Loyola Marymount University
PAE-10: Affordability and Access Programs

LMU participates in Upward Bound through the academic year and summer for 50 Westchester High School (WHS) students a year. Upward Bound is a TRIO Program designed to provide educational and personal support services that will increase the high school graduation and college enrollment rates of its participants. The program serves high school students from low-income families in which neither parent has earned a bachelor’s degree. Services include: academic advising and workshops, tutoring, college visits, assistance with the college and financial aid application process, social activities, and a residential summer school experience on the LMU campus. http://www.lmu.edu/page40530.aspx

Loyola Marymount University participates in all federal and state financial aid programs and provides significant funding of our own to assist students who qualify for financial aid. LMU also offers a wide range of academic scholarships programs to recognize and reward the scholastic accomplishments of our most distinguished entering freshmen. When eligible, LMU offers students California State Grants, Federal Grants, LMU Grants, LMU Athletic Grant-In-Aid, Tuition Benefits (for staff or faculty / their children), Veteran’s Benefits, Various Scholarships, Federal Perkins Loans, Federal Subsidized and Unsubsidized Stafford Loans, Federal Direct Parent (Plus) Loan, LMU Burns Student Loan, LMU California Student Loan, LMU Shandler Student Loan, LMU Miyawaki Student Loan, Federal Work-Study,, LMU Work, and/or LMU Transfer Work. According to LMU.edu’s QuickFacts, LMU has 83% of its students who receive financial aid and $73.7 million is contributed to student grants and scholarships by LMU. http://financialaid.lmu.edu/current/forms_and_award_guide/1112_award_guide/financial_aid_programs.htm? http://admission.lmu.edu/Assets/Undergraduate+Admission/LMU+AT+A+GLANCE.pdf

First to go Program-The program pairs each student with a faculty mentor who was a first generation student. Additionally, participants have a network of LMU staff and alumni, also former first generation college students, who further support them and reinforce a community atmosphere on campus via informal receptions and dinners. First to Go is unique in that it approaches first generation college students as a population with considerable assets and resources. A collaborative effort between Academic and Student Affairs divisions, this program creates a more academically supportive environment for students. http://www.lmu.edu/academics/Academic_Support_Services/arc/First_To_Go_Program.htm ACCESS Program through College of Science and Engineering is designed for first-year students in the Seaver College of Science and Engineering. By a generous donation from Thomas and Marlene Hynes, this program provides students an opportunity in an all-expense paid, three-week residential program that focuses on academics and critical thinking in the sciences. Participation in the ACCESS program will prepare students for academic excellence through collaborative engagement in scientific scholarship. http://cse.lmu.edu/programs/access.htm

LMU provides many different types of scholarships, particularly 4-year scholarship programs for entering freshmen. These merit-based scholarships are for students with outstanding academic records, rigor of college prep curriculum and class standing. For example, there is the Arrupe Scholarship, LMU Scholarship, Trustee and Presidential Scholarship, Jesuit and Marymount High School Scholarship, and LMU Achievement Awards. The Leadership Scholarship in particular gives special consideration to students who demonstrate exceptional leadership despite significant hardship or disadvantage. http://financialaid.lmu.edu/prospective/scholarships/LMU_Academic_Scholarship_Programs_for_Entering_Freshmen_2011-2012.htm Other LMU 4 (or continuing)–year scholarships that are provided by alumni networks and are given to students of academic achievement and financial need include the African American Alumni Association Scholarship Program and Mexican American Alumni Association Scholarship Program. Various one-time LMU scholarships are provided by outside donors and several of them list financial need as a requirement to get the scholarship. http://www.lmu.edu/giving/whysupport/Goals_and_Priorities/Scholarships/Listing_of_Existing_Scholarships.htm