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RE: Financial Aid (Pell Grants) / PayBack - ashkir - 02-06-2023
Also in order to keep your full pell grant, you need to take 4 classes, not 2. For YourPace there's no 60% date. It's pass or fail. I'd recommend just asking Jessica to swap to easier classes. Just knock out 4 easy classes and be done.
If you do the date calculations, 60% for term 1 will be Saturday February 17, 2024.
For term 2 it will be: Friday April 14, 2023.
You took and agreed to a pell grant for two terms, which are separate in Pell disbursements, but UMPI gives it to you together. If you fail all 4 of your classes, you will never be allowed to receive federal financial aid again.
As you got a refund you are a full-time student, and your Pell was calculated to you agreeing to it full time.
RE: Financial Aid (Pell Grants) / PayBack - ss20ts - 02-06-2023
While today you are saying you will never use financial aid ever again, this isn't something you can possibly know. You may need a college degree in the future. Take ashkir's advice and switch to easier classes - shorter papers, exams, something other than a 10 page paper.
RE: Financial Aid (Pell Grants) / PayBack - dfrecore - 02-06-2023
I agree, switch to the 2 easiest possible courses for this term, and then 2 easy ones for next term. Something that requires a VERY short paper or even just an exam.
RE: Financial Aid (Pell Grants) / PayBack - whateverabouts - 02-06-2023
How can I earn 100% of my Title IV aid?
Quote:There are three ways to "earn" 100% of your disbursed Title IV aid:
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- Receive a passing grade in at least 1 class for the semester; or
- Attend class through 60% of the semester, and then officially drop all classes. These are called "Official Withdrawals."
- If you do not pass any of your classes, at least one last day of attendance is beyond the 60% date. Last day of attendance for non-passing grades are supplied by your instructor. These are called "Unofficial Withdrawals."
This is what I am referring to. The issue at UMPI YourPace being, they break up the semester into two sessions, so I don’t know what bearing that has on the 60% rule or what date that means.
For example, on March 1 I drop both classes, that’s well beyond 60% of the session, but not the semester (which would be April for 60%). So the dates are not clear nor how it works with this session methodology.[/color]
(02-06-2023, 07:07 PM)dfrecore Wrote: I agree, switch to the 2 easiest possible courses for this term, and then 2 easy ones for next term. Something that requires a VERY short paper or even just an exam.I didn’t know that would be a possibility but seems to be the best alternative. I’ll email Jessica to ask. I thought it would need to be done by the add/drop date which I believe has already come and gone.
RE: Financial Aid (Pell Grants) / PayBack - ss20ts - 02-07-2023
The drop/add date you see applies to the on campus students. YourPace has it's own schedule which you should have received via email from Cody when the session began.