Locked: OSAP tips/advice/questions (Old)

robman_rob wrote: ↑2 years ago i got approved and loaned $X from osap, and it was recorded that I am to pay all of $X back.

Last week i got a letter saying my loan has been reassessed to Y=X-$2000.

Coupled with that letter was another letter saying that I have been approved for ontario student opportunity grant (osog), but the grant was based on the reassessed figure Y instead of the actual loan amount I have to pay back, X.

So to my biased eyes I have been screwed out of $2k (i was expecting osog to be $2k more so I have to pay back $2k less). I don't see how this is fair, the government could reassess everyone after they recieve their loans, and never give out any osogs. If I have gotten $Y in the first place then I wouldn't complain, but now I have to give back $2k more.

anyway I can argue my way to get that $2k back?

Thanks.

rocklee389 wrote: ↑lulu i have a similar thing but I dont know if its the same. They emailed me
Dear OSAP Student
A change has been made to your 2009-2010 OSAP application.
You should go to the OSAP website, at http://osap.gov.on.ca
and click on "Check Status" to find the latest information
about the status of your application, including any changes
to your funding.

So i went to check.. now there is a funding summary chart.. but it is blank

Your application has been received and OSAP funding calculated.
Your OSAP funding will not be released until the items under "Checklist" are completed

So i guess i have to provide supporting documentation and complete a confirmation of enrolment form?

But the confirmation of enrolment form I can only sign when i get to school cause its at the office there..

So will my "estimate" be my funding? If i get a much lower amount when school starts im doomed

rocklee389 wrote: ↑these numbers! I am a little confused ! can anyone explain

canada ontario integrated student loan : $8680
2nd year students :$2482
middle income families :$744

see i guess i do kinda get it haha.. i get those numbers right..
and OSOG estimate :$1680 <<what is this?

CSK'sMom wrote: ↑The $8680 is your funding amount. It then gets broken down to $2482 of the $8640 is the Ontario Access Grant for 2nd year students and $744 of it is the middle income grant. The OSOG is the Ontario Student Opportunity Grant. That grant means that you'll never have to pay back more than $7000 per 2 term school year. Ontario will pay it directly to your loans to reduce it to $7k.

CSK'sMom wrote: ↑Declaration pages only have to be handed in by July 17th if and only if you applied for the QE Scholarship. If you didn't apply for it there is no hard deadline for declaration pages or supporting documentation. They just won't release your loan papers until they are in and processed. Just so that you're aware though, by not applying by the deadline you gave up up to $3500/yr that is renewable for 4 years. As for the low income grant, you must qualify for federal student loan to qualify for the grant. As per the OSAP page...


The family income tables are on the www.canlearn.ca website and are broken down for both the low income and middle income grants and family size.

parthc007 wrote: ↑hey, I finished my third year of university and have been getting osap as a dependent student all these years. However, I am taking this year off for an internship. My question, when I apply for OSAP after my internship, I will have been out of high school for four years, does that qualify my application as an independent student? if so, how do I go about changing the status?

I appreciate your response, thanks in advance!

BBQPorkBun wrote: ↑you pay tuition during your internship?