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    • Gender*
    • Ethnicity: Are you Hispanic or Latino?*
    • What is your Race? (please check any that apply) NOTE: If you checked Hispanic/Latino above, please also check again with any other race you identify with*

    • If you have trouble answering the Ethnicity & Race sections, please call our office at 936.294.1694

    • Citizenship:*

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    • Are you a U.S. Military Veteran?*
    • Do you have a documented physical, mental, or learning disability that  limits your ability to participate in educational experiences and opportunities offered by SHSU?*
    • Are you registered with SHSU Services for Students with Disabilities(SDD) Office?*

    • Please contact the Disability Services Office to have them email triotss@shsu.edu to verify that you are registered with their office

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    • Choose your current classification
    • Are you an Education Major or Minor and plan on getting certified to teach in the state of Texas?
    • What field do you plan on teaching
    • Please enter what subject
    • Have you previously been in a TRIO program (SSS, Talent Search, Upward Bound) or other College Access Program?
    • First-Generation Qualifications 
    • Does your natural or adoptive mother (excludes grandmother, stepmother, or guardian) have a Bachelor’s degree?*
    • Does your natural or adoptive father (excludes grandfather, stepfather, or guardian) have a Bachelor’s degree?*
    • If you did not reside with or receive support from a natural or adoptive parent, were you a:*

    • Income Qualification 
    • Are you 24 or older as of January 1st this year?*
    • Are you married?*
    • Do you have a child or children who received more than half of their support from you?*
    • Do you have any dependents (other than your children or spouse)?*
    • Are you an orphan (both parents deceased) or ward of the court or in foster care at any time after turning age 13, or were you a ward of the court until age 18?*
    • Are you/were you in legal guardianship?*
    • Are you/were you an emancipated minor?*
    • Did an official determine that you were an unaccompanied youth who was homeless or at risk of being homeless?*
    • Are you a veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces?*
    • Are you currently active duty military personnel for purposes other than training?*
      • If you checked “yes” to one or more of the above questions, you are considered an independent student. 
      • If you checked “no” to all of the above questions, you are considered a dependent student.

      Note: If you are a dependent student, but you are unable to provide your parent’s income information because they are incarcerated, you have left home due to an abusive family environment, you do not know where your parents are and are unable to contact them (and you have not been adopted), or any other special circumstance, please attach a letter stating your special circumstances to this application so that we can take it into consideration when determining your low-income eligibility.

    • Please attach the following with your completed application.

      If you are a dependent student, we need your parents’/guardians’ proof of income from the previous-previous year. If you are an independent student, we need your proof of income from the previous-previous year.

      You can submit one of the following as proof of income:

      • Your/your parents’ signed income tax return (1040) from last year or proof of unemployment
      • A statement signed by you/your parents stating your/their most recent taxable income and number of family members for that year
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    • (for detailed information on these requirements & instructions, go to: www.shsu.edu/triosss/

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