Financial Aid Refunds

Any financial aid disbursement received by Office of Student Accounts that is in excess of your charges will be refunded to you automatically unless restrictions require that the excess amount be returned to another entity.

Office of Student Accounts cannot process and mail a refund check until funds are disbursed to a student's account. University policy prohibits a check from being picked up, thus all refund checks are mailed. There are no exceptions!

Disbursement of federal financial aid loans is contingent upon, but is not limited to:

• Signed promissory notes
• Completed entrance counseling
• Being registered for appropriate number of credit hours

Other non-loan financial aid awards are also contingent upon being registered for the appropriate number of credit hours. Please see the Financial Aid Office if you are still having problems after all of these requirements have been met.

All student refunds are mailed to the student's Mailing/Local Address. If your address needs updated or if you need to have a special address created for your refund (Refund Address), please contact the Office of Admissions & Records. You can also update your address by logging on to MIX at www.mix.wvu.edu.

PLUS refunds (Parent Loan for Undergraduate Study) are in the borrower's name and are sent to the address provided on the Parent Loan Data Form during the application process. Unless noted otherwise on the parent loan application, all PLUS proceeds will be sent to the parent borrower.

***NOTE: Students living in University Residential Halls will have their addresses updated automatically to their on-campus address. Students wishing for their refund checks to be sent elsewhere should apply for a Refund Address.

Refunds Due to Withdrawal

Students withdrawing from the University or dropping courses below full-time status within the refund period are eligible for a tuition and fee refund in accordance with the University's fee schedule and refund procedures. Please note that this policy will be changing beginning with Fall 2007 semester (see IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT above).

• Refunds are usually processed within 3O calendar days of the dropping of the course or withdrawal from the institution.
• Refunds for amounts less than $5 are processed by request only.

The refund schedule is determined by the Higher Education Policy Commission.

Higher Education Policy Commission Refund Schedule

This schedule will pertain only to complete withdrawals from university beginning in Fall 2007.