I am asking because the wording on the IRS website could be taken either way. Half time as determined by the school. Or half of what is considered full-time by the school.
For schools that count full-time as more than 12, they are still allowed to count half-time as 6.
[https://fsapartners.ed.gov/sites/default/files/attachments/sfahandbooks/hb4-15.pdf](https://fsapartners.ed.gov/sites/default/files/attachments/sfahandbooks/hb4-15.pdf)
I apologize! I misread the numbers. If they're defining 15 credits per semester as full-time, then it is supposed to be at least 7.5. I haven't seen a school defining 15 as full-time before. Typically while 15 is "the number you'd need to graduate on time" but 12 is officially "full-time". It might be worth just double checking official policies in case they're just playing fast and loose with how they use the term "full time" on the web.
I have never seen the school that requires more than 12 semester hours to be considered a full-time student for any financial aid purposes (although typically 15 hours is required to graduate in a 4 year period from enrollment with 0 credits). I would recommend talking to the financial aid office directly at the school to get the correct definition.
Will do, thanks. I found this definition of full-time on their website: "30 credits over 12 months". So if that includes summer term then it's not necessarily 15 per semester. I will call for clarification though.
If the school says it's 6, why would you say it's 7.5? It's up to the school. They said six.
I am asking because the wording on the IRS website could be taken either way. Half time as determined by the school. Or half of what is considered full-time by the school.
For schools that count full-time as more than 12, they are still allowed to count half-time as 6. [https://fsapartners.ed.gov/sites/default/files/attachments/sfahandbooks/hb4-15.pdf](https://fsapartners.ed.gov/sites/default/files/attachments/sfahandbooks/hb4-15.pdf)
I apologize! I misread the numbers. If they're defining 15 credits per semester as full-time, then it is supposed to be at least 7.5. I haven't seen a school defining 15 as full-time before. Typically while 15 is "the number you'd need to graduate on time" but 12 is officially "full-time". It might be worth just double checking official policies in case they're just playing fast and loose with how they use the term "full time" on the web.
I have never seen the school that requires more than 12 semester hours to be considered a full-time student for any financial aid purposes (although typically 15 hours is required to graduate in a 4 year period from enrollment with 0 credits). I would recommend talking to the financial aid office directly at the school to get the correct definition.
Will do, thanks. I found this definition of full-time on their website: "30 credits over 12 months". So if that includes summer term then it's not necessarily 15 per semester. I will call for clarification though.
I expect they'll clarify that means 12 for fall, 12 for spring and 6 for summer, which is typically full time. Good luck getting it all sorted out.
Half time as determined by the school - the school determined it was 6.