Using Pell Grant for Graduate Courses while Undergrad

[bjcheung77]

@SophiaPrincess, AACSB programs - as mentioned, not likely, especially the competitive established top programs... Having said that, there are workarounds for everything! If you're going for ACBSP or those with IACBE, or just RA, then you have options... Many institutions have the option for Bachelors to Masters to shave up to a year off your grad school experience (50% of the required credits), most though would only allow 25% or somewhere from 9-12 credits, and many more would NOT allow any transfers.

For those that allow transfers, they'll see if the courses are applied to a previous degree, if so, they may not allow it to be reused in the new degree. To circumvent from this restriction, I tell people to take all their requirements from alternative credits and 'not graduate', but add the Bachelors to Masters courses as 'others'. Here's an example from TESU, BSBA Bachelors to Masters, you complete the requirements of the degree, with the AOS remaining, apply to the Bachelor to Masters option.

You need to first complete the remaining AOS with alternative credits, then complete the courses for the Bachelors to Masters. You will use the Bachelors to Masters option to pay undergrad rate for up to 12 credits of graduate classes and can use that for transfer into another Masters program (preference to ACBSP institutions as TESU has ACBSP or you can go for schools that do not have it).