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If students withdraw before or at the time 10 percent of the course's potential hours of instruction
have been completed, they are entitled to a fee refund equal to 80 percent of the fees.
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If students withdraw after 10 percent but before more than 20 percent of the course's potential
hours of instruction have been completed, they are entitled to a fee refund equal to 60 percent of
the fees.
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If students withdraw after 20 percent of the course's potential hours of instruction have been
completed, they are not entitled to a fee refund.
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No refunds will be considered for advanced standing and test-out fees.
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Students seeking advanced standing in classes they want to enroll in or are enrolled in need to
complete testing out of the class within 14 days of the term start date in order to receive a full
class refund.
If students are receiving financial aid, the Title IV refund policy will be used.
Refund Appeals
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All refund appeals must be initiated by sending the completed LTC Request for Refund/Drop
Appeal with proper documentation to the Registrar no later than 90 calendar days after the class
start date.
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A refund request made after the 90 day grace period will not be accepted and you will be
responsible for payment.
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Refunds for extenuating circumstances (situations outside of your control) will be made at LTC's
discretion.
SATISFACTORY ACADEMIC PROGRESS
The U.S. Department of Education requires Lakeshore Technical College to establish satisfactory
progress requirements for financial aid recipients. The department requires standards of progress to
measure both qualitative (grade point average process) and quantitative (pace and number of credits
earned).
All undergraduate courses enrolled in will be figured in the calculation of standards regardless of whether
the student received financial aid when enrolled in those courses. Students who withdraw from some or
all of their courses will be assessed SAP based on all attempted credits. All credits attempted, including
repeated courses, withdrawals, incompletes and remedial courses will be counted towards SAP.
Satisfactory Academic Progress
will be calculated at the end of each academic semester. Students
are expected to receive a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of at least 2.0 and complete at least
67 percent of their cumulative credits attempted to remain in good standing.
Pace measure
is based on the cumulative number of program credits attempted, not to exceed 150
percent of credits required in the student’s program. Students in excess of 150 percent may appeal and
develop a maximum timeframe plan to continue financial aid eligibility.
Qualitative measure
is based on a student’s cumulative grade point average (GPA). Students must
maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.0 to remain in good standing.
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