{"id":56,"date":"2014-06-23T12:57:04","date_gmt":"2014-06-23T12:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/businessoffice\/?page_id=56"},"modified":"2025-07-25T19:50:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T19:50:58","slug":"refunds","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/businessoffice\/students-parents\/refunds\/","title":{"rendered":"Refunds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--\n\n<h2>Direct Deposit<\/h2>\n\n\nSign up for Direct Deposit - Financial Aid EFT refund checks are\u00a0automatically deposited to your bank account.\n\n\n<h3>Benefits:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n<ul>\n \t\n\n<li>No lost checks<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>No unnecessary trips to the bank<\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n<h3>Sign up for Direct Deposit<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n<ul>\n \t\n\n<li>Sign in to your SMCM Portal account<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>Select \u201cMy Student Account<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>Click \u201cDirect Deposit\u201d under \u201cAccount Management\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n*You must fill out a refund request form for student refunds--><\/p>\n<h3>Refunds<\/h3>\n<p>All refunds are processed through the Business Office and normally take about two weeks to receive. Refunds for\u00a0less than $20.00 will not be processed for currently enrolled students. Tuition and mandatory fees are refundable\u00a0according to the schedule below. Special academic fees are non-refundable after the last day of the late\u00a0registration period. Miscellaneous fees are non-refundable once assessed. In addition to the published refund\u00a0policy, refunds will be adjusted, as needed, for eligible federal financial aid recipients. Those students with\u00a0internships or teaching sites and places of residence more than 50 miles from the campus may request a refund of\u00a0up to 50 percent of all mandatory fees other than course-related fees for that semester.<\/p>\n<p>The official date of withdrawal or drop, which is the date a course change is presented to the Registrar&#8217;s Office, will be the basis for computation of refund. Courses that are canceled by the College will be refunded at 100%. Students who withdraw from the College will receive a refund in accordance with a fixed refund schedule. It is important to note that if a student withdraws while receiving need-based financial aid, the financial aid may have to be repaid.<\/p>\n<p>To receive a refund, current students must fill out a refund request form and forward it to the Business Office. Student can also fill out the refund\/stipend request form from the student portal. Graduating seniors and other non-active students will automatically be refunded excess funds. Other refunds can result when accounts are cleared. Refunds are processed through the Business Office and should be received within two weeks of refund request date.<\/p>\n<h3>Tuition Refund\u00a0Schedule<\/h3>\n<p>Withdrawal from the College and Leave of Absence: Degree-seeking undergraduates or Master of Arts in\u00a0Teaching Program students (either part- or full-time) who withdraw from the College or take a leave of absence\u00a0will receive tuition refunds as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Before classes officially begin, 100 percent of tuition and mandatory fees will be refunded. As of the first day\u00a0of classes, mandatory fees are non-refundable.<\/li>\n<li>80 percent of tuition will be refunded only prior to the end of the second week after the official beginning of<br \/>\nclasses.<\/li>\n<li>60 percent of tuition will be refunded only during the third week after the official beginning of classes.<\/li>\n<li>40 percent of tuition will be refunded only during the fourth week after the official beginning of classes.<\/li>\n<li>20 percent of tuition will be refunded only during the fifth week after the official beginning of classes.<\/li>\n<li>After the fifth week of classes, no tuition or fees shall be refunded.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Enrollment Status Change<\/h3>\n<p>Tuition refunds for all degree-seeking undergraduate and MAT students, whether changing from full-time to part-time\u00a0status, or, as a part-time student dropping one or more classes while remaining enrolled:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Before classes officially begin, 100 percent of tuition and mandatory fees are refundable to the student. As of\u00a0the first day of classes, mandatory fees are non-refundable.<\/li>\n<li>Before the end of the second week following the official beginning of classes, 80 percent of the tuition payment\u00a0can be refunded.<\/li>\n<li>Starting on Monday of the third week following the official beginning of classes, 0 percent refund.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Room Refunds<\/h3>\n<p>For students taking a leave of absence or withdrawing from the College, the room refund schedule is as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>100 percent less penalty fee as noted on the Housing Contract before classes officially begin.<\/li>\n<li>80 percent prior to the end of the second week after the official beginning of classes.<\/li>\n<li>60 percent during the third week after the official beginning of classes.<\/li>\n<li>40 percent during the fourth week after the official beginning of classes.<\/li>\n<li>20 percent during the fifth week after the official beginning of classes.<\/li>\n<li>No refund after the fifth week following the official beginning of classes. Room refunds must be requested in\u00a0writing to the Office of Residence Life, as part of being released from the Housing Contract.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Note: Depending upon the date of notification, student-initiated room cancellations may result in a liability for\u00a0some portion of housing costs in addition to loss of the advance payment. This information is contained on the\u00a0Housing Contract<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h3>Board Refunds<\/h3>\n<p>All board refunds will be based on weekly meal plan use. This includes students who withdraw or take a leave of\u00a0absence during the semester.<\/p>\n<h3>Refund Request Form<\/h3>\n<p>This form may be printed and mailed to the Business Office. All refunds will be mailed to the student&#8217;s local address during the semester. Any refunds processed between the spring and fall semesters will be mailed to the student&#8217;s permanent address on record. Refunds that are to be mailed to an address other than the local or permanent address must be processed using the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2014\/07\/Refund-Request-Form.pdf\">mail-in form<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Refunds All refunds are processed through the Business Office and normally take about two weeks to receive. Refunds for\u00a0less than $20.00 will not be processed for currently enrolled students. Tuition and mandatory fees are refundable\u00a0according to the schedule below. Special academic fees are non-refundable after the last day of the late\u00a0registration period. 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