Student TAP Coach - Part-time TAP

Part-time undergraduate students at approved colleges in New York State who were first-time freshman in academic year 2006-07 or thereafter may be eligible for a Part-time TAP award to help pay for college.

If you attended college and/or received TAP prior to academic year 2006-07, you are not eligible for this program.

Part-time TAP is an entitlement program that reduces your four years of undergraduate TAP eligibility. Approved institutions include the campuses of the State University and the City University of New York and not-for-profit independent degree-granting colleges and universities. If you attend a private, for profit degree-granting institution, you are not eligible.

In addition to the general eligibility criteria that apply to all State award programs, certain requirements are specific to the Part-time TAP program. To be eligible, you must:

• Be matriculated and enrolled in an approved undergraduate program at SUNY, CUNY, or an independent (not-for-profit) NYS institution
• Be enrolled for at least 6 but fewer than 12 semester hour credits or the equivalent
• Have earned 12 credits in each of two consecutive prior semesters (credits from New York State not-for-profit institutions only); a full-time summer term can be used to meet the prior study requirement
• Maintain a C average and meet good academic standing requirements
• Meet income eligibility limitations (income limits are the same as for TAP)

You must meet the 24-semester credit prior study requirement only once to be eligible for Part-time TAP.

The amount of the Part-time TAP award is based on the full-time tuition charge at your college and prorated for the number of credits you are taking.