Disbursement Information and Dates - Spring Semester 2012
Disbursements for the Spring Semester 2012 will begin on January 4, 2012 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 BuzzPort account. Actual disbursements will appear as credits towards your balance.
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The "Anticipated Financial Aid" field will remain until January 8, 2012.
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On January 4, 2012, actual disbursements begin.
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For a brief period, 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 BuzzPort account 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 BuzzPort account
- You must meet all Satisfactory Academic Progress requirements. You may check your financial aid Satisfactory Academic Progress on your BuzzPort 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 - You will be able to view funds on your account beginning January 4. 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.
- Audit coursework does not count toward enrollment requirements for disbursement
- Effective Fall 2011, coursework that has previously been passed and repeated once, and is then subsequently repeated again, does not count toward enrollment requirements for disbursement. "Passed" is defined as a grade of "D" or better. An exception is any class designated by the Institute as intended to be repeated. Examples include: Special Topics, Special Problems, thesis courses, dissertation courses, etc.
Pell Grant |
Pell Grant Pays a Prorated Amount Depending on the number of hours of enrollment. For example, half the amount is disbursed if a student is only enrolled half-time. In some cases a minimum of six hours is required. |
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HOPE and Zell Miller Scholarship |
HOPE pays tuition based on the actual number of hours of enrollment. Zell Miller covers the cost of tuition only. |
Stafford and PLUS Loans |
Student must be enrolled in at least six hours. |
Perkins Loans/SEOG |
Amount awarded is based upon full-time enrollment. |
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 BuzzPort 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.
January 9 is the final day to pay fees by 4pm without a late fee. January 17 is the final day to pay.
Summer Semester 2012 Information and Dates
Please check back later for information on Summer 2012 disbursement, including estimated disbursement dates.
Page last updated/reviewed 12/15/11