Students Who Drop Courses

During the first week of classes only, the students listed below will be eligible for a 100 percent refund of tuition and other fees (except for nonrefundable fees):

No refunds will be made for individually dropped courses after the first week of classes.

Students enrolled in accelerated courses will receive a 100 percent tuition refund for courses dropped only during the first week of each session of a term. Specifically, a student enrolled in an accelerated course will not receive a tuition refund if the student attends a class meeting during the second week of the course or fails to drop the course before the second week of the class.

For purposes of the policy on dropped courses, a week of enrollment runs through Friday of the first week of the semester. A student's financial aid is finalized at the end of the 100 percent refund period of each semester/session based on his or her enrollment status at that time. Students who receive Federal Stafford Loan and/or Parent Loan funds and who maintain at least half-time enrollment at the end of the 100 percent refund period will receive a tuition refund from dropped courses after unpaid charges have been paid. If the student is below half-time enrollment at the end of the 100 percent refund period, the tuition refund is first applied to any unpaid charges and then returned to the lender. Specifically, the refund is returned to the loan programs in the following order: Unsubsidized Stafford Loan, Subsidized Stafford Loan, Federal Perkins Loan, and the Parent Loan program. A student must maintain at least half-time enrollment to automatically receive subsequent disbursements of a Stafford Loan or Parent Loan for the academic year.

For students who receive the Higher Education Award, Freedom of Choice Grant, and/or 21st-Century Scholar Award, the following refund policy applies when dropping classes:

If a student drops (rather than withdraws from) a class during the first week of a semester/session and falls below full-time status, the student is not eligible for these state awards and the funds will be returned to SSACI. (However, the student's eligibility for part-time grants will be calculated, and if eligible, the student may be awarded part-time grant funds.)

If a student withdraws from a class after the first week of a semester, no refund of tuition will be given. Therefore, no adjustment to state grant funds will occur.

SSACI Part-time Grant

The part-time grant program is subject to the same refund policy rules as the other SSACI programs. A student must be enrolled in a minimum of three hours per semester to qualify for this award. If hours are dropped during the first week of the semester/session, the part-time grant will be recalculated based on enrolled hours.