2009-10
Compendium

Abbreviations Used in the Compendium

Abbrev.	Program
ACT	American College Testing Program
ACG	Academic Competitiveness Grant
BYRD	Robert C. Byrd Scholarship
CAL	College Access Loan (HHCSLP)
CLEP	College-Level Examination Program
COA	Cost of Attendance
EFC	Expected Family Contribution
EHS	Early High School Graduation Scholarship
FAFSA	Free Application for Federal Student Aid
FDSLP	Federal Direct Student Loan Program (also William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program)
Federal
PLUS	Federal Parent Loan Program
Pell Grant	Federal grant program named after Senator Pell
Perkins Loan	Federal Perkins Loan
FFEL	Federal Family Education Loan Program (includes the Federal Stafford and Federal PLUS)
FSEOG	Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant
FWS	Federal Work-Study Program
GED	General Educational Development Test
GPA	Grade Point Average
HELP	Health Education Loan Program
HHCSLP	Hinson-Hazlewood College Student Loan Program
IB	International Bacculaureate
LEAP	Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership Program
LPI	Licence Plate Insignia Scholarship
ORSRP	Outstanding Rural Scholar Recognition Program
PNRS	Professional Nursing Scholarships
PSAT/NMSQT	Preliminary Scholastic Assessment Test/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test
PSIG	Texas Public Student Incentive Grant
SAR	Student Aid Report (official notification of eligibility for a Federal Pell Grant)
SASE	Self Addressed, Stamped Envelope
SAT	Scholastic Assessment Test
SDS	Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students
SLEAP	Special Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership Program
SMART	National Science & Mathematics Access to Retain Talent Grant
SNS	State Nursing Scholarship
SSIG	State Student Incentive Grant
TANF	Temporary Assistance to Needy Families
TASP	Texas Academic Skills Program
TCWSP	Texas College Work-Study Program
TEG/LEAP	Tuition Equalization Grant
THEA	Texas Higher Education Assessment
TEOG	Texas Educational Opportunity Grant Program
TEXAS	Toward EXcellence, Access & Success Grant
TOEFL	Test of English as a Foreign Language
TPEG	Texas Public Education Grant
TSI	Texas Success Initiative
VA	Veterans Assistance (Chapter 35 Educational Benefits for Dependents)
VNRS	Vocational Nursing Scholarships

Key to college descriptions

(Junior, Public) = 2 year college
(Junior, Level II, Public) = 2 year college offering limited baccalaureate program
(Senior, Public) = 4 year college/university
(Upper Level, Public) = 3rd and 4th year college/university (to enter, usually requires over 50 semester hours already earned)

NOTE: Before continuing into the list of financial aid sources, you may wish at this time to carefully read: