Q. May I use Haverford Financial Aid for international study programs
away from the College?
A. The College has initiated a program of financial aid for approved
programs of study abroad. For a list of approved programs, please
contact Dean Donna Mancini, Director of International Academic
Programs (in Chase Hall). Haverford College aid funds may only be
used for one of the approved programs.
Q. How is the amount of study abroad aid determined?
A. The College requires the Financial Aid Office to employ standard
Haverford needs analysis and packaging procedures to arrive at a
figure for your resources. This includes reducing your need by your
family contribution as well as the standard "self-help" expectations
(loan, summer savings, and academic year job). The College does not
provide additional Grant funds for the Financial Aid Office use to
replace self-help expectations because a student is attending an
approved program of study abroad. Some students may be able to work
abroad. Check with Dean Mancini on this. If you cannot, you may be
eligible for additional loan funds above our standard loan
expectation to replace the job or summer savings expectation. More
information on how financial need is determined at the College is
available at Evaluation
of Family Resources.
Q. Are there any special forms or deadlines I should be aware of
to apply to the Financial Aid Office for Haverford College Aid to be
used on an approved study abroad program?
A. No. If you wish to apply for Haverford financial aid, you must
follow all the standard deadlines and you will be notified at the
usual time (i.e. by the middle of June for first semester and year
long programs and within one week the time the International Academic
Programs Office has the program cost figures available for second
semester programs). For more information on these deadlines and
notification dates, please pick up an Upperclass Financial Aid Packet
from the Information Desk of the Campus Center or the
Admission/Financial Aid Office. Please be aware that the
International Academic Programs Office may have other requirements
and deadlines for informing them of your intent to attend an approved
program with financial aid from the College.
Q. What costs figures does the Financial Aid Office use to
calculate my aid for a study abroad program? Do these costs include
travel? Do these costs include my personal expenses?
A. The Financial Aid Office uses the costs compiled and approved by
Dean Donna Mancini and supplied to each student who will be attending
an approved study abroad program by her Office. If these costs
include travel or personal expenses, the Financial Aid Office
includes these expenses in the costs used to determine a student's
aid.
Q. What happens if I am eligible for Haverford College Financial
Aid and the costs approved by Dean Donna Mancini are less or more
than the standard costs allowed for an equivalent period of
attendance on campus?
A. If costs are less, you will receive less aid. If costs are more,
you will receive more aid. This is essentially the job of the
Financial Aid Office when calculating International Academic Programs
aid: using the standard procedures employed to determine eligibility
for aid on-campus and adjust that aid up or down to reflect the costs
approved by Dean Mancini for International Academic Programs.
INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC PROGRAMS DIRECTORY
Please consult these offices for information on the following:
Donna Mancini, International Academic Programs Office, Chase Hall,
896-1230 for information on eligible programs, costs of programs, and
general International Academic Programs information and policies
Barbara Wilson, Business Office, Hilles Hall, 896-1251 for
information on payments to foreign programs, crediting payments or
aid to your account, amount you will owe the College, loan checks,
refunds to you of financial aid
Financial Aid Office, Campus Center, 896-1350, Judy Adham for
information on processing Stafford or PLUS applications and Martha McGinnes-Riley or David Hoy for details on eligibility for Haverford
College aid
