FAQs

There are three (3) steps that you have to accomplish to be enrolled: 1) Updating your Scholarship Information 2) Enlisting Online through AISIS, and 3) Submitting your Tuition Assessment Form or Proceeding to Payment. Read the details of each step by clicking here. The Enrollment/Registration procedure is also sent the OBF email of all scholars and posted in the ADMU Scholars FB group at least a week before the enlistment starts.

Yes, scholars can shift to another program. However, to do so, you must first write a letter addressed to OAA Director. Affix your name, ID number, contact number, and signature in the letter. Moreover, it must be noted by a parent/guardian. 

Your revised Individual Program of Study (IPS) must be submitted with the letter. Overloads and intersession classes necessitated due to the shifting of courses, withdrawal from a subject and failures are NOT covered by the scholarship. Send the letter to requests.scholarships@ateneo.edu.

DOST Scholars are required to first secure the permission of the DOST-SEI Director if shifting to another program. 

The Financial Aid Scholarship is given on a yearly basis. A scholar must apply for the renewal of their scholarship every year. The extra semesters/year due to shifting will not be automatically covered.

A scholar must submit a letter of request addressed to the OAA Director and this will be evaluated by the Committee on Admission and Aid.

Scholars go through the same Load Revision process as other students in the Ateneo. Check your AISIS account to access the Load Revision Form. 

NOTES:

• You must first be enrolled to be able to go through the Load Revision process. If your Tuition Assessment Form has an outstanding balance, settle the payment to be enrolled. Kindly note that it might take 1-2 days before your payment is reflected in the system. On the other hand, if your Tuition Assessment Form has a zero/negative balance, please submit it to the link provided by the OAA during the Enrollment/Registration period. The OAA will process your submission and have you enrolled within the same day as your submission.

• Freshmen must first secure approval from the Registrar's Office. To do this, send an email to the Registrar's Office (registrar2.ls@ateneo.edu) and state your reason for the need to do Load Revision. Wait for feedback and instructions before filling up the form.

Yes, scholars are allowed to go on a Leave of Absence. The retention of your scholarship grant will be reviewed by the Scholarship Committee prior to your return. You can apply for a semestral or school year LOA, for valid reasons. 

Before the LOA

Inform the OAA about your desire to go on LOA. Write a letter to the OAA Director and affix your name, ID number, contact number, and signature in the letter. Your letter must also be noted by a parent/guardian. Send the letter to requests.scholarships@ateneo.edu. You also need to communicate with other offices. Visit the LS One Google Site to be guided on the instructions that you must accomplish to go on LOA.

After the LOA

Write a letter to the OAA Director to inform him about your return to school. Affix your name, ID number, contact number, and signature in the letter. Your letter must also be noted by a parent/guardian. Send the letter to requests.scholarships@ateneo.edu. Please wait for further instructions after submitting your letter. However, kindly note that any overload or additional subject/s that may result from your LOA will not be automatically covered by your scholarship grant. 

A Financial Aid scholar who decides to withdraw from the Ateneo for non-medical and/or non-academic reasons is required to reimburse the Ateneo with the amount of the grant received during the last semester he/she was officially enrolled (including intersession term, if applicable).  Official documents from the Ateneo will be put on hold until such reimbursement has been completely settled.

No, but scholars are strongly urged to freely commit themselves to at least a year of service in education, government, social enterprise, or community-oriented work after graduation.

Scholars are also encouraged to support the Ateneo Alumni Scholars Association’s drive to help financially challenged students avail of an Ateneo college education through its Scholars-for-Scholars Scholarship Fund (SSSF).

https://bit.ly/OAAScholarshipRequests

Follow the Business Letter Format found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lvrs8xbY9qYCdYPpEDMAS6KrYJ_33-u4MmDX7uXkuKQ/edit?hl=en&authkey=CJKNp6EO&tab=t.0

Yes, you can request for these devices by writing a letter to the OAA Director. Affix your name, ID number, contact number, and signature in the letter. Your letter must also be noted by a parent/guardian. Send the letter to requests.scholarships.ls@ateneo.edu. After submitting your letter, please wait for the Office of Student Services (OSS) to get back to you.

