Financial Aid Important Dates

Here are the upcoming financial aid deadlines:

Summer 2025 A & B Sessions: May 1, 2025

Summer 2025 C Session: June 9, 2025

Fall 2025 16-week and 1st 8-week: July 28, 2025

Fall 2nd 8-week: October 2, 2025

Spring 2026: December 3, 2025

A completed FAFSA must be on file with the Financial Aid Office (FAO) by the deadline.  Any additional required documents, including verification forms and IRS tax return transcripts/W2s, must be received in the FAO by the deadline.  Applications and/or forms received after the deadline will continue to be processed; however, the FAO cannot guarantee they will be reviewed prior to the payment due date or beginning of the semester.

Here are the upcoming financial aid refund dates:

Summer 2025

• A & B Sessions: June 16, 2025
• C Session: July 14, 2025

Fall 2025

• 16-week & 1st 8-week Sessions: September 12, 2025
• 2nd 8-week Session: November 7, 2025

Refund checks will be mailed to students at the address listed in Self-Service on the dates listed.

Students with direct deposit set up will receive their refunds on/around the dates listed.

Students can now receive their refunds through direct deposit. To set up your direct deposit, please follow the instructions below:

• • Log into Self-Service
  • Click on Banking Information
  • Add an Account
  • Activate (Toggle Button)
  • Next
  • Enter all your banking information, agree to
    terms and conditions, and submit.

Students cannot receive federal or state funding that exceeds their cost of attendance.

Remaining financial aid funds will be disbursed each semester after the Financial Aid Office verifies the student’s attendance through faculty rosters. A refund will not be processed until all instructors have confirmed student class participation.

Refund disbursement dates are based on the deadlines for attendance rosters, which occurs after the ten percent point of a course.

Funds are not disbursed for courses until they begin, and attendance has been confirmed.

For students without a bank account, please refer to the section below for information on refunds via check.

For students who wish to receive their refund via check, please know all refund checks are required to be mailed to the address on file with the Registrar's Office. We will not hold checks.  To update your address, visit Self-Service and click "add a new address". Please note it may take up to 2 business days for your address to update on your account. 

Students cannot receive federal or state funding that exceeds their cost of attendance.

Remaining financial aid funds will be disbursed each semester after the Financial Aid Office verifies the student’s attendance through faculty rosters. A refund will not be processed until all instructors have confirmed student class participation.

Refund disbursement dates are based on the deadlines for attendance rosters, which occurs after the ten percent point of a course.

Funds are not disbursed for courses until they begin, and attendance has been confirmed.

Here are the dates that students can use their financial aid in the bookstore:

Summer 2025

• A & B Sessions: May 19 - June 6
• C Session: June 23 - July 7

Fall 2025

• 16-week & 1st 8-week Sessions: August 8 - September 5
• 2nd 8-week Session: October 6 - October 24

Here are the deadlines to submit the Textbook/Supplies Advance Request:

Summer 2025

• A & B Sessions: May 13
• C Session: June 17

Fall 2025

• 16-week & 1st 8-week Sessions: August 1
• 2nd 8-week Session: TBD

You are not required to purchase books and supplies in the SCC Bookstore. The SCC online bookstore makes course books and supplies conveniently available for purchase. Financial aid recipients can either use aid in excess of tuition/fees to make course book/supply purchases from the SCC online bookstore, or they can submit a Textbook Allowance Request for a possible funding allowance toward a course book/supply purchase from a non-SCC vendor. Awarded aid recipients who will have aid in excess of tuition/fees, who have decided to make course book/supply purchases from a non-SCC vendor, may complete this form and submit it to the Financial Aid Office by 5pm on the Tuesday prior to the term. SCC will process up to one request per term and notify you if your request is denied. If approved, the lesser of your requested amount or your budgetary book/supply allowance (up to $500 for Full-Time, $375 for ¾-Time, $250 for Half-Time and $125 for Less-Than-Half-Time) will be refunded to you by check. Requests will be processed by the Friday prior to the term.

Here are the upcoming financial aid Freeze Dates:

 

What is a Financial Aid Freeze date?

The Financial Aid Freeze Date is the point at which a student’s enrollment status is “locked” for financial aid purposes. A student must register for all courses or make necessary adjustments for the semester prior to or during the drop/add period. For example, if a student registered full time at the beginning of the term and then dropped credits before the financial aid freeze date, the student’s financial aid is then revised to match their eligibility based on the number of credits enrolled in as of the Financial Aid Freeze Date and types of aid that were awarded.
Credits added after the Financial Aid Freeze Date cannot be used to increase financial aid eligibility. This includes any 8-week accelerated course.

 

What does this mean for a student who receives financial aid?

• To ensure receipt of the maximum Pell Grant for which a student is eligible as well as avoid having to pay back Pell Grant funds already posted to the student’s account, students are strongly encouraged to finalize their course schedule no later than the Financial Aid Freeze Date.
• If the student increases or decreases their credit load before the freeze date, their financial aid may be adjusted, as appropriate, for their enrollment level. If the student’s financial aid is reduced and it creates a balance due on their student account, the student will be responsible for payment.
• If the student adds credits after the freeze date, the student’s financial aid will not be increased. Classes added after the Financial Aid Freeze Date will not be eligible to be counted for financial aid eligibility purposes. The student will be responsible for any additional charges not covered by their financial aid award as of the financial aid freeze date.
• The student’s financial aid may be affected if the student is taking courses that begin after the financial aid freeze date. For example, if the student is enrolled in a class that starts after the freeze date, the Federal Pell Grant and other financial aid funds will not be disbursed until after the course has started. If the student fails to begin attendance in all classes, the student’s financial aid will be reduced accordingly.
• If a student initially enrolls for the semester after the Financial Aid Freeze Date, the Freeze Date for that student will be the date of their initial enrollment. Therefore, students will want to maximize their aid eligibility by enrolling in all the courses they are planning to take during the initial registration process.
• The Financial Aid Office is not able to adjust all types of aid after the Freeze Date but will consider special situations. Students should contact the Financial Aid Office before adding courses after the Freeze Date that would affect their enrollment level.