How soon should I receive my financial aid after I receive my SAR?

After you receive an Associates Degree, can you still be awarded Financial Aid?

• A friend of mine told me that after she received her Bachelors, she could no longer receive financial aid while trying to get her Masters. She told me that once you receive a degree, you can no longer receive any type of financial aid? Is this true or false? If someone receives an Associates Degree, does that mean that they cannot receive financial aid to continue their education to work towards a Bachelors?

• Answer:

  She is sort of right, you cannot receive financial aid at your community college anymore, because you already have your AA degree. So their is no reason for you to stay, unless you are trying to get an ATA or something like that, but you still would not get financial aid for a second program of study. Once you transfer to a 4-year your financial aid will renew, because now you are working on your BA and for the most part your AA will transfer into your BA and it is still considered one program of study.