Financial Aid Awards and Enrollment

Students should have their financial aid application completed before registration or come prepared to meet their expenses and pay tuition/fees. If not paid by the scheduled purge date, your schedule will be automatically canceled.

The Financial Aid Office reserves the right to adjust financial aid when an over-award occurs. Students are required to notify the Financial Aid Office if any gift aid assistance is received from an outside or private source for educational expenses. Furthermore, the Financial Aid Office will void any award if it is determined that the student provided incorrect or false information on the financial aid application. All financial aid awards are subject to change if the information on which they were based changes, federal regulations require a change, or an over- award occurs.

The aid amounts listed on the award letter are based on full-time enrollment. For financial aid purposes, full- time enrollment is considered a minimum of 12 credit hours, regardless of whether the student enrolled in the fall, spring, and/or summer semester. Federal Pell Grant and State Grant aid amounts are based on a per credit hour basis. Any changes in enrollment status are reported to the Financial Aid Office.

Awards will be divided into three payments: fall, spring and summer. If a student changes enrollment status during the drop/add period or prior to the financial aid census date, then financial aid will be adjusted accordingly. Financial aid awards cannot be automatically transferred from one college to another. All documents in the student’s financial aid file are the property of Halifax Community College. In addition, financial aid cannot be utilized simultaneously at two or more colleges.