Announcements
Fall 2009 Check Disbursement
The Cashier's Office will mail checks to those who have aid that exceeds their charges to UNCG beginning August 18, 2009. For those of you who have signed up for direct deposit of your refund, you should see that in your accounts approximately August 20,2009. Please make sure you update your mailing address on UNCGenie as the checks will go to your campus mailbox if you live on campus or to your local address if you live off campus. Aid will be disbursed to students who are registered, have submitted all necessary forms to the UNCG Financial Aid Office, are making satisfactory academic progress, and have been confirmed in their courses for the fall semester. Loan funds cannot be disbursed until they have been received from your lender.You may not be confirmed in your courses due to:
- Owing a balance to UNCG above the amount of financial aid you are receiving.
- Owing a prior balance from a previous year greater than $200.
- By not completing your university immunization requirements.
- By not having financial aid awarded to you due to not completing requirements.
- By not being enrolled in the correct number of hours to receive your disbursement.
Loan disbursements will not be made if you are not enrolled in full time hours (12 hours for undergraduates, 6 hours for graduates with at least 3 hours at the 500 level or above) unless you have previously completed a Response Form and submitted it to our office. This form allows us to update your cost of attendance and award as necessary based on your expected enrollment.
You should view your status on UNCGenie. If you have questions you may contact our Financial Aid Counselors at (336) 334-5702. Please enter your ID and PIN to discuss specific information about your account. You may also receive general information about financial aid by sending e-mail to finaid@uncg.edu.
Are You Maintaining Satisfactory Academic Progress?
Remember, you must complete 75% of your locked hours each semester to maintain satisfactory academic progress. Please view the SAP (Satisfactory Academic Progress Policy) using the link below.
Satisfactory Academic Progress Policy
To view your locked hours, please check UNCGenie via http://www.uncg.edu. To check your locked hours: 1. Log onto UNCGenie, 2. Click onto Student Services & Financial Aid, 3. Click onto Financial Aid, 4. Click onto My Eligibility, 5. Click onto Locked Hours for Financial Aid Eligibility and 6. Select term and click “Submit.”
If you have not maintained satisfactory academic progress, you will not be eligible for financial aid for the following semester (s). To reestablish financial aid eligibility, review the Satisfactory Academic Policy.
Winter Session Classes and Financial Aid
Winter session courses are added to your spring semester hours and bill. Therefore, your spring financial aid will apply to your winter session charges. Emergency loans will be available for winter course books only beginning December 15, 2008.
Fall Payment Deadlines
The fall 2009 payment deadline is Aug.4, 2009 for those students who have registered for fall classes prior to July 1, 2009. Bills were e-mailed to students the week of July 6,2009. If payment is not received by the due date, classes will be cancelled.
The amount due can be determined by viewing account information on the UNCGenie web page.
Immunization Requirements and Financial Aid
Financial aid will not be applied to your student bill until Student Health Services confirms that you have satisfied your immunization requirements. If you haven’t already done so, make sure to complete the Student Medical Form and submit it to Student Health Services in order to provide information about your health and immunization history.
Emergency Loans - When to Apply?
Emergency loans will be available for the Fall semester no sooner than August 17, 2009. Be aware if your spring refund check has already been issued, you will not be eligible for an emergency loan.
Direct Deposit of Student Refunds
You now have the option to have your student refund directly deposited into your bank account instead of having a paper check mailed to you. To set this up, please login to the Student Account Center through the secure area of UNCGenie and create your refund profile.
Full Time Attendance and Financial Aid
Full time attendance is not required to receive financial aid. You may receive most types of financial aid with at least half time enrollment. Half time enrollment for an undergraduate is 6 credit hours and half time status for a graduate student is 3 credit hours of enrollment at the 500 level or above. Most financial aid awards are made assuming you will be full time. If you choose not to enroll full time for a semester, your financial aid award and disbursements will be adjusted.
