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2023-2024 General Catalog and Student Handbook > Student Handbook > General Information > Refunds > Financial Aid Drops, Withdrawals and Overpayments

Financial Aid Drops, Withdrawals and Overpayments

Students who do not plan to attend classes are responsible for declining financial aid and for dropping any classes for which they are registered.  Classes are not automatically dropped when financial aid is removed.  Failure to cancel unwanted classes before the term starts may result in a balance owed to the College.

Students who reduce their course load during the term may not be eligible for the full amount of financial aid offered to them. Students are advised to consult with the Financial Aid Office to discuss the impact dropping classes may have.  Dropping classes and withdrawing from classes can impact overall satisfactory academic progress (SAP) standards and the Pell Lifetime Eligibility Limit (LEU).

Complete withdrawal from all classes before completion of 60% of the term may result in a financial aid overpayment. In this case, the student may be required to repay all or a portion of unearned back to the College or to the Department of Education. 

If a student is offered NC Community College Grant or NC Education Lottery Scholarship funds and withdraws from all classes before the 35% point of the term, this may result in an overpayment.  The student may be required to pay all or a portion of these unearned funds back to the College or to the NC State Education Assistance Authority.

Failure to repay a student overpayment may result in a hold being placed on the student's account prohibiting registration for future classes at WCC and from obtaining an official academic transcript.  A hold will remain on the student's account until the debt has been paid in full.