books.

As for other scholarships, you kind of have to fish around for those, TESC is not a traditional school so they don't offer their own aid packages outside of pell grants and NJ grants (if you live there). Once you pay the enrollment fee the tuition is quite reasonable compared to many other schools. Basically with a textbook and enrollment you're probably going to get stuck with the full cost of $3700-$3900 (enrollment, tuition for three credits, textbooks) unless you have very little income (since they will look at parent's income on his FAFSA).

Note that TESC's academic year is July-June (meaning a pell grant for this year requires courses taken in July, October, January, and April to use all the money), in your case with only one course financial aid is going to be hard to get. Make sure if you do get a pell grant to turn in the forms to TESC financial aid very early or they won't get processed (it is separate from enrollment).