2009-2007 Cost of Attendance Adjustment for Computer Purchase
Name________________________________________ Student ID_______________________________
Complete this form to increase your Cost of Attendance budget. By increasing your budget, you
may become eligible for additional loan money in the form of Parent Loans, Stafford Loans and/or
alternative loans. NOTE: This process will not make you eligible for (more) grant funds.
To increase your budget for a computer purchase, you must purchase the computer during the
2006/2007 Academic Year (5/26/06 4/30/07) or within a reasonable period of time prior to the
academic year. Complete this form and provide documentation of the computer, hardware, or
software you have purchased (receipts)
.
An initial computer purchase, including CPU, monitor, printer and basic software, can be obtained at a base
price of approximately $1000. Additional upgrades of hardware and software that may be needed during the
college career should not exceed $1500. Given this information, the Office of Financial Aid will allow
students to increase their cost of attendance by a total of $2500 for any 3-year period
.
Additional Information:
The adjustment does not have to be done at one time. You can purchase equipment as y
ou
need it.
The adjustment
may or may not result in a change in the amount of financial aid yo
u receive.
Any
increase in aid will be in the form of loans. For PLUS loans, parents must pass a cr
edit check.
Additional f
unds offered will be available beginning May 15, 2006 af
ter all paperwork is processed.
See rever
se side here for the university’s recommendations for student compute
rs.
Please indicate the amount by which you
would like your budget increased:
High-end computer purchase: $2500
Low-end computer purchase: $1000
Upgrades/peripherals/software: $_________
Other: $__________
Please indicate which semester
you would like the increase:
Fall/Spring evenly divided
Fall only
Spring only
CERTIFICATION OF UNDERS
TANDING
I certify that any funds awarded to me based on this adjustment to my Cost of Attendance will be used solely
for purchasing computer equipment. Furthermore, this computer equipment is intended for academic use
during the 2006-2007 academic year.
___
________________________________ _____________
Student’s Signature Date
Office of Student Financial Aid
P.O. Box 907
Normal, AL 35762
2020-2021
2020/2021
(8/13/20
7/30/21)
2020/2021
See reverse side here for the university's recommendations for student computers.
2006-2007 Computer Hardware – University Recommendations
Minimum Hardware recommendations for student computer:
Desktop: Dual Core i5 or Intel i5-4570T/Celeron
J1800 (Flat –Panel or newer); Laptop: MacBook i5
or Intel i7-4710/
AMD Quad-Core A6-6310
RAM: 4GB DDR3L System Memory (1Dimm)
Hard Drive: 1 TB for desktop; 500 GB for laptop
Video Adapter: Graphics Card with 256 MB or greater
Network Access: 10/100 Network Card and/or Modem
Wireless Network Access: for desktop, none; for laptop, wireless 802.11g card
Warranty: 3 years parts and labor
Optical Storage: DVD Rom/CD RW
Ports: USB/USB 2.0, Firewire
Audio: Sound card and speakers; for laptop, sound card and built-in speakers
Backup Medium: Internal, firewire, or USB 2.0 CD-RW, DVD±RW
Operating system: OS X Mavericks or newer, Windows 8 professional edition (not home edition)
Word Processing: Office 2010-Word 2010 for Mac, Office 2010-Word 2010 for Windows
Spreadsheet: Office 2010-Excel 2010 for Mac, Office 2010-Excel 2010 for Windows
Web Browser: Internet Explorer (versions
10.0 and newer for Windows, or versions 5.2.3 and newer for
MAC), Netscape Communicator (6.2 and newer), Safari (versions 5
.1.x and newer), or Mozilla Firefox 5.x
Electronic Mail: WebMail in browser, Outlook 20
10 and Express, Entourage 2004 (Mac), OS X Mail,
or Netscape Communicator 6.2
Virus Protection: Virex 7, VirusScan 6, or Norton Security, Computer Associates 7.1
2020-2021