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Glossary

• ACG:  Academic Competitiveness Grant
• ADP:  Automatic Debit Plan. Payment plan option during Registration. Two choices of 2 or 4 equal payments – first due upon registration 
• AMU:  American Military University 
• APU:  American Public University 
• APUS:  American Public University System 
• COA:  Cost of Attendance 
• Consumer Information:  Click here to view a complete list
• Cost of Attendance:  An estimate of the total costs for a student to attend any university 
• DOD:  Department of Defense 
• Drop:  Leaving a course by the end of the first week of the session. (Sunday at midnight) 
• EFC:  Expected Family Contribution 
• Enrollment status:  Based on the number of credits, a student is determined to be either full time, 3/4 time, half time, or less than half time 
• ESO:  Education Service Officer 
• FAFSA:  Free Application for Federal Student Aid 
• FFELP:  Federal Family Education Loan Program 
• FDSLP:  Federal Direct Student Loan Program 
• FSA:  Federal Student Aid 
• GPA:  Grade Point Average 
• Graduate enrollment status:  Full time = 6 or more credits per semester; half time = 3 credits per semester 
• MBS:  Bookstore contracted by APUS to supply all undergrad books at no cost to students 
• Military Tuition Assistance (TA):  Military program that allows military personnel to take a limited number of courses each year at the cost of the military branch 
• MPN:  Master Promissory Note 
• PIN:  Personal Identification Number 
• SAR:  Student Aid Report 
• SMART Grant:  National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent 
• TA:  Tuition Assistance 
• TCE:  Transfer Credit Evaluation 
• Undergraduate Enrollment Status:  Full time = 12 or more credits; 3/4 = 9 to 11 credits; half time = 6 to 8 credits; less than half time = 5 or less credits 
• VA Program: Veteran’s Administration Program. A program that former military may use to pay for courses if the student had participated in the VA program during active duty through pay deductions 
• VFAO:  Virtual Financial Aid Office