60% Completion Dates

The Office of Financial Aid provides a chart of 60 percent enrollment participation dates for various class start times throughout the semester. These tables should be used as a guide to help you identify 60 percent completion dates for common enrollment scenarios. Contact the Office of Financial Aid if you need help identifying a 60 percent completion date for an unlisted enrollment scenario or if you need further information to determine whether dropping or withdrawing from courses will have R2T4 implications.

Please view the applicable semesters to review the 60 percent enrollment patterns:

Example of How Changes in Your Enrollment Affect Your Financial Aid Eligibility

 

Student A was originally scheduled to attend UMGC from January 11 until May 9, for a total of 119 days. Since this student has a seven-day consecutive break, we must subtract seven days from this total (all scheduled breaks greater than five days must be subtracted from the enrollment period per Federal regulations), making the total enrollment period for this semester 112 days. Since the student drops online session 3 after completing online session 1, this enrollment change results in a R2T4 calculation. 

Changes in Enrollment and Pell Grant

Not all enrollment changes will result in an R2T4 calculation, but any change in your enrollment can affect your eligibility for a Pell Grant. By dropping or withdrawing from a class, you are changing your enrollment status. Even though you may have completed more than 60 percent of your enrollment period, your enrollment status has changed and therefore, your Pell Grant will adjust to match your new enrollment status.

 

Example: Student B is enrolled in three courses: one in Online Session 1 (1/11 – 3/7) and two in Online Session 3 (3/ 15 – 5/9). The student withdraws from one of the Online Session 3 courses on April 15. Since this student is not withdrawing from both of the last classes for the semester, the enrollment period is not changing. Therefore, it will not trigger an R2T4 to determine if more than 60 percent of the enrollment period has been met.

However, the enrollment change will be reviewed by the Office of Financial Aid to determine if this change in enrollment affects the financial aid eligibility. Since the student is a Pell Grant recipient, the Office of Financial Aid will adjust the Pell Grant to reflect halftime enrollment based on the remaining courses enrolled.

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