Transient Student Financial Aid
If you are a degree-seeking student at another institution and are planning to enroll at FSCJ to take classes and wish to receive your financial assistance from the other institution, you must follow the following steps:
- You cannot receive financial aid at both institutions, only your home school for which you are degree-seeking will give you financial aid.
- Tuition, fees and books/supplies must be paid to FSCJ by FSCJ's tuition deadline. FSCJ will not extend due dates for transient students, although our Tuition Payment Plan is an option.
- If your home school is a Florida public institution, complete an online Transient Student Admission Application at FloridaShines. If your home school is a Florida private institution or out-of-state institution, contact your home school's Financial Aid Office to obtain a Consortium Agreement and submit it to the Admissions Office.
- If your home school is a Florida public institution, FSCJ will certify your Transient Student Admission Application and electronically send it to your home institution. This is an automated process that occurs at the end of the Last Day to drop with a refund. If your home school is a Florida private institution or out-of-state institution, Student Records will certify the Consortium Agreement from your home institution at the end of the Last Day to drop with a refund and send it to the home institution.
- In order to take courses at FSCJ, you must receive approval from the Registrar's Office at your home school.
- Once you have completed the term, you must submit an official academic transcript from FSCJ to the Registrar's Office of your home school.
If you are a degree-seeking student at FSCJ and are planning to enroll at another institution to take classes and wish to receive your financial assistance from FSCJ, you must follow the following steps:
- Your financial aid file must be complete for your consortium to be approved.
- You cannot receive financial aid at both institutions, only your home school (FSCJ) for which you are degree-seeking.
- You must be registered for at least 3 credit hours at FSCJ to be eligible for financial aid reimbursement.
- Tuition, fees and books/supplies will be paid to the host school by the student by the host school's deadline.
- Transient coursework must transfer back to FSCJ and apply toward the degree program in which you are enrolled.
- In order to take courses at another institution, you must receive approval from the FSCJ Admissions Office.
- If your host school is a Florida public institution, complete an online Transient Student Admission Application at FloridaShines. Your host institution will certify your Transient Student Admission Application and electronically send it to FSCJ. This is an automated process that occurs at the end of your host school's add/drop period. If your host school is a Florida private institution or out-of-state institution, visit Student Success on campus to obtain a Consortium Agreement, submit the request online at financialaid@fscj.edu, or you may call (904) 646-2300. You will need to submit the Consortium Agreement to the Financial Aid Office at your host school. Your host school will certify the form at the end of their add/drop period and send it to Financial Aid at FSCJ. It is your responsibility to follow up with your host school to ensure they send the form back to FSCJ once it has been certified.
- The application will be denied if you register for courses that were not approved by the or fail to properly complete the Transient Student Admission Application or Consortium Agreement before the term has ended.
- Once you have completed the term, you must submit an official academic transcript from your host school to the FSCJ Admissions Office.
- If you have any questions, please ask at financialaid@fscj.edu.