Over Awards

A financial aid over-award occurs when the aid you receive from all sources is greater than your federally determined aid eligibility.  The Office of Student Financial Assistance takes care not to over-award a student initially.  However, circumstances may change after the initial financial aid awards have been made, resulting in an over-award. Examples:

• additional financial aid from an outside source may be awarded to you
• a change in residency from out-of state to Florida resident
• a change in housing
• enrollment from full-time to less than full-time

When these and other circumstances arise, we are required to review your financial aid awards and may be required to adjust them, reducing or eliminating financial aid offered to ensure that the total you receive is within federal guidelines.

To help prevent an over-award, we strongly recommend the following:

Notify the Office of Student Financial Assistance of any potential awards not already listed on your financial aid award summary, found under “View Financial Aid” on myUCF.