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REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW YORK STATE AID

The following are general requirements and conditions students must meet to be eligible for New York State financial assistance:
 

• You must meet the program income limits.
• You must be admitted into a degree program.
• Be a legal resident of New York State (that is, you must have lived in the State for at least one year prior to the first term for which you are seeking payment) or eligible under the . If dependent, your custodial parent(s) must also be a NYS resident.
• Be a U.S. citizen, eligible non-citizen, or hold an I-94 visa as a refugee, paroled refugee or conditional entrant.
• If you are pursuing an associate’s degree you must declare a major before the beginning of your second year (30 credits). If you are pursuing a bachelor’s degree you must declare a major before the beginning of your third year (60 credits).
• In your first TAP semester at least three credit hours of your full-time enrollment must be college credit bearing course work. For all subsequent semesters, check the TAP Progress & Pursuit Chart.
• HESC will verify the income tax information on your TAP application with the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance.
• For a TAP award, must be enrolled full-time, a minimum of 12 credits or equated credits that meet the requirements of your curriculum/major.
• For a Part-time TAP award, be enrolled part-time in at least 3 but fewer than 12 equated credits with at least 3 of these being degree credits. Must also have a 2.0 GPA.
• Not be in default of Federal Direct student loans or loans that HESC guaranteed.
• You must not have exhausted your TAP eligibility. You are allowed a total of eight full-time semesters of TAP payments (or 48 TAP points) for your entire undergraduate degree. You may receive up to six semesters as an associate degree student. SEEK students can earn up to 10 semesters (or 60 TAP points).
• Disabled students may be eligible to combine coursework from more than one semester to meet the full-time attendance requirement.
• Have graduated from high school in the U.S., or earned a GED, or pass a federally approved Ability-to-Benefit test as defined by the Commissioner of the State of Education Department.

For more information about New York State aid eligibility, .

NYS Aid Programs

• TAP/PTAP & HESC Scholarships
• – for undocumented students
• Other Scholarships
• SEEK