will dropping a class now affect financial aid I got for a full time schedule? I've never dealt with it before. If I drop below 12 hours, will I be required to pay money back? I'm taking a class just to be full time and it is killing me and I want to drop it so it won't negatively affect my GPA. thanks

9/25/2007 2:26:16 PM

Yes.

What class is it?

9/25/2007 2:27:36 PM

this has been covered 100s of times - but the people that are helpful read study hall a lot so i'm moving it there - while you are in that section maybe poke around and you will find your answer before ambrosia/firegrl/etc answer it

9/25/2007 2:30:44 PM

change it to credit only if you still can, but I doubt you can

9/25/2007 2:39:35 PM

can you not transfer into another teacher's section? you could try and take it for credit if it isn't a major class...

9/25/2007 2:40:07 PM

you can change to credit/audit/drop until oct. 5 i think

9/25/2007 2:40:28 PM

Quote :

"If I drop below 12 hours, will I be required to pay money back?"

no but if you dont take enough hours in the spring to have 24 total hours by the end of the spring semester(12/fall, 12/spring) you will lose your eligibility and its a bitch to get it back

2005-2006 academic year i failed a class in the fall and ended up having like 10 hours and then i took 12 in the spring and had to take a summer class and write all kinda appeals type shit etc etc etc and it was not fun...ended up restoring my eligibility though

9/25/2007 2:54:28 PM

^^No, it's the third.

I second the recommendation to change to credit only.

I don't know exactly what would happen if you dropped below 12hrs, but you would lose your full-time eligibility. Having never dealt with half-time eligibility, you probably should call OSFA at 5-2421. Were I in your shoes, making this decision, I'd
- look at costs of attendance between FT and half
- estimate a half-time aid package
- get ready to pay back the difference.


Really, though - call up financial aid.

9/25/2007 3:00:50 PM

This is the reason I always signed up for 2452342 hours each semester and then dropped to 15 before the deadline.

9/25/2007 7:31:38 PM

^ ditto.
or just 17 or 18 hours. since 19+ hours requires those course overloads and they're a pain in the butt to get filled out and signed by all the right people.

9/25/2007 8:22:09 PM

I actually got one of those one year but promised my adviser there was no well in hell I was actually going to keep all 21 hours.

9/25/2007 9:01:37 PM

jessiejepp and i were both wrong. I had Oct 3rd stuck in my head because of a dentist's appt; the last day to drop or change to credit is the 17th

http://ncsu.edu/registrar/calendars/academicfall.html

9/26/2007 11:18:32 AM

This is the reason I always signed up for 2452342 hours each semester and then dropped to 15 before the deadline.

9/26/2007 11:21:33 AM