Financial Aid Office

Withdrawing from classes for summer

If you are a financial aid recipient and you drop all of your classes prior to start of the summer session (or indicate you never attended), you are no longer eligible for financial aid for that semester.  

Your summer aid eligibility was based on your schedule at the time of the award but is reviewed on the census dates of each session (May 14 and June 25) to verify your eligibility.  To qualify for many forms of aid, you must attend at least six credits for summer and you must begin attendance before the aid can disburse.  If you are a financial aid recipient and you drop some of your classes during the drop/add period (or indicate you never attended some of your classes), you may lose some or all of your financial aid eligibility.

If you are a federal financial aid recipient and you completely withdraw from all your classes after the beginning of the semester, the law requires that the amount of federal aid earned up to that point is determined by a specific formula.* If you receive more federal aid than you have earned, the excess aid must be returned. The amount of federal aid you have earned is determined on a pro-rata basis. That is, if you completed 30 percent of the semester, you earn 30 percent of the federal aid you received. Once you have completed more than 60 percent of the semester, you earn all of your federal aid. If you are a recipient of University funds and you completely withdraw from all of your classes after the beginning of the semester, your funds will be reduced by the percentage of tuition refunded.

* When classes are dropped after the four day 100% refund period, your account will be frozen for up to 30 days until your aid can be reviewed.  Any balance due to the university created by the removal of financial aid will be due immediately and could impact your future eligibility for aid.

In accordance with federal and state regulations, the Financial Aid Office must monitor your academic progress.  Classes dropped with an “N” grade count against your number of credits attempted.  If you withdraw from any of your classes, this may cause you to be in unsatisfactory academic progress for financial aid purposes. Students not meeting these satisfactory academic standards may lose financial aid eligibility for future semesters.