How can you help ensure that 你的经济援助 experience goes smoothly and you remain 有资格获得援助? Following these tips is a great start.
Check your email and respond to messages
The most important things you can do to avoid financial 援助 problems are:
- Check your bt365体育官网 email account frequently
- Respond promptly to any messages from the 金融援助 office
Typically, the 金融援助 office will send you an email because more information is needed to process your 援助. Usually, they need the information because the federal government requires it.
What happens if you ignore the messages? You don’t get financial 援助. 学生 are selected for the verification process must submit required documentation within 120 days of their last enrollment date or September 12, 2020, whichever is earlier. Failure to submit the documentation in a timely manner will forfeit all potential 援助的支付. bt365体育官网's complete Verification policy can be found 在这里.
The 金融援助 office also sends emails to update you on changes that may affect you as a financial 援助 recipient.
Fill out forms completely and carefully
To get financial 援助, you have to fill out forms. 它们可以包括 Free Application for Federal Student Aid, scholarship applications and so on.
Always fill out the forms completely. If you don’t, one of two things will happen:
- You’ll get an email asking for more information, which can delay your 援助
- You won’t get the 援助 you requested
You also should fill out the forms carefully. This is especially true for scholarship applications and other forms that ask you for a brief essay or statement. 你 write in the essay can be the decisive factor in whether you get money.
去上课
This is a no brainer. Why register for classes and apply for financial 援助 if you’re not going to come to school?
The federal government, which supplies most financial 援助, requires that students attend class to receive 援助. Instructors will verify whether you’re attending class. If you’re not, you’ll be dropped and 你的经济援助 may be reduced or canceled.
Maintain satisfactory academic progress
If you receive financial 援助, the federal government requires that you make satisfactory academic progress toward a certificate or degree. bt365体育官网’s SAP standard requires that 你:
- Maintain a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0.
- Maintain a cumulative pace of completion of at least 67 percent. 这意味着你必须 get a passing grade in at least two thirds of all credit hours you attempt.
- Complete your certificate or degree within 150 percent of the credit hours it requires.
All of the details are available on the Satisfactory 学术的进步 page.
Be careful when dropping or withdrawing
If you receive financial 援助, be extremely careful about dropping or withdrawing 从一个班级. The reason is that either action can have serious consequences for 你的经济援助. For example, withdrawing may make it impossible for you to meet bt365体育官网’s Satisfactory 学术的进步 standard, eliminating your eligibility for future 援助.
The consequences can be especially serious if you withdraw from all of your classes, either officially or unofficially. If you receive 援助 from the federal government, you may have to pay back any 援助 you failed to “earn” by not attending class.
bt365体育官网 is required by Federal regulation to calculate a refund for students who receive Federal 援助 and do not complete 60% of the semester. This refund process is called 复归第IV章. bt365体育官网’s complete 复归第IV章 refund policy can be found 在这里.
Here’s an example: Say that you stop attending all of your classes after 25 percent of the semester is complete. In this case, the federal government would make you pay back 75 percent of the 援助 that you’ve received for the semester. bt365体育官网会寄给你的 a letter if you’re required to pay back any of your federal 援助.
You don’t have to repay your federal 援助 if you withdraw from just some of your classes.
Because of the potential for serious problems, it’s a good idea to talk to the Financial Aid office before you drop or withdraw 从一个班级.
问问题
If you don’t understand something about 你的经济援助, ask questions. 最好的 source for answers is bt365体育官网’s 金融援助 office. 你可以通过以下方式获得帮助:
- 访问ing the office on the second floor of the Student Center building
- Calling the office at 734-973-3523
- 发送电子邮件至 (电子邮件保护)
- Sending a fax to 734-677-5281