Enrollment Status
Financial aid calculations are based on the number of units in which a student is enrolled each semester/session.
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Number of Units Enrolled in per Semester: |
Enrollment Status: |
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12+ Units |
= Full Time |
| 9 to 11.5 Units |
= 3/4 Time |
| 6 to 8.5 Units |
= 1/2 Time |
| Less than 6 Units |
= Less than 1/2 Time |
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Fall, Spring and Summer each use the same standard for grant, scholarship, loan, and work study funding.
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Federal financial aid is not available for early Spring Semester, but units taken will be reflected on your Spring semester disbursement.
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No loans are available during the Summer Session.
Living Room Series courses are considered correspondence courses and are "considered to be no more than half time students even if they are enrolled in enough units to be considered full time" —Chapter 3 Federal Financial Aid Handbook. If living room series courses are taken at the same time as regular classes, your aid may be reduced until your courses are 50% completed.
Enrollment status is monitored twice each Fall and Spring Semesters, and once during Summer Session. The period of time in which enrollment status is checked is called a "drop dead" date. On this date Student Financial Services calculates the money that you will received in your financial aid disbursement. Financial aid money will not be adjusted until the next disbursement. Each semester has two disbursements. After the second "drop dead" date of each semester, financial aid awards will no longer be adjusted.
The second "drop dead" date is also very important in registering for your classes. Financial aid is based on the classes that you are actually attending. If your classes begin after the second "drop dead" date, the class will not be considered in your financial aid enrollment status.