Georgia Institute of Technology

Disbursement Information and Dates - Fall Semester 2008

Disbursements for the Fall Semester 2008 will begin on August 13th, 2008 and continue throughout the registration period.

To see if an award has disbursed, or is anticipated to disburse, check your "Student Invoice Statement" on your Oscar account. Actual disbursements will appear as credits towards your balance.

  • The "Anticipated Financial Aid" field will remain until August 12th, 2008.

  • On August 13th, 2008, actual disbursements begin.

  • In the interim, you may notice that your "Anticipated Financial Aid" is not on your student invoice and your student account has not been credited. This is normal procedure. You may still view your Financial Aid Awards under "My Award Letter" in OSCAR and continue to check for your credits to appear on your Student Account before the payment deadline.

Conditions for Aid to Disburse:

  • Your application for financial aid must be complete. View any missing requirements in the "My Requirements and Eligibility" section of Financial Aid on your Oscar account.
  • You must meet all Satisfactory Academic Progress requirements. You may check your financial aid Satisfactory Academic Progress on your Oscar account in the "My Requirements and Eligibility" section of Financial Aid.
  • Funds must have been received by Georgia Tech, including outside scholarships or loans.
  • Timing - Funds will not appear on your account before August 13th. The disbursement process will continue daily throughout the registration period.
  • You must be properly enrolled for the type of aid you are awarded. View "Enrollment Status" for general guidelines and see below for additional program-specific details.


    Hours Needed For Disbursement to Occur
    Pell Grant
    Pell Grant Pays a Prorated Amount Depending on How Many Hours the student is enrolled. Such as: full-disbursement for full-time enrollment, or half the amount is disbursed if a student is only enrolled half-time.
    HOPE Scholarship

    HOPE pays tuition based on the actual number of hours of enrollment.

    Stafford and PLUS Loans
    Student must be enrolled in at least six hours.
    Perkins Loans/SEOG
    Student must be enrolled full-time.
    Academic Competitiveness and Smart Grant
    Student must be enrolled full-time.
    Institutional Loans
    Student must be enrolled full-time.
    Institutional Scholarships
    Student must be enrolled full-time.
    Graduate Student Fellowships/Waivers

    Student must be enrolled full-time.

    For Graduate Students, this is 12 hours of which 9 must be for pass/fail or class credit during Fall & Spring and 12 hours of which 6 must be for pass/fail or class credit during Summer.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED - Check your Oscar account every day. Make sure your fees are paid by the fee payment deadline.

Counselors are available on a walk-in basis in the Bill Moore Student Success Center from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Monday - Friday.

August 15th is the final day to pay fees by 4pm without a late fee.

August 22nd is the final day to pay fees by 4pm.

Spring Semester 2009 Information and Dates

Please check back later for information on Spring 2009 disbursement, including estimated disbursement dates.

This website last updated on 06/30/08.