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January 2016 Oregon Student Aid Application (ORSAA)
January 2016
Oregon Student Aid Application (ORSAA)
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Agenda• What is ORSAA?• Why ORSAA?• ORSAA Review• Prepping Students for ORSAA• Discussion
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What is ORSAA?• Financial Aid Application for•Oregon Opportunity Grant•Oregon Promise
• Collects financial data and calculates an EFC for students• ORSAA is OSAC’s solution• Vendor• Also used by Washington
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Why ORSAA?• DACA, Dreamers, and undocumented students cannot get an EFC from the FAFSA• Reject 17; citizenship status
• OSAC needs to generate an EFC in order to award OOG• OSAC needs to have students apply for all federal and state aid before they are awarded through Oregon Promise.
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ORSAA Review• Familiar with screens• Familiar with questions• They are different than FAFSA!
• Able to help students and families through the form• Know where the potential miscommunications are
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• Name of the person completing the form• Not necessarily the student
• Email address• User ID between 6 and 20 characters• Password at least 8 characters•Mixture of letters and numbers• Cannot contain name or user ID• Is case sensitive
New User Registration
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• Select security image• Security key to go with that image
• Three security questions•Geared to students, not parents
Security Questions
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• Year in School• 1st choice 1st – 6th Year Graduate/Professional
• THEN 1st Year Undergraduate• School Name• Type in and search•MUST be an Oregon Community College
• $28 fee•No OCC, No Oregon Promise
School Selection
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• Marital Status• Citizenship•US Citizen or US National• Permanent Resident or Eligible Non-Citizen•On Student or Exchange VISA
• Questions about parent marital status
Student Information
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• Similar to the CSS PROFILE
Now the form actually starts!
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• Address, Phone number, Middle Initial• Academic Plans• Household Information• Dependency Status Questions
• Last year claimed by parents• Release of financial data to parents• Federal Benefits received (Y/N)
More Student Information
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Student 2015 Income and Expenses
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Student Assets & Debts
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Oregon Residency Certification Option A
• Lived in Oregon for the three years before you received a high school diploma• Completed full senior year at an Oregon high school• Continuously resided in Oregon since receiving high school diploma
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Oregon Residency Certification Option B
• Earned a GED or high school diploma equivalent• Resided in Oregon for three years immediately before earning high school equivalent• Continuously resided in Oregon since receiving high school equivalent
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Permanent Residency Responsibilities
• I will file an application to become a permanent resident of the United States as soon as I am eligible to apply. • I am also willing to engage in activities designed to prepare me for citizenship, including citizenship and civics review courses.
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Student Signature & Date of Residence
• Students will type their legal names as an electronic signature• Students will provide the month, day and year they began residing in Oregon
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Parent Questions
• REQUIRED:•Occupation• Job Title
• Not Required:• Employer• Number of years with employer
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Parent Income Questions
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Parent Asset Questions
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Preparing Students for ORSAA• OSAC Does have worksheets• Student Worksheet• Parent Worksheet• Hardest questions:• DATES of when student and parent
arrived in Oregon• Income• Assets
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Questions?• I will be grabbing questions from the Chat
function.• If you “raise your hand”, I will unmute you
so you can ask a question.
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The College Place Oregon Counselors and Advisors
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Contact usThe College Place-Oregon Portland Community College-Sylvania [email protected]
Jennifer [email protected]
