Sent: 2011-03-17
From: EIU Financial Aid Office
To: Students
Subject: **Important Announcement about MAP Grants**
Eastern Illinois University
Office of Financial Aid
March 17, 2011
STUDENTS: File your 2011-12 FAFSA immediately, if you have not already filed. Please see below for an important announcement from ISAC.
Suspension of MAP Award Announcements effective March 21, 2011
The Illinois Student Assistance Commission(ISAC) is suspending the announcement of 2011-12 Monetary Award Program(MAP) grants for all students whose initial 2011-12 Free Application for Federal Student Aid(FAFSA) is received by the Central Processing System(CPS) on or after Monday, March 21, 2011.
The March 21 suspension date, which is the earliest in MAP history, is the result of an unprecedented number of early applicants. A 5% reduction factor, which was approved for the 2011-12 MAP start-up formula at the February 9 Commission meeting on the advice of the ILASFAA Formula Committee, allowed for the processing of more applications than would have been possible had awards not been reduced.
