Students admitted to the OSU/Linn Benton Community College Degree Partnership Program who choose to take courses at both schools in the same term may be eligible to receive financial aid based on the combined enrollment. Degree partnership program students are asked to declare a home school. The designated home school determines whether LBCC or OSU will disburse your financial aid.

There are several factors related to the choice of the OSU/LBCC home school:

• Students in the OSU/LBCC degree partnership program use different enrollment patterns for different terms:
o All classes are at LBCC
o All classes are at OSU
o Some classes are at LBCC and some at OSU in the same term

• The primary factor in determining the home school for the OSU/LBCC degree partnership program is the number of credits the student is taking at each school. Students have to be enrolled in at least 6 credits at the home school. For example, LBCC cannot disburse financial aid for a student who is not taking any classes at LBCC.

• The level of courses you take is also a consideration. LBCC cannot count 300 or 400 level courses toward the enrollment needed to disburse financial aid.

•For example, let's say that a student is enrolled in 6 credits at LBCC and 6 credits at OSU, with LBCC as the home school for a financial aid package that is based on the student's being enrolled full-time. If those 6 credits at OSU consist of two 3 credit classes, numbered 105 and 220, then LBCC can count them toward the full-time enrollment. If, on the other hand, those 6 credits at OSU consist of one 3 credit class numbered 105 and one 3 credit class numbered 330, then LBCC can only count the 105 class. LBCC would consider that the student is enrolled for 9 credits for financial aid purposes. (OSU would consider the same student to be enrolled full-time for the term).

• The transferability of LBCC courses you take is a consideration if you receive your aid from OSU. OSU cannot count courses that do not transfer into OSU toward the enrollment needed to disburse financial aid.

•For example, a student is enrolled in 6 credits at LBCC and 6 credits at OSU, and has designated OSU as home school. If the 6 credits at LBCC consist of Math 112 and WR 121, then OSU can count those 6 credits along with the 6 credits being taken at OSU to make the student full-time. If, however, the courses at LBCC are Math 112 and Drafting 140, OSU can only count the math class since the drafting course does not transfer into OSU. In this second example, OSU would consider that the student is enrolled for 9 credits for financial aid purposes. (LBCC may consider the same student to be enrolled full-time for the term).