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Attention Financial Aid Students

Please continue to check MyBC for your Award Status. Awards are posted on a continuous basis, so please check the award status and be aware of the fee

deadline date.

Effective 2011-2012 School Year

Beginning with the 2011-12 academic year, Congress eliminated a continuing resolution (CR) that eliminates the second Pell Grant awards.  This means that students who qualified in the 2010-11 academic year to receive a second Pell award will not get the second award in the Summer 2011-2012 academic year. 

Students who want to enroll during the Summer term and attended:

Less than full time (11 credits or less) for Fall and or Winter terms in 2011-12

  • May have federal Pell grant money available to help cover enrollment (and possibly books as well).

Full time for both Fall and Winter (12 or more credits each term)

  • Should consider holding on to some of your refund check amounts to help cover summer enrollment.

Student who want to enroll and will be graduating the Summer 2012 (term 20123)

  • Speak with a Financial Aid Advisor, because there may be additional assistance to help you "Finish What you Started." Be prepared to provide proof graduation (current degree audit) indicating credit remaining and registration for summer term (transcript or summer schedule) to Financial Aid.

Students should pay special attention to their financial aid this year to make sure that they will have enough to cover their costs throughout the entire academic year.  If further clarification is needed or students who want to discuss individual financial aid situations and how this will affect those, the staff highly encourages students to contact us as soon as possible.  We will be happy to help you plan out your financial situation for the rest of the year.

Interested in a Student Loan?

All students who have completed a FAFSA and are anticipating student loans, will have their loan request processed by their tuition due date if all the loan requirements are met:

Please note that the deadline to submit a loan request form for

Fall/Winter or Winter Only is April 18th, 2012.

Click Here for all the loan requirements

Where is my refund?

Students who have money left over after all their tuition, fees, and books are deducted, should receive a refund 4-6 weeks after classes begin and the student's attendance can be verified. Click here for the scheduled refund dates.

Starting Winter 2012, Broward College is offering electronic options for receiving your refunds.  Click here for information on how to select your electronic option and receive your refunds sooner.

 

Students with a Debt to Broward College

Financial Aid may no longer pay all student debt in full when financial aid awards are disbursed. Click here for more details

 

Students must provide the College with consent or denial to use their Federal financial aid award to pay debt. 

Current consent settings may be reviewed by logging on to MyBC:

  • From the My Financials menu, click “Sign Up Options”
  • Click “Financial Authorization”

Even with student consent to pay debt, certain debt will not be paid by financial aid and the student is responsible for directly paying the College.

Debt that may not be paid with financial aid includes (but is not limited to):

  • Library Fees and Fines
  • Parking/Security Fines
  • Collection Fees
  • Returned Check Fees and Fines
  • Delinquent Debt that has been Written Off

When debt may not be paid by a financial aid award due to lack of student consent or because the debt is ineligible for payment by financial aid, the student will receive a check for the unused portion of the financial aid award. 

The student is then responsible for direct payment of the unpaid debt.

Unpaid debt may prevent class registration, may be reported to a collection agency where additional collection fees will be incurred and the debt may be reported to the credit bureau.   Unpaid debt will also prevent the release of College transcripts until all debt is paid in full.

To avoid the above actions, students should frequently review their account from MyBC and pay all outstanding debt in full.

 

I was awarded Financial aid, now what?

 

Click Here to see what Financial aid tips you want to know as a Financial aid Student
  • FINISH WHAT YOU START!
  • Financial aid eligibility depends on the successful completion of classes and meeting Standards of Academic Progress.
  • Initial Financial Aid awards are based on full-time enrollment. Awards will be adjusted based on actual enrollment after the drop/add period, and before refunds are issued.
  • Check your BC Email on a continuous basis as this is our main source of communication
  • Any Financial Aid remaining balance will be refunded to the students 4 to 6 weeks after classes start; therefore you should set aside personal funds to cover living expenses incurred during the first few weeks of classes.
  • Where is my Refund? Click here to see when you will receive your refund.
  • Before aid can be disbursed to the College to cover tuition and any excess refunded to students, attendance in all enrolled classes must be verified by the faculty.  If a student does not attend class within two weeks after the drop/add period in each session, the student will be withdrawn from classes and will receive a (WN) non-attendance. Further information can be found on the web at www.broward.edu/sfs under Withdrawal Policies.

    On-going attendance monitoring--Once attendance is initially verified, the faculty monitor students’ attendance throughout the term.  Any changes in the enrollment status will cause a change in the aid awarded to students. Any type of withdrawal up to the 60% point of the term WILL impact students’ financial aid.

 

Click Here to watch a video on the Basics of Financial Aid

 

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