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confirm your status. If we don’t have the INS response within 15 business days of our request, we will notify you and ask you for the originals of your documents so we can make a determination for you. Further processing of your financial aid application would be suspended until you were determined to be eligible. TUITION REFUND POLICY
A student who ceases to attend the college during the first 60% of a term is entitled to a pro rata refund of tuition and most fees paid at that semester’s registration, assuming that all exit requirements are satisfied. An example refund calculation is available from the Accounting Department (11th floor) upon request. Some fees are exceptions to the pro rata calculation. The replacement fee charged to incoming students who cancel is not refundable. If the student has purchased group health insurance through the college, any unused portion of the premium will either be fully refunded, or used to extend the student’s coverage as allowed by state law, at the student’s option. Required books and equipment purchased by the student from the college’s Campus Store are not returnable for refund, although the college will include in the pro rata refund amount the difference between the student’s cost and the college’s cost for these items. If the student ceases to attend the college before the equipment or books have been used and the items can be returned in their original packaging and in like-new condition, the cost of these items may be refunded to the student. Assessment of the condition of the equipment regarding their suitability for refund will be made by the Director of Academic Programs, in consultation with the college Campus Store manager if necessary. The Student Government Association’s (SGA) student activity fee, which is collected by the college for the SGA, is not refundable. The percent to be refunded is based on the percent of days attended during the semester before enrollment ceased, calculated to the nearest 0.1% as follows: number of calendar days attended/number of calendar days in semester. Scheduled breaks of five days or more (e.g., Spring Break) are not included in determining the number of calendar days. If the percent of days attended is greater than 60%, there is no refund. If the student received Federal Title IV student loans for the term not completed, the refund is first applied to eliminate outstanding balances on student loans for the term in the following order: Federal Unsubsidized Stafford, Federal GradPLUS Loan, HPSL and other sources of student loans. Any remainder is next applied to other sources of financial aid for the term. Finally, any remaining balance is disbursed to the student. The same refund calculation is also applied if a single course is dropped during the refund period and lowers the student’s course load to part-time status. If the student is receiving Federal Title IV student loans, and the refund process is triggered by an approved extended leave of absence of more than 180 days, then the portion of tuition and fees not refunded will be credited to the student upon return to the program in accordance with the terms of the approved leave of absence. However, failure to return to the program as scheduled will result in forfeiture of the amount to be credited.
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