Student Rights and Responsibilities

Financial aid is not complete until the student receives an award letter from the Financial Aid Office via the student’s Mitchell email account. Students who do not receive an award letter are responsible for paying tuition and fees as well as for books, and supplies.
Financial aid applications remain valid for one academic year. Students must re-apply annually for financial aid for the next academic year.

Award amounts may be subject to change based on enrollment status, available funding and/or regulatory changes.
The duration of eligibility to receive Federal Pell Grant is limited to 12 semesters (or its equivalent) under the new Pell lifetime eligibility used (LEU) regulation.
Financial aid students may not receive financial aid from more than one institution during the same semester within the same academic year. Students must notify their FA Specialist if they have attended any other college, this school year, using financial aid prior to the College finalizing award for Mitchell.
Students may charge books and school supplies in the Mitchell Bookstore against financial aid prior to the beginning of each semester. This service is provided as a convenience to financial aid students. Students are not required to purchase books this way. Financial aid students wanting to purchase books from another vendor will need to pay for those purchases on their own and those costs will not be deducted from their financial aid.
Financial aid will not pay for a class a student audits or receives credit by examination.
Financial aid will only pay for one retake of any previously passed course.
Awards are conditional upon enrollment in an eligible program for financial aid.
Awards are conditional upon receipt of an official high school transcript or high school equivalency by the Admissions Office.
A student may only receive financial aid for courses that count toward graduation requirements in the declared major as listed by the Admissions Office.
The Financial Aid Office reserves the right to review, revise or cancel an award due to professional judgment decisions, or change of academic program.
Awards are based on students continued satisfactory academic progress (SAP).
Students are responsible for paying any tuition, fees, books and other outstanding charges not covered by financial aid if ‘Ineligible’ under Mitchell’s financial aid SAP standards.
Federal, state and scholarship funds committed in an award letter are contingent upon actual receipt of the funds by Mitchell.
The FA Award Notification is divided equally into two academic semesters. The award, based on full-time enrollment, will be prorated each semester according to the actual number of hours enrolled.
Any remainder of a semester’s award will be disbursed, by check, and mailed from Financial Services after enrollment is confirmed for the semester.
If a student withdraws from all courses during a semester, the student will be subject to the Return of Title IV funds policy and may have to repay funds to Mitchell and/or the U.S. Department of Education.
Students who complete mini session classes and withdraw from all other classes that span an entire semester are subject to the Return of Title IV funds policy.
The Financial Aid Office may release information pertaining to financial aid to any government agency that requires such information as allowed by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). Financial aid will no longer provide financial aid information to outside agencies.
If a student has a payment plan and was awarded financial aid, it is the student’s responsibility to notify the cashier’s office of their award.
Financial aid will only pay for course work required in a student’s program of study.