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The Assistantship Program
What is the Assistantship Program?
- First-time degree seeking students.
- Academic experience complimentary to degree program.
- Enhance student experience and support academic goals.
- Collaborate with students, faculty, and staff.
- Weekly service hours to an academic department in exchange for a commensurate compensation package.
- 1 in 12 graduate students.
What Would an Assistantship Look Like?
- Assignments
- Instructional support
- Research
- Fieldwork
- Contract Terms
- Full year
- One semester
- Compensation
- Stipend
- Tuition and fees
Am I Eligible for an Assistantship?
- Fully matriculated in a degree program (you need an admissions decision!)
- Full-time enrollment once appointed (with exceptions)
- Minimum incoming or current GPA
- Masters: 3.0
- Doctoral: 3.2
- Assistantships are NOT available to students:
- Seeking a certificate or certification only
- Who are student teaching
- Maintaining a non-degree status
- In an online-only program
How Do I Apply for an Assistantship?
- Upon initial application for your degree program
- Within the application
- After initial application for your degree program
- If you had indicated interest upon initial application but didn’t receive an assistantship your first semester.
- If you had not indicated interest upon initial application but change your mind.
- Via e-mail to gradschool@montclair.edu
- Include your CWID & semester for consideration
Would an Assistantship Impact Other Funding Eligibility?
- On-campus employment
- University Foundation scholarships/awards
- Financial Aid
- FA considers the value of tuition and fee remission when determining eligibility for aid.
- Acceptance of an assistantship may impact award.
When and How Will I Know?
- Fall 2018 hiring period: 3/1/18 – 7/31/18
- Each department handles their own interviewing and selection of students
- Departments submit recommendations to TGS
- TGS handles the hiring
- No offer is official unless/until you receive a formal offer letter and contract from TGS
- TGS’s official form of communication is e-mail
Contacting The Graduate School
Email – gradschool@montclair.edu
Location –The Graduate School, 4th Floor
Phone – 973-655 – 5147
Fax – 973-655 – 7869
The Financial Aid Process
What is Financial Aid?
Financial Aid is an umbrella term that includes
- Loans
- Scholarship
- Any funds that do not come from you personally
Aid Eligibility
- High School Diploma or Equivalent
- Enrollment in an eligible program
- U.S. citizen or eligible non-citizen
- Valid Social Security Number
- Sign certifying statements on the FAFSA
- FAFSA filers must answer the drug question
- Male students must be registered with Selective Service
- Or must consent to registration while completing FAFSA
Steps to Receiving Aid
- Apply for an FSA ID at fsaid.ed.gov
- Complete FAFSA application at fafsa.gov
Types of Aid
Loans
- Federal Direct Stafford Loans (no credit check)
- In the student’s name
- Repayment begins 6 months after student is no longer enrolled at least half-time (4.5 credits)
- This is an unsubsidized loan:
- Interest accrues while student is enrolled
- Fixed rate of 6% (1.069% origination fee)
- Students must go to www.studentloans.gov and sign their master promissory note and complete entrance counseling in order for loans to pay against the bill.
- Federal Graduate PLUS Loan (Credit check required)
- Based on credit check
- Endorser (co-signer) if necessary
- Repayment Options:
- Standard immediate repayment
- Interest only payments
- Full deferment
- Alternative Private Loans (Credit check required)
- Provided through lenders such as banks or educational loan lenders
- Do a compare of several private loans: www.elmselect.com
- Review Interest Rates and Repayment Terms
- Truth in Lending Act – requires a number of steps to be taken by the borrower and the lender before a loan can be disbursed
- Private loans can take up a month or more to process
Programs Eligible for Federal Aid
- All Doctorial, Masters and CRI admits
- Some programs are on a trimester schedule
- Three terms in one academic year (1/3, 1/3, 1/3)
- Financial aid funding is split over the three terms
Eligible Certificate Programs – (CER)
- Advanced Counseling
- Teaching Middle Grades Math
- Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
- American Diet Association
- Paralegal Studies
- Translating Spanish
- Artists Diploma
- Drug and Alcohol Counselor Certification
- Music Therapy
- Nutrition and Exercise Science
Eligible Advanced Certification – (CRA)
- Supervisor Advance Certification
- Principal Certification
Eligible Certification Programs – (CRE)
- Reading Specialist Certification
- Substance Awareness Coordinator
- School Counselor Certification
Eligible Certificate Programs – (CRI)
- All Initial Teacher Certification Programs and the P-3 Abbott Programs
- Federal student aid regulations require the university to treat students in these programs as fifth year undergraduates
- When filing the FAFSA, you must identify as an undergraduate
- If defined as a dependent, provide parental information
- Awarded as an undergraduate student
- $12,500 Stafford Loans for AY
- Includes Subsidized Loan
All Other Programs
- Eligible for private loans only
Contacting the Financial Aid Office
Email – financialaid@montclair.edu
Location – Red Hawk Central
Phone – 973-655-4461
Fax – 973-655-7712