Official withdrawal: If you withdraw from an AACC class, according to the procedures outlined in the AACC Catalog, you will receive final grades of W, WP or WF (withdrawal, withdrawal passing or withdrawal failing).
Unofficial withdraw: If you stop attending all or some of your classes during the term, but do not follow the college procedure for officially withdrawing from classes, you will receive final grades of FX (Failed – stopped attending).
If you received Federal Pell Grant, Federal SEOG Grant, Federal Direct Subsidized or Unsubsidized Loan, or Federal PLUS loan funds, federal regulations require AACC to adjust this aid based on the percentage of the term that you attended. If you withdraw or stop attending (officially or unofficially) prior to the 60 percent point of the term, we are required to do a Return of Funds calculation. A portion of your financial aid will be returned to the Department of Education. You also may have to repay AACC a portion of the aid that you received.
We will send you a notice if your withdraw results in a return of funds calculation. If you have a balance due to AACC as a result of the recalculation, you will receive a bill in the mail. You must pay this balance in full before you can register for additional classes.
Return of funds example:
A student received a Pell Grant for the fall term. She withdrew from classes after 21% of the term had been completed. Just 21% of her aid was earned and will not be adjusted. The other 79% was not earned and must be returned to the Department of Education. Using the return of funds calculation, funds will be returned to the Department of Education and she may owe money to Anne Arundel Community College. The amount owed depends on a number of factors including tuition, fees, book charges, type of aid received and refunds received. AACC will return the funds to the Department of Education for the student and will bill her for the portion owed to AACC.
Federal regulations also require institutions to monitor the academic progress of all financial aid recipients. AACC SAP standards require students to maintain a 2.0 grade point average, complete at least 67 percent of all attempted credits and complete their program of study before they have attempted more than 150 percent of all required credits. If you withdraw or stop attending a class, that class counts as an attempted credit that was not completed.