Causes for Financial Aid Award Adjustments

Listing of Factors

The following circumstances may cause your Financial Aid Awards to be adjusted:

  • You fail to begin attendance in some or all of your classes. Your instructors must verify that you are participating in your classes before financial aid will be disbursed in a term. For some types of financial aid, such as the Federal Pell Grant, the number of hours that you are verified as participating in impacts the amount of the award that is disbursed. Participation is reported to the Records Office by your instructors and must be reported no later than 14 days after the term begins. The 14th day of the term is called the Census Date. No financial aid, including loans is disbursed to student accounts until after the census date. 

  • You withdraw from the university.

  • Your enrolled hours change (you drop below full-time or below half-time or you stop attending your classes).

  • You receive additional financial aid or outside financial resources.  This includes scholarships, veterans benefits, third party payments (state fee waivers or dependent student discounts), etc..

  • You register for all Regents Online Degree Program (RODP) courses.

  • You do not meet our satisfactory academic progress guidelines to receive financial aid.