Scholars in need of academic assistance may avail of the tutorial services offered by different student organizations such as Ateneo Gabay, Ateneo Mathematics Society (AMS), League of Physicists (LeaPs), and Ateneo Chemistry Society (ACheS). Scholars may also request for a tutor from the Office of Admission and Aid who will then tap the help of upperclass scholars. Send the requests to requests.scholarships.ls@ateneo.edu with the following subject line: TUTOR REQUEST: Last Name, First Name (Year and Program).

Check the Annual Calendar of Activities for Scholars to know that tentative months when allowances will be released. Kindly note that dates might change without prior notice. Additionally, the OAA will also contact the scholars about their allowance as soon as they start processing it for release. Nevertheless, please be reassured that the OAA will always endeavor to give allowance as soon as possible. 

You will be asked to provide the OAA with your bank details. Your allowance will be credited to your bank account every semester.

If you don’t have a personal bank account, you may submit the bank details of a close family member.

The Scholarship/Financial Aid Questionnaire to request either a 25% TF or 50% TF grant must be filled out. The Questionnaire will be available from April to May of the current school year. Application results will be released by July of the same school year. Additionally, the grant will only take effect starting the first semester of the next school year.

No, your scholarship does NOT cover any additional subjects for your Minor degree. The scholar will pay for all expenses necessitated by the additional subjects because of a Minor/Specialization/Double degree that are NOT part of your official curriculum.

You may use your free electives and interdisciplinary electives to lessen the subjects that you will pay for in order to complete your minor/specialization.

If a scholar fails to submit a letter or appeal on time, it is possible that his/her scholarship will not be renewed or there will be a delay in processing which might lead to other problems down the line. All scholars should responsibly keep track of and meet deadlines as part of their grant.

There is a possibility that your scholarship will not be renewed. You are given more than enough time to complete the Scholarship Update Form. Those who submitted on time will be prioritized for the available scholarship slots. Remember that there are limited slots for scholarships this school year due to the pandemic.

Additionally, kindly note that the Scholarship Committee meticulously checks each and every single detail of your form. As a result, please rigorously check its contents before submitting it to the OAA. 

Finally, only upperclass Financial - Aid Scholars must complete the Scholarship Update Form.

Try to enlist during the Free-For-All (FFA) periods. As much as possible, make Load Revision your LAST COURSE OF ACTION unless instructed by the department who offers the class that you need. If you were not able to enlist in any subject because you missed all the days for enlistment, please go through the Late Registration Procedure which may be found in the Ateneo Regcom Website. Kindly note that you must pay Php 250 for the Late Registration Fee.

Please follow these instructions:

1. Download the NO GRADE FORM - Fill-out, sign, and upload the form to the link provided by the OAA. Check the Enrollment/Registration procedure to obtain the form and the submission link.

2. For those with an INC/NE Grade - Ask one of your parents to send an email to requests.scholarships.ls@ateneo.edu informing the OAA that he/she is aware of your grade and its consequences.  Please follow this convention for the subject of the email: NO GRADE FORM of LastName_FirstName

 NOTE: Your registration will not be processed if these two steps are not completed.

You may render Service Hours at the OAA or any Ateneo Office that might need help. The OAA posts available Service Hours Opportunities at the ADMU Scholars Facebook Group.

All scholars are required to finish their assigned Service Hours within the given deadline. However, if you are unable to render all hours on time, you must write a letter to the OAA Director requesting for an extension on the deadline of the rendering of your Service Hours. Affix your name, ID number, contact number, and signature in the letter. Your letter must also be noted by a parent/guardian. 

Instructions for submission are posted every semester at the ADMU Scholars FB Group.