UW-Eau Claire Financial Aid Office

Summer Financial Aid Information

You must be a regularly admitted, degree-seeking student (Not a "special" student).
Undergraduate students with at least 5 credits and graduate students with at least 4 credits are considered enrolled for halftime or more for summer. You must be enrolled at least half time to be considered for a federal student loan.
Undergraduate students enrolled in 3 or 4 credits or graduate students enrolled in 3 credits are considered "less than halftime." Less than halftime students are not eligible for Direct Ford Loan, but may be considered for Federal Work Study and Pell Grant (if they did not receive a full time Pell for both fall and spring semesters). In determining financial aid for students enrolled for less than halftime, room and board and personal expenses may not be included. Consequently, students qualify for significantly less aid if their enrollment status is less than halftime.

To Apply For 2008 Summer Financial Aid, you must:

1) Complete a 2007-2008 FAFSA (If you have Financial Aid now, this process is complete)

All verification documentation (if required) must be received prior to awarding financial aid

2) Complete a Summer Application on MyBlugold

Complete and submit the Summer application providing projected credits, housing status, and your summer aid preference. (The summer application will be available on MyBlugold beginning the first week of February)

3) Register for summer classes

Before your summer award will be determined, you must register for the same number of credits that you have projected on the MyBlugold Summer Application.
If you enroll for a different number of credits than what you have projected, you must also update this number on the MyBlugold Summer Application.

You will be sent a financial aid award based on your financial aid eligibility and your enrolled credits.
This form should be signed and returned within two weeks, or your offer of aid may be canceled.

The number of credits for which you enroll and the length of your combined classes determine your eligibility for summer aid. If you drop classes, your eligibility may change. You may be required to repay some or all or your financial aid if your enrolled credits change after you have received your aid.

A $100 down payment is due prior to registering. Summer session financial aid may not be used to meet this obligation.

Authorized financial aid will be disbursed when your summer classes begin.
You will have to make personal arrangements to pay university fees if you have not completed the entire financial aid process prior to the beginning of summer classes.
Tuition and Fee payments cannot be postponed in order to use work-study earnings to make the payments.

You must maintain satisfactory progress toward a degree to receive financial aid. The aid offer you may receive is subject to cancellation if you did not meet satisfactory academic progress standards. (See your Class Schedule for a description of academic progress standards.)

1) For Students Enrolled in Summer School:

Work study is a form of financial aid awarded to help meet "need" for summer school expenses. You may earn up to the dollar amount of your work study award.

2) For Students Not Enrolled in Summer School:

You may be employed under the federal work-study program during the summer - provided UW-Eau Claire has received your 2008-2009 FAFSA data for next fall and you demonstrate financial need.
What you earn will be subtracted from your overall Fall eligibility and will reduce your aid for Fall UNLESS you fill out the ""Summer Expense Form" and show us what it costs you to live and work during the summer. Your "costs" will be subtracted from your earnings. The "Summer Expense Form" is available in the Financial Aid Office.
Students who have graduated or who will graduate in May 2008 will not be eligible for 2008 summer work-study, unless they are regularly admitted to a new degree program.
Students who are transferring to another institution will not be eligible to receive federal work-study unless they are regularly admitted and enrolled at least half time at UW-Eau Claire for the summer.

If you withdraw from the University before 60% of the semester has been completed, you may owe a repayment. Federal regulations require repayment of aid (excluding work-study) based on a direct pro-ration of days you were not in attendance.
If you were enrolled for 20% of the semester before you withdraw, 80% of your federal financial aid must be returned to the aid programs. If you stay through 50% of the semester, 50% of your aid must be returned. Once you complete at least 60% of the semester, however, you may keep 100% of the aid you received.

There is no tuition refund after the first 30 days of the semester. This means you may owe a repayment even though you are being charged for full tuition. You will be billed for any balance owed to the University as a result of returning the financial aid funds. The University will notify you of the dollar amount you owe.

Individualized calculations for required repayment will be done in the Business Office. Calendars are available to help you determine what percentage of the semester has been completed.