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foreign language. Students who entered BC prior to the fall of 2005 can demonstrate proficiency with a score of 3 or better on the AP exam or a score of 500 or better on the SAT subject reading exam in a modern language. By achieving a score of 4 or above on the AP test or a score of 600 or better on the SAT subject test in a classical language. By having a native language other than English. The student should provide documentation of this native proficiency, or be tested by the appropriate department. By passing one of the language tests given by the Boston College language departments (for languages other than Romance Language). Carroll School of Management students may demonstrate proficiency as follows: By successful completion of the course work for second semester intermediate level in a modern or classical foreign language, or one course beyond the intermediate level. By achieving a score of 3 or above on the AP test or a score of 550 or better on the SAT subject reading exam in a modern foreign language. Students who entered prior to the fall of 2005 can demonstrate proficiency with a score of 3 or better on the AP exam or a score of 500 or better on the SAT subject reading exam in a modern language. By achieving a score of 4 or above on the AP test or a score of 600 or better on the SAT subject test in a Classical language. By having a native language other than English. The student should provide documentation of this native proficiency, or be tested by the appropriate department. By passing one of the language tests given by the Boston College language departments (for languages other than Romance Languages). By passing four years of high school language study (which need not be the same language, e.g., two years of Latin and two years of French would fulfill the language requirement). By taking one year of a new language or by completing two semesters of an intermediate level language if the Carroll School of Management student enters Boston College with three years of a foreign language. Language courses will count as Arts and Sciences electives. Students with documented learning disabilities may be exempt from the foreign language requirement and should consult with the Associate Dean. Fulfillment of the proficiency requirement by the examinations listed above does not confer course credit. FINANCIAL AID Boston College offers a variety of assistance programs to help students finance their education. The Office of Student Services administers federal financial aid programs that include Federal Stafford Loans, Federal Perkins Loans, and Federal Work-Study as well as need-based institutional undergraduate grant and undergraduate scholarship programs, and undergraduate state scholarship and loan programs. Financial aid application materials generally become available in the Office of Student Services (Lyons Hall) each December for the following academic year. Students wishing to be considered for assistance from federal, state, or institutional sources must complete all required forms. Most forms of assistance at Boston College, whether institutional, federal, or state, are awarded on the basis of financial need. Need is defined as the difference between the total expenses of attending Boston College and the calculated ability of the family to contribute towards those expenses. Students with the greatest financial need are given preference for most financial aid programs, and thus, tend to receive larger financial aid awards. For more complete information on financial aid at Boston College, visit http://www.bc.edu/offices/stserv/financial/finaid/ General Information It is the students responsibility to know and comply with all requirements and regulations of the financial aid programs in which they participate. Financial aid awards may be reduced or cancelled if the requirements of the award are not met. Students receiving a Federal Perkins Loan and/or a Federal Nursing Student Loan are expected to accept responsibility for the promissory note and all other agreements that they sign. Students must comply with all Federal Work-Study dates and deadlines. All financial aid awards are made under the assumption that the student status (full-time, part-time, half-time, enrollment in the Woods College of Advancing Studies) has not changed. Any change in the students status must be reported to the Office of Student Services as it can affect the financial aid award. Students receiving Federal Title IV funds are subject to the following withdrawal/refund process. The University and the student will be required to return to the federal aid programs the amount of aid received that was in excess of the aid earned for the time period the student remained enrolled. Students who remain enrolled through at least 60% of the payment period (semester) are considered to have earned 100% of the aid received and will not owe a repayment of Federal Title IV funds. If the University returns funds to the Title IV aid programs, it could result in the student owing Boston College charges that were originally paid at the time of disbursement. Students may also be required to return funds released to them for personal expenses. Monies will be returned to the Title IV programs and not to recipients. Monies returned to the Title IV aid programs will be applied first to loans to reduce the loan debt of the student and/or parent borrower. In addition, all financial aid recipients must maintain satisfactory progress in their course of study. Satisfactory academic progress is defined by the dean of each school at Boston College. Students should check with their respective deans for this definition. If a student is not maintaining satisfactory academic progress, the student should consult with his or her dean to determine what steps must be taken to reestablish his or her status and, thus, eligibility to receive financial aid. Financial aid recipients have the right to appeal their financial aid award. However, the student should understand that Boston College has already awarded the best financial aid package possible based on the information supplied. Therefore, any appeal made should be based on new, additional information not already included in the students original application material. An appeal should be made by letter to the students Financial Services Associate. When applying for financial aid, the student has the right to ask the following: what the cost of attending is, and what the policies are on refunds to students who drop out. what financial assistance is available, including information on all federal, state, local, private, and institutional financial aid programs. what the procedures and deadlines are for submitting applications for each available financial aid program. what criteria the institution uses to select financial aid recipients. how the institution determines financial need. This process THE UNIVERSITY: POLICIES AND PROCEDURES The Boston College Catalog 2006-2007 25

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