Woelkers Family Scholarship

This scholarship is awarded to a second or third-year student pursuing a Master of Divinity degree. Based on need and academic record, it will be given to a student committed to full-time service and demonstrating abilities in his field of ministry. To qualify, a student must have completed at least 20 hours of course work and have maintained a GPA of 3.0 or above.

Soliman Scholarship

This scholarship is provided by a grant from Dr. Shoukry Soliman and was awarded for the first time in 1997. It is granted to a second or third-year student who has a proven academic record and has demonstrated financial need.

Gifts and Bequests

Tuition and other fees do not fully provide the cost of training; much must come from gifts and contributions. Each contribution will be acknowledged with a receipt for income tax purposes. Contributions may be designated for special projects or for certain areas, such as the library. When money is contributed as a memorial, appropriate indication will be given in books, on furniture, etc.

Churches having Calvary Baptist Theological Seminary in their budget and contributing regularly can expect to have a seminary representative present annually for report and promotion.

Funds contributed toward endowment are greatly appreciated. Funds received from the last will and testament of any person will be used as directed. Unless otherwise stated, the Board of Trustees will determine the use. Legal counsel for preparation of a will is advised.

The administration of the seminary will be happy to provide information about these various forms of support inasmuch as continuation and growth of the seminary depend on faithful prayer support and regular financial support.

Federal Stafford Loans

Students who wish to be considered for these need-based funds must complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), the Federal Stafford Loan Master Promissory Note, and the CBTS Federal Family Education Loan Entrance Interview Form. Consideration for need-based funds is not automatic. All forms are available in the Office of Financial Aid. In order to quality for need-based Stafford loans, a student must be either a full- or half-time student, and maintain academic progress in each course. (Please see chart below for full- and half-time requirements for each degree.)

The federal government issues loans once per semester by sending the seminary the student's financial aid award. The disbursement date will be three weeks after the semester begins. This will allow the student to drop or add classes without affecting the loan amount. After receiving this money, the seminary applies the appropriate amount to the student's school bill and sends the student the credit balance remaining on the account after all bills have been paid.

Title IV financial aid refund policy

The Financial Aid Office is required by federal statute to determine how much financial aid was earned by students who withdraw, drop out, are dismissed, or take a leave of absence prior to completing 60% of a payment period or term.

For a student who withdraws after the 60% point-in-time, there are no unearned funds. However, the seminary must still complete a return calculation in order to determine whether the student is eligible for a post-withdrawal disbursement. The return calculation is based on the percentage of earned aid using the following Federal Return of Title IV funds formula:

Percentage of payment period or term completed = the number of days completed up to the withdrawal date divided by the total days in the payment period or term. (Any break of five days or more is not counted as part of the days in the term.) This percentage is also the percentage of earned aid.

Funds are returned to the appropriate federal program based on the percentage of unearned aid using the following formula:

Aid to be returned = (100% of the aid that could be disbursed minus the percentage of earned aid) multiplied by the total amount of aid that could have been disbursed during the payment period or term.

If a student earned less aid than was disbursed, the seminary would be required to return a portion of the funds to the U.S. Department of Education and the student would be required to return a portion of the funds to the U.S. Department of Education. Keep in mind that when Title IV funds are returned, the student borrower may owe a debit balance to the seminary.

If a student earned more aid than was disbursed to him or her, the seminary would owe the student a post-withdrawal disbursement which must be paid within 120 days of the student's withdrawal.

The seminary must return the amount of Title IV funds for which it is responsible no later than 45 days after the date of the determination of the date of the student's withdrawal.

Refunds are allocated in the following order:

Unsubsidized Federal Stafford Loans
Subsidized Federal Stafford Loans
Federal Graduate (PLUS) Loans

Satisfactory academic progress

Students who receive federal financial aid must be considered to be making "satisfactory academic progress." "Satisfactory academic progress" is defined at Calvary by the following three characteristics as evaluated every spring by the Financial Aid office:

1. A student must maintain a GPA of 2.0 or greater (or as required by each degree program). Students who fall into academic probation (see "Academic probation" under Academic Policies, above) fail to make satisfactory academic progress.
2. Students must have completed enough credits to complete their required program within the maximum time frame allowed for their respective degree programs.
3. A student must have completed at least two thirds of the credits that he or she has attempted (courses with grades of "I" or "R" are considered incomplete).

Students may be considered to have resumed making satisfactory academic progress by reversing these three characteristics by the time the Financial Aid office makes its annual spring evaluation of satisfactory academic progress.