Financial Aid Freeze Date Policy

Southern Connecticut State University uses a “freeze date” each semester to determine a student’s enrollment status for awarding federal and state financial aid. The freeze date will align in the Fall and Spring semesters with the last day to withdraw from classes at 40% refundable term charges. Students must be registered for all parts of term in a semester before the freeze date to receive aid for that class. Eligibility for a Pell Grant, a Connecticut State University Grant, or any other financial aid fund will be based on a student’s credit hours as of the freeze date:

Financial aid will only pay for courses that are required for a student’s current program. Additional Federal and state aid will not be available for classes added after a student’s credit hours have been frozen. Any classes that are dropped or withdrawn from a student’s schedule after the freeze date will not decrease a student’s financial aid award. This assumes that the student still maintains some enrollment in other courses during that term. If a student withdraws from all courses, that student is considered withdrawn from the university and their aid will be prorated based on the date they ceased to be enrolled.