ALL FINANCIAL AID STUDENTS
Types of Financial Aid Available
- Gift Aid -- Grants or scholarships that do not need to be repaid
- Work -- Money you earn as payment for a job on or off campus
- Loans -- Borrowed money to be paid back, usually with interest
Sources of Financial Aid
- Federal government
- State government
- Colleges
- Private agencies, companies, and foundations
Important Information to ALL Financial Aid Students
- In order to receive Financial Aid, students must be in a degree-seeking
program such as Associate of Science, General Transfer.
- You Will Not Be Eligible For Aid If You Are Classified As "Special" Or
"Undecided"
- Any necessary Program or Major changes must be made at the beginning of
the semester. Contact the Records Office for additional information
- Students may receive Financial Aid for up to 30 remedial/developmental
attempts (I's, E's, F's, W's, audits and letter grades count as attempts).
- If you are registered for classes that are less than a standard semester
(all Flex or mini sessions funds) must be prorated (reduced).
You Must Officially Withdraw From Classes If You Do Not Plan To Attend
- If you fail to complete your classes for any reason, you may have to
repay a portion of your funds.
- If you are a Pell Grant recipient, your schedule must be finalized by
the 14th day of classes (census date).
- Your Pell Grant cannot be increased after the 14th day of classes
(census date). You will be responsible for payment of additional classes
after this date.
- You Must Be Enrolled In At Least Six (6) Semester Credit Hours To Be
Eligible For And Receive Your Student Loan Funds.
Student Federal Financial Aid Award Provisions
- The awards listed on the award letter are tentative offers based on
full-time enrollment. If a
student has received their financial aid check and drops or adds a class
during the drop/add period, they will be responsible for the change in
amount of monies owed. Financial aid funds will be adjusted to reflect
actual enrollment after the drop/add period.
- Students must attend all classes for which they register. If a student
withdraws on or after the first day of class, but never attends the class,
that class will not count when calculating financial aid eligibility.
- The maximum number of transitional study credit hours which can be paid
for with financial aid is 30 credit hours. Additional transitional study
credit hours will not count for enrollment eligibility.
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