Attending Classes

Prior to the start of classes, you will most likely meet with an academic advisor to discuss the classes needed for your degree program. When you register for these classes, you are expected to attend them. Your financial aid will be dependent on the number of classes you register for. Keep these points in mind regarding attendance of classes:

• Your financial aid is based on the number of credit hours you enroll in. Most types of financial aid have a minimum enrollment requirement.

  • For instance, to receive the maximum amount of a Pell Grant, you must be enrolled as a full time (12 credit hours or more) student. To be eligible for Stafford student loans, your enrollment must be a minimum of part time (or 6 credit hours).

• Your professors will report your attendance throughout the semester. If you do not attend a class, it may affect your financial aid.

  • For example, if you enroll in 6 credit hours, but you do not attend a class (or do not show up often), your professor might report you as “not attending” to the Registrar’s office. If this happens, your enrollment hours are reduced to 3 credit hours and this will be reported to your lender. You will receive a letter to complete an Exit Interview and you might be put into repayment on student loans. This situation can only be resolved by talking with your professor. If your loans have been returned to your lender, when you show enrolled in 6 credit hours again, a request to have your loans re-instated may be completed with the Financial Aid office.

• If you change your mind about enrollment, you must withdraw so you will not owe. Unfortunately, some students believe if they do not attend classes, they will not owe for those classes. This is not the case. If you register for a class, you owe money to the Bursar’s office unless you withdraw in OASIS or with the Registrar’s office. Refund periods for classes may be found in the Billing Process Section.

• If you have taken out a loan and fail a class, you still owe that loan back. You may retake the class the following semester and financial aid will still pay for that second class. Essentially you will have paid for that class twice.

• Your attendance may affect your Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP). Whether you withdraw from a class, fail a class, or pass a class, this will affect your SAP. If you pass all your classes, it will have a positive affect on your SAP. Likewise, if you fail, withdraw, or do not attend your classes, it will have a negative affect on your SAP. You may read more about Satisfactory Academic Progress in the Financial Aid Process section.

Your best decision regarding classes is going to be to attend them. If your find yourself in a situation in which you must drop a class or multiple classes, see your academic advisor and the Financial Aid office.

 

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