The topics below will help you know what to expect from financial aid as an enrolled OSU student.
- Receiving Aid is a brief overview of how financial aid payments work.
- Under Request Changes find out how to report enrollment changes and how to request a federal aid recalculation.
- The Census Date relates to the financial aid enrollment deadlines and how aid might be affected if you are not full-time on the date we lock enrollment.
- Dropping Courses has information on how drops may change your financial aid eligibility.
- Failed or Incomplete Courses will let you know how not completing courses and impact current and future term aid.
- Due to the significant potential impact on aid, we recommend students review our Withdrawal page if they will not be able to complete one or more courses.
- Our Course Participation page details how aid may need to be returned in cases where course participation cannot be verified.
- Under Repeating Coursework, learn how repeats may impact your aid eligibility.
- The Satisfactory Academic Progress section explains the federal criteria for pace, GPA, completion, and timeframe that you must meet in order to receive federal financial aid.
- Renewing your Aid talks about renewal criteria, eligibility requirements, and the steps you need to take to receive aid in future years.
- Learn more about Overawards and how our office is required to monitor for them and correct them.
- What Happens If I am Less Than Full-time?