The Financial Aid Office policy on loans is that we will not disburse loans to you unless you are enrolled full time or you have provided us with a Financial Aid Response Form that indicates your level of enrollment so that your cost of attendance can be adjusted to reflect your true enrollment. Students should complete this form as early as possible to insure that their loan disbursements occur in a timely manner.
http://fia.uncg.edu/forms/2009-10/09Response.pdf
Check Your Financial Aid Status on UNCGenie
UNCGenie provides you with online access to your financial aid information 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This convenient feature, accessible from the UNCG web site, enables you to check your application status, loan and award amounts, student account charges*, and outstanding requirements for financial aid. You will need to know your Student ID Number and your UNCG PIN. Your PIN is not your advising code. Unless UNCG has assigned a PIN to you, use your birth date in this format: YYDDMM.Internet Instructions:
- Click on the UNCGenie in the upper right corner of the UNCG web site
- Click on Login on the UNCGenie Home page
- Enter your Student ID Number and your UNCG PIN
- Click on Student Services & Financial Aid
- Click on Financial Aid
- Browse the menus to find the information you need
* If you need to view semester charges (your bill), go to the Financial Aid menu, click on My Award Information, followed by Account Summary by Term. Your deferrable aid (accepted loans, scholarships, etc.) will not be subtracted from your account balance on this screen.
Need help navigating UNCGenie? Check out our UNCGenie Guide to find out how to access your Financial Aid Information.
It’s time to apply for Financial Aid for Summer School
The UNCG Financial Aid Office has implemented an online application for financial aid. You will need to log into UNCGenie, click on STUDENT SERVICES AND FINANCIAL AID, click on FINANCIAL AID, click on MY ELIGIBILITY, and then click on the SUMMER AWARD ESTIMATOR. The estimator is designed to let you know if you have any remaining eligibility for a Federal Pell Grant or Federal Student Aid loan that you can use to cover your costs for summer.
This process will take a moment so be patient as it completes the calculation and assesses your eligibility. If your eligibility is $0 you have used all of your Federal Pell Grant and Federal Student Aid Loan eligibility and will need to look at other payment options.
After you receive your estimate, if you have remaining eligibility you will need to proceed to the application portion of the process. Complete each question on the application. When listing the courses you are taking for summer, please include the full course number and section (e.g. BIO-555 01). Please make sure you put the course in the correct session. Courses that begin prior to June 25, 2009 should be considered first session courses and those that begin after this date should be considered second session courses. Courses that extend the full length of the summer should be placed in the “Other Session” field. Please remember that undergraduate students must enroll in at least 6 credit hours and graduate students must enroll in at least 3 credit hours at the 500 level or above in order to receive most types of aid.
Graduate students who have no remaining Federal Student Aid Loan eligibility may have additional loan options and should continue to the application process. If you are an undergraduate dependent student and have no remaining eligibility, you should proceed with the application if your parents are interested in applying for the parent PLUS loan.
This online application process is available between March 1 and April 24. If you have not completed your summer application online by this date, you will need to visit the Financial Aid Office to complete an appeal form in order to apply for aid.
Apply for Emergency Loans through UNCGenie
The UNCG Financial Aid Office has instituted an online application process to apply for emergency loans. This process determines your eligibility for an emergency loan for the current term without having to first come to the Financial Aid Office.
You can find this process on UNCGenie by going to STUDENT SERVICES AND FINANCIAL AID, clicking on FINANCIAL AID, and then clicking on the EMERGENCY LOAN application.
Please make your request in whole dollars (do not include cents in your amount requested).
If you will be repaying the loan with pending financial aid you can currently apply for a maximum of $700 if you have expected aid to cover that amount. The system will not allow you to continue if you request more than the $700 maximum.
If you will be repaying the loan with a source other than financial aid, the maximum you may receive through this process is $300. You must provide contact information and possibly documentation before your loan is approved.
You will be contacted via your UNCG email address concerning the status of your application.
If your loan is approved, you will need to come to the Financial Aid Office and pick up an approval notice to take to the Cashier’s Office to receive your funds. There is a $5 processing fee for all approved emergency loans that will be taken out by the Cashier’s Office when you receive your funds. If you have outstanding financial aid requirements or have already received an emergency loan for the current semester, you will be unable to apply for an emergency loan through this process.
North Carolina Earn Scholarship Update
The state of North Carolina recently passed the 2009-2010 budget. This was a difficult task for our representatives and they had to make some tough decisions about budget cuts. One of the decisions made was to cut the funding for the Education Access Rewards North Carolina (EARN) Scholars Fund Program effective for the spring 2010 term. Students who have been awarded the EARN scholarship for 2009-2010 will remain funded for the fall 2009, however over the next few weeks the spring 2010 amount will be removed from their financial aid package. The Financial Aid Office will work diligently to offer new awards to cover the need; however funding is limited and not guaranteed. If you are an EARN recipient and have questions, please feel free to contact our office at 336-334-5702.
