Student Financial Services

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Financial Fitness Week

• Student Financial Services
• _at_ UWO

2004Office of the Registrar
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Guiding Principle

• No qualified student will be unable to attend or
  be required to withdraw from a program at Western
  due to lack of access to adequate financial
  resources.

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Financial Aid - Activity

• OSAP Administration
• Scholarship Award Administration
• Work Study Program
• Bursaries
• Contingency Loans
• Graduation/Debt Reduction Bursaries
• Financial Aid Counselling
• Emergency Aid Food Vouchers

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Scholarships and Awards

• Admissions Scholarships
• Continuing Scholarships
• In-course Awards by Nomination
• In-course Awards by Application

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UWO Bursaries

• Non-repayable taxable grants issued to students
  who demonstrate financial need
• In 2003 Western allocated 1.1 million in need
  based Admissions Awards and Bursaries ranging
  from 500 to 4,000 depending on financial
  situation.
• Apply online at the Registrars website.

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Scholarships Merit-based Awards

• Majority of these awards are Faculty nominated
• Contact your faculty for more information
• Requirements
• Maintain an 80 academic average
• Maintain the full course load required by program
  of enrollment
• Most have specific program requirements

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Types of Financial Aid

• Bursaries - Non-repayable taxable grants issued
  to students who demonstrate financial need.
• Need-Based Awards - Based on a combination of
  academic merit and need-based criteria.
• Work Study - Part-time employment on campus to
  enhance students educational experience and
  contribute to their educational costs.
• Scholarships - Based on academic merit.

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Funds issued to students

• Work Study - 2 weeks after employment begins
• DEADLINE January 2005
• Upper Year Bursaries - Applied to 2nd term
  tuition, distributed with OSAP loans in January.
• DEADLINE March 2005

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OSAP

• Eligibility Criteria
• Canadian Citizen or Permanent Resident
• Ontario Resident
• Credit check MTO check
• Previous government student loans
• Course load
• Academic progress

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OSAP

• Purpose of OSAP
• To supplement, not replace, the financial
  resources that a student is expected to
  contribute.
• Based on financial need.

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OSAP

• Maximum Assistance
• Single Dependent/Independent Student - 275/week
  in school 9,350/34 week term
• Married/Sole-Support Student - 500/week in
  school 17,000/34 week term

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Contact information

• Scheduling an Appointment
• - every Friday 9am
• In person at Room 190, Stevenson-Lawson Bldg
• - or-
• Phone into 519.661.2100

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Contact information

• Previously Scheduled Appointments
• -Room 180 Stevenson-Lawson Building

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Contact information

• Program Related Inquiries
• General finaid_at_uwo.ca
• Bursaries bursary_at_uwo.ca
• Scholarships nmerino_at_uwo.ca

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About Financial Services

• Office Hours
• Room 190 Stevenson-Lawson Building
• - 900 a.m. to 400 p.m. - Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri
• - 1000 a.m. to 600 p.m. - Wed

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About Financial Services

• Our websites
• www.registrar.uwo.ca/FinancialServices
• www.registrar.uwo.ca/FinancialFitness
• Phone [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• E-mail finaid_at_uwo.ca

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