You Need to Know
- Students are required to maintain satisfactory academic progress in
order to be eligible for financial aid. Students who do not meet these
standards may lose their financial aid or be placed on probation. Find
out more about Academic Grades and Financial Aid.
- Students should allow at least two weeks for the processing of
financial aid documents during peak times (July - September and
December - January).
- The web-based financial aid process requires students to create and
maintain several different PINs, usernames and passwords that are
unique to each application. This information should be kept in a
secure place for use as needed and not shared with anyone.
- Students cannot receive federal and/or state financial aid for
courses not applicable to the major they are currently in. Students
who have questions regarding their class schedule and the potential
impact on aid, or who are changing programs during a semester, may
contact the Financial Aid Office for assistance.
- Financial aid awards are conditional and subject to change based
upon continuation of legislative authority and availability of
appropriated funds.
- Students who withdraw during a semester they received aid may have
their financial aid eligibility prorated and subsequently owe a bill to
the College. Financial aid eligibility is prorated differently than
college charges. Aid eligibility may also be affected for the next
semester.
- Students must process their semester bill by the due date or
scheduled classes will be dropped. Students would then need to process
their bills and reschedule classes which may, or may not be available.
- Students whose families are experiencing any type of change in
income, family size or other types of economic hardship may appeal
their financial aid awards. The appeal needs to be done in writing and
may require certain types of additional documentation. Contact the
Financial Aid Office for more information.
- Students are responsible for checking their financial aid status on
Banner Web to determine if additional information is needed to process
their aid or to view changes to their awards.
- Financial aid, including loans
and scholarships, must be actual or approved to be used as credit on
the semester bill. Bills must be processed by the billing due date or
scheduled classes will be dropped.