Enrollment Status

• If you are admitted as a non-degree student, you are ineligible for financial aid. If you are admitted as a provisional student, you are ineligible for grants but may borrow under the Stafford loan program. If admitted as a provisional, your status must change to regular student within one year to be considered for further financial aid.

• At times, students who apply for NMSU admission are admitted through the DABCC pending specific course work. If this occurs, your financial aid is processed by the DABCC financial aid office. Once you complete the course work, you must officially change your status from associate-degree-seeking to bachelor-degree-seeking and from a branch-admission-status to a regular-admission-status. Do this at either your college or the NMSU Registrars Office.

• Undergraduate, full time status requires 12 or more graded credits, three-quarter status is 9 to 11 graded credits, half time status is 6 to 8 graded credits, and less than half time status is 1 to 5 graded credits.

• Graduate, full time status requires 9 or more graded credits and half time is 5 to 8 graded credits.

• If you enroll at least half time and retain eligibility, you may receive some form of aid. Most grants are prorated (reduced) but loans and work study amounts remain the same.

• Undergraduates enrolled less than half time may retain eligibility for grant funds but disbursement is delayed approximately 30 days and, again, the amount is prorated (reduced). Visit your financial aid advisor for assistance.

• If you audit a class, you pay to attend the class but do not receive credit for the class. Financial aid cannot pay for audited classes.

• If you pass a class but repeat it for a higher grade, financial aid will not pay for the 2nd repeat of the class, nor does financial aid pay for 3rd or subsequent repeats of classes--whether you failed or passed the 2nd time you enrolled. However, some courses (specifically music, master, and doctoral thesis hours) are repeatable for a maximum of credit hours. Refer to the NMSU course catalog for details of repeatable credit hours. If you are enrolled in these music or thesis hours, visit your financial aid advisor for assistance.

• If you enroll in a mini-session class that begins other than the first day of semester, once the class begins, visit your financial aid advisor. The financial aid office will not pay for the class until it begins.

• If you attend another institution through NMSU's National or International Student Exchange Programs, you retain your financial aid eligibility with NMSU. However, disbursement is delayed approximately one month.

• If you are a graduate student, or are pursuing a 2nd undergraduate degree, you are ineligble for grants. You may be eligible for work study, Perkins loans, and/or Stafford loans.

• Graduate students interested in assistantships should check with the individual departments or colleges for application procedures.

• If you are pursuing a 2nd undergraduate degree, submit a letter explaining your situation and a current degree check list (signed by your academic advisor) that clearly indicates how many hours from your 1st degree apply to your 2nd degree.

• Loans and/or work study are sometimes available if your financial aid file is complete and you enroll at least half time. Funds are limited and several restrictions apply so visit your financial aid advisor.

Refund Policy

• All charges for a semester must be paid in full before refunds are permitted.

• When a refund is due, the refund is returned to the financial aid program from which the aid was granted. Funds are returned in the following sequence: loan programs, grant programs, scholarship programs.

• If you officially withdraw or drop a course during a semester, you may receive a refund of tuition and fees. Refer to the appropriate NMSU Schedule of Classes booklet for refund schedules and dates. Refund schedules apply when courses are dropped and a tuition adjustment is necessary.

• No refund will be made on classes of less than six weeks duration.

• In cases of academic or disciplinary suspension, eligibility for a refund will depend on the conditions of the suspension and will be at the option of the university.

• Residence hall and dining hall charges will be refunded in accordance with university regulations and schedules adopted by these departments.

• Federal regulations require a separate refund schedule for first-time students.

• For details please contact the NMSU Student Accounts Receivable Office at 505-646-4911.