Retroactive Federal Pell Grant Award
To be considered for retroactive Pell Grant funds the Department of Education must process your Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and generate your Institutional Student Information Record (ISIR) while still enrolled at Barstow Community College within the same award year. The ISIR record must reflect a Pell eligible Expected Family Contribution (EFC) or Student Aid Index (effective with the 2024-25 aid year).
If the semester(s) for which you are being considered for the Federal Pell Grant has ended then your enrollment status for the semester(s) for which Pell is being considered will be based off of the number of unit’s successfully completed during the semester (i.e. you will not receive retroactive Pell grant funds for any courses that were failed and/or withdrawn from).
If you meet the preceding criteria but were then selected for Verification then you MAY be eligible for retroactive Pell Grant funds once verification is complete. As long as the annual Verification deadline has not yet passed.
Retroactive Federal Direct Loan Award
The following requirements must be met in order to be considered for a retroactive Federal Direct Loan (both Subsidized & Unsubsidized):
- You must have a valid Expected Family Contribution (EFC) or SAI (effective 2024-25) as determined off of the FAFSA application.
- You must have accepted your Direct Loan offer through your mybarstow student portal.
- You must have submitted the required Entrance Counseling and Master Promissory Note (MPN).
- You must have remaining Direct Loan eligibility (i.e. have not yet met your annual or aggregate loan limits).
- Verification must be completed, if selected.
- Must be in Good SAP standing.
- Must be registered in a minimum of 6 units for the semester.
All of the required information must be submitted prior to the last day of the semester in which you are requesting the Direct Loans for.
No retroactive Direct Loans will be awarded if any of the abovementioned requirements are submitted after the end of the semester in question.
