Admissions

Financial Aid

Scholarship & Grant Awarding Policy and Procedure

HSC offers a variety of academic scholarships to students who demonstrate outstanding academic achievement; HSC also offers need-based grants to those students with demonstrated financial need.

Scholarships

The Office of Admission will have primary responsibility for processing all scholarship applications. The Office of Admission will use the data submitted on the Application for Admission in order to award
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scholarships; students need not complete additional scholarship applications. .

The Admissions Committee will review the student’s application, including letters of recommendation, student essay, and extra-curricular involvement. The Committee will recommend the level of scholarship the student will be awarded. This information will then be added to the admission file and the scholarship amount forwarded to the Office of Financial Aid. The scholarship amount will be included as part of a total financial aid award. The Office of Financial Aid will notify all students in writing concerning their financial aid package.
 

Scholarships Offered:

   • For Catholic Students: Four Archbishop John F. Donoghue scholarships covering full-tuition and textbooks
   • For Catholic Students graduating from HSPS: One Archbishop John F. Donoghue scholarship covering full-tuition and textbooks
   • For Valedictorians from Catholic High Schools: One scholarship covering 50% of tuition
   • For Salutatorians from Catholic High Schools: One scholarship covering 25% of tuition
   • Departmental Awards in Psychology, Philosophy, Theology, and Catholic Education: One award from each department offering a scholarship covering 50% of tuition
   • Vocations Awards: Students of Theology that sign a non-binding letter of intent to pursue post-graduate studies in the seminary or to enter religious life will receive a 50% tuition scholarship with 25% of tuition advanced as a non-interest bearing loan which is cancelled upon their entering the seminary or religious life.


 • For students participating in a Life Teen program, click here for scholarship information.
 

Need-Based Grants

HSC offers need-based grants to undergraduate students with a demonstrated financial need. These grants are funded by HSC and awarded to students based on family income information provided in the Financial Aid PROFILE through the College Board’s College Scholarship Service (CSS). Using the U.S. Department of Education’s methodology for establishing a family’s expected contribution, the Office of Financial Aid will award available grant funds on a first-come, first-served basis.

        Steps in making application for need-based financial assistance for the 2012-2013 school year:

Submit the Financial Aid PROFILE through CSS at https://profileonline.collegeboard.com/prf/index.jsp. The school code for HSC is 5854.

    Submit copies of your parents and your 2011 federal tax return with all attachments and W-2 forms to our office as soon as they are complete. These can be mailed to:

Holy Spirit College
Financial Aid Office
4465 Northside Drive NW
Atlanta, GA 30327
 

After the student has completed the CSS PROFILE and been offered admission to the College, the Office of Financial Aid will send an award letter. The award letter will include all financial aid available to the student to date (including scholarships). In order for those funds to be disbursed to the student's account, the student must sign the award letter and return the letter to the Office of Financial Aid. Financial Aid offers are open for acceptance for 21 days from the date of the offer and can only be accepted if the student has also accepted the offer of admission.

All students that accept need-based financial aid are required to participate in the Institutional Employment program, which will be noted on the award letter.

Equity is ensured by having consistent policies. Holy Spirit College provides financial assistance to students of any race, color, religion, national and ethnic origin.

Holy Spirit College may in the future seek approval for Federal and State programs that will allow for financial assistance in the forms of student loans, parent loans, Federal grants, and the HOPE scholarship (GA).
 

Scholarship Resources

All students who wish to be considered for a need-based grant must submit an Application for Financial Aid. This application requests family income information. Using the U.S. Department of Education’s methodology for establishing a family’s expected contribution, the Office of Financial Aid will award available grant funds on a first-come, first-served basis.

All students that are offered need-based financial aid are required to participate in uncompensated student-work activities for 50 hours per semester.

After the student has completed the financial aid application and been offered admission to the College, the Office of Financial Aid will send an award letter. The award letter will include all financial aid available to the student to date (including scholarships). In order for those funds to be disbursed to the student's account, the student must sign the award letter and return the letter to the Office of Financial Aid. Financial Aid offers are open for acceptance for 21 days from the date of the offer and can only be accepted if the student has also accepted the offer of admission.

Equity is ensured by having consistent policies.

Holy Spirit College may in the future seek approval for Federal and State programs that will allow for financial assistance in the forms of student loans, parent loans, Federal grants, and the HOPE scholarship (GA).


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