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B. Summer and Winter Session - Students must with- Financial Aid Overpayments: If a student owes a repayment of
draw/drop a class within the fi rst week of a fi ve or six federal student aid, the student must repay the amount in full. If
week class. the student fails to repay the amount due, the college may refer
C. The student should check the Schedule of Classes or the account to the US Department of Education and the student
with the Admissions and Records Offi ce for the drop/ may lose eligibility for any further federal student fi nancial aid.
withdrawal date if a class is of shorter duration than those REGISTRATION
mentioned above.
Each student must offi cially register in classes. The classes
Repayment Requirement Policies for Students Receiving should be chosen from the student’s educational plan. These
Financial Aid: classes constitute the offi cial program of the student.
Students who receive fi nancial aid in the form of a Pell Grant, All students register according to the dates and times
Cal Grant, or EOPS Grant are subject to state and federal assigned to them. To be a continuing student, the registrant
regulations that may require repayment of all or part of the must have been enrolled in the immediately prior semester
funds received if they drop some or all of their units during or session. New and returning students who submit appli-
a semester. cations during the current academic year (summer through
Students who receive fi nancial aid and never attend class: spring) are considered active and eligible for registration for
Federal regulations only allow students to receive fi nancial the entire academic year, and those students will receive reg-
aid for classes they actually attend. Students who receive istration information by going to www.MyGCC.glendale.edu.
fi nancial aid for classes that they drop before the fi rst day For information concerning this process, consult the semester
of class, or that they otherwise never attend, must return Schedule of Classes or go to the GCC website.
those funds. After the beginning of the semester, students may:
Students who receive fi nancial aid for classes they attend • enroll in open semester-length courses through the
and then drop: Financial aid is based on the number of units a fi rst week of the semester with the permission of the
student is enrolled in as of the registration deadline. Students instructor;
who receive fi nancial aid for 6 units or more and then drop to • enroll in closed semester-length courses with the per-
less than 6 units prior to the registration deadline established mission of the instructor through the second week of
by the Admissions and Records Offi ce may be required to instruction; and
repay some of the funds received. • enroll in courses less than 16 weeks provided that 15%
Students who drop all classes prior to completing 60% of of the class meetings have not been held.
the semester: Federal Return to Title IV (R2T4) regulations No registrations or adds of semester-length classes are
governing the federal student fi nancial aid programs stipulate allowed after the end of the second week of instruction.
that students who withdraw from the college before complet- No student will be enrolled in a class and have a grade
ing at least 60% of the semester have not “earned” the funds recorded subsequent to the completion of a given semester
they received and must repay some of their fi nancial aid. The unless it is established that the procedures for enrolling set
Financial Aid Offi ce is required by law to notify the student up by the College are proved to have failed.
of the overpayment due within 30 days, once it is determined
that the student has withdrawn from school. There is no appeal RESIDENCE REQUIREMENTS
process. Federal regulations do not allow a college to make any The following statement of the rules regarding residency
exceptions to the Return to Title IV requirements. Students is intended for general information only. More detailed
who have not received the total amount of fi nancial aid that information can be obtained from the Offi ce of Admissions.
they may have earned prior to withdrawing from school At the time of application and at registration each student
may be entitled to a post-withdrawal disbursement. In these is required to verify residence information. Even though a
cases, students will be notifi ed within 30 days regarding the student may be otherwise admissible to GCC, the student
amount due them and how accepting additional funds will may be classifi ed as a tuition-paying student in accordance
aff ect their standing under the Financial Aid Satisfactory with the residence requirements.
Academic Progress policy. A “resident student’’ means any person who can verify
Students who earn ALL fail, No Pass, and/or Withdrawal physical presence in California for one year or more on the
grades (‘F’, ‘NP’, ‘W’) or a combination of, for any term day preceding the fi rst day of instruction of a semester or
will be considered to have Unoffi cial withdrawn: Federal intersession during which the person proposes to attend,
Return to Title IV regulations governing the federal student who can demonstrate intent to make California a home for
fi nancial aid programs stipulate that students who receive other than a temporary purpose and fi nancial independence.
All ‘F’, ‘NP’, and/or ‘W’s or a combination of, for the term/ Alien Students: A student who is an alien may establish
semester, the midpoint (50%) of that term/semester will his or her residence if he or she is not precluded by the
be used as the withdrawal date. A review of fi nancial aid Immigration and Nationality Act from establishing
students will occur after grades are processed for the prior domicile in the U.S..
term/semester to determine who falls in this category and
requires a R2T4 calculation.

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