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They are probably not charging an extra $2000. Federal aid requires a student to complete a certain % of a semester. If a student withdraws before completing that % then grant money has to be repaid to the govt. If the student has passed the drop period for refunds at the school then they will still owe despite losing the grant money. People need to be very careful about withdrawing from school when federal aid is involved.</p>
<p>For instance at my daughter’s school the add/drop period is a 100% refund if you dropa class in the 1st week, a 50% refund if you drop by the end of the 2nd week. After that all tuition and fees are owed in full. If a student withdraws completely before the time required by federal rules (I think it is around 60% of the semester) then they would owe the full semesters fees but would have to repay a portion of federal aid.</p>
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Again, if she withdrew after the add/drop period then she would owe the full tuition and fees even if she did not complete the full semester. </p>
<p>Unfortunately 1 1/2 months into the course would be probably well after any refund period (which in my experience is usually 1-2 weeks after class starts), but well before the % completion time required by federal rules to avoid having to repay grant aid.</p>