All students receiving aid funds should be familiar with our policies. Specifically important are details regarding financial aid withdrawal and satisfactory academic progress in financial aid. A copy of the Student Financial Aid Handbook can be found online at our website.

Students who receive financial aid awards from off-campus groups or individuals must provide GCC’s Financial Aid Office with official certification and complete terms of the award.

There is very little financial aid available for the Summer I session. Aid for the Summer II session will be based upon the requirements for the following financial aid year. Students are encouraged to complete Summer Financial Aid Applications in April, as they register for summer classes. The Financial Aid Office will determine the amount […]

Financial aid is awarded under the assumption that the student will attend Greenfield Community College for the entire semester for which financial aid was awarded. Federal regulations require the school to determine whether the student established eligibility for each Title IV eligible class. Students who stop attending or participating in classes, without formally withdrawing from […]

Financial aid is pro-rated for the semester, meaning that aid is earned at a certain rate and not completely provided at the very beginning of the semester. A student "earns" financial aid in proportion to the time they are enrolled up to the 60% point. If you stop attending classes, or withdraw from the College, […]

Enrollment in developmental courses is included as attempted credits for financial aid and developmental courses carry the same terms and conditions for financial aid as put forth for repeated course work due to failing grades, Incompletes, or course withdrawal with one significant difference: the student may repeat a developmental course at least two times to […]

Students who have enrolled in the same credit course but have withdrawn from that course, earning a grade of “W” may receive financial aid to re-enroll or repeat that course. The maximum number of times a student may enroll in the same credit course is two times. If however the student is on Financial Aid […]

Students who have received a passing grade for a class and wish to repeat that class are not eligible for financial aid to cover the charges for that class unless the course carries a restrictive grade minimum for program acceptance. Under this circumstance the student is allowed to repeat the course one time with financial […]

Have an academic plan in place—following an academic plan will help you know which classes are required to earn a degree or certificate at GCC. Also, get familiar with the College catalog, it has important college policies that every student should know and it lists all your degree or certificate requirements. Focus on degree requirements—focus […]

Once the student has reached 110% of their program length, they will be sent an alert notifying them that they are approaching the maximum length of time for financial aid eligibility. The student is still eligible to receive financial aid at this point in time, but may be required to enroll in only those classes […]