You may be in danger of losing your financial aid

Before You Drop a Class, Withdraw from College, or Simply Stop Attending consider the following:

  • You could lose your financial aid eligibility for this semester and for future semesters: Mass Grant and other Massachusetts State, Pell and other Federal Grants and Loans can be impacted drastically.
  • If you have attempted 30 credits of developmental course work, you will not be eligible for any additional federal aid if the course work is developmental. Once you have attempted 30 credits of developmental course work, you will no longer be eligible to receive financial aid for developmental courses.
  • Your financial aid could be reduced and you may have to repay part or all of your tuition and/or financial aid.
  • You will or may have a "W" (withdrawal) grade on your permanent MCC academic transcript. You may jeopardize your financial aid if you can't meet federal minimum standards of academic progress.
  • Should your enrollment status/attendance drop below 6 credits, your current aid may be affected and you may become ineligible for certain aid programs such as Stafford Subsidized and Unsubsidized Stafford Loans or a Pell Grant.

Important

  • If you drop a course and are receiving a grant, loan, or scholarship, please check with a Financial Aid counselor for a review on the impact this may have with your future aid and with the Student Accounts Office for a review on the impact this may have on your current aid.
  • All state grant and scholarship programs can be affected if you drop classes or withdraw from college. All federal grant and loan programs can be affected if you drop classes or withdraw from college. These grants and programs include, but are not limited to: Pell, Supplemental Grant, ACG, Federal Work Study, Perkins Loans, and Stafford Loans.

Attendance is important. Instructors may withdraw students from courses for excessive absences. If illness, accident or similar circumstances make it impossible for a student to attend classes for three or more consecutive days, it is the student's responsibility to notify the Records and Registration Office immediately. Financial Aid may be impacted.

You do have alternatives to consider:

  • Ask the instructor for help and a realistic assessment of your performance in the class. Your instructor can help you, and you may be doing better than you think.
  • Contact the Enrollment Services Office, or your academic department's lab, or utilize a private supplemental instructor or tutor.
  • Talk to your academic advisor, or seek assistance at the Enrollment Services Office.
  • Drop back to an easier course. If you do drop back to an easier course, check with the Financial Aid Office to see if it will impact your current aid.
Last Modified: 2/8/24