Bookstore Advance Purchase Program (BAPP)
What Is The Bookstore Advance Purchase Program (BAPP)?
The BAPP allows you to charge books and supplies at any USF campus bookstore using your financial aid before it is paid. By using the BAPP, you are authorizing OFA to pay your bookstore charges with your financial aid. BAPP can be used until Friday of the first week of classes each semester if you qualify.
BAPP is not additional financial aid. Your purchases will be included as a charge on your student account. Any unused BAPP is returned to you by EDeposit or refund check after the end of the first week of classes. An email confirming your eligibility for BAPP will be sent to your USF email address before the start of classes each semester.
To qualify each term you must:
- Be degree seeking, and
- Be enrolled at least half-time in USF hours and
- Have financial aid ready to disburse that is at least $100 more than your student account charges.
- If you qualify for a BAPP, OFA will send you an e-mail approximately two weeks prior
to the beginning of the term or you can:
- Login to Student Self-Service by clicking the tile on MyUSF
- Select Financial Aid
- You will see a message indicating your BAPP eligibility
IMPORTANT: Your BAPP eligibility may change after you have been approved if additional charges are posted to your student account or your aid eligibility changes. The most common reasons why you may not qualify for a BAPP may include, but are not limited to:
- An ineligible Satisfactory Academic Progress status in Student Self-Service;
- Unsatisfied loan requirements;
- Unsatisfied requirements in Student Self-Service;
- Cost of attendance adjustments based on your length of enrollment;
- Insufficient enrollment status and/or;
- If you qualified for a BAPP in a prior semester but do not now, it may be because your bill is more than your prior semester's bill (e.g. enrolled in more classes, no deposit prepayments required, etc.).
Additional Textbook & Supply Purchases
If you qualify for the maximum BAPP and your textbooks cost more, you may be considered for a BAPP increase if you have enough financial aid. Bring a copy of your textbook list from Student Self-Service or your USF Bookstore cancelled transaction receipt to our office.