<p>Cal States charge according to full-time or part-time status. I don’t know of any other California State University that is not on this list and would add $1000 per class. I really believe that the OP is mistaken. He hasn’t indicated which Cal State he attends. </p>
<p><a href=“http://www.calstate.edu/budget/fybudget/2012-2013/documentation/14-mandatory-fees-table.shtml[/url]”>http://www.calstate.edu/budget/fybudget/2012-2013/documentation/14-mandatory-fees-table.shtml</a> </p>
<p>UC’s have one price for tuition and fees. They discourage part-time attendance.
[University</a> of California - What does UC cost?](<a href=“http://universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/paying-for-uc/cost/index.html]University”>http://universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/paying-for-uc/cost/index.html)</p>
<p>Cal Grants have always been a little tricky; but I remember that I had to return money when my COA estimate was over-funded. I used Cal Grants 30 years ago, but I can’t remember what we agreed to, when we signed the Cal Grants.</p>
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<p>I think you’re misunderstanding my point. I’m not talking about COA, etc. </p>
<p>In this case, the student is still considered full time, so his aid is based on that (not per class). If he takes 12 units, or 14 units, or 16 units, then his tuition is the same. So there is no money to be refunded to him. </p>
<p>However, if his aid WAS based on “per class” then the funds used on a dropped class should not be returned to him.</p>
<p>If your child’s school charges $1k per class, and your child told you that she was taking 5 classes this semester, so you gave her $5k and then she promptly drops a class…should SHE think that SHE should get the refund or should YOU??</p>
<p>My kid’s undergrad charges the same for full time students up to 16 credits per semester. There is an upcharge for the 17th+ credit. However, scholarship recipients are given extra money if they take additional credits (up to 20 credits per semester). So, if such a student takes 17 credits, and the school puts in an additional $1k to cover that 17th credit, and then the student drops it, the student can’t go over to the finance office and ask for that $1k.</p>
<p>mom2ck…I agree with your thought process on this, and had the same question as I read through the posts. From the OP…</p>
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<p>Why would there be any money refunded to a student who never paid anything out of their own pocket in the first place? Whether they had signed up for 12 or 15 credits initially Cal Grant and other FA would’ve covered the cost and student would have to pay $0. Why would their parents think they should be refunded money they never paid? If anything, the taxpayers of California are owed the refund since they paid for those dropped credits.</p>
<p>It sure sounds like the OP’s thinking is right on track though. They aren’t expecting to get any money back. Lord help us if this were actually the case, as it would be the basis for the next big scam. Sign up for classes, get someone else to pay for them, then drop the class and reap the benefits!! Scary thinking.</p>
<p>Lord help us if this were actually the case, as it would be the basis for the next big scam. Sign up for classes, get someone else to pay for them, then drop the class and reap the benefits!! Scary thinking.</p>
<p>Those were exactly my thoughts.</p>
<p>In the past, a parent attending college was considered on a student’s FAFSA. However, there was so much abuse of this…parents signing up for classes…never attending…never paying…and then getting dropped from the registrar - but longer after FA was paid out…that finally the rules were changed because FA was being awarded to the child based on a split EFC.</p>
<p>Except that most aid is based on enrollment level and not number of credits. MOST schools don’t increase your aid for more credits so I really don’t think it’s any kind of widespread problem.</p>