The following information reflects financial aid policies effective for Fall 2007 enrollments.  However, changes may occur in future semesters.  Open-Enrollment Correspondence students should identify themselves as such when contacting the Student Financial Aid Office.

Open-Enrollment Correspondence courses (mail or online) are NOT eligible for federal or state financial aid consideration.

Open-Enrollment Correspondence courses (mail or online) are NOT eligible for UND scholarships or the Cultural Diversity Tuition Waiver.

Students enrolled exclusively in open-enrollment correspondence courses (mail or online) for a term are only eligible to apply for Alternative Education Loans.

Alternative education loans will be processed and disbursed based on the semester that is active at the time of registration.

Students enrolled in a combination of semester-based courses and open-enrollment correspondence coursework will have only the semester-based course enrollment considered for federal or state financial aid programs. 

Important Notes for Students Taking Semester-Based Courses:

Dropping all semester-based courses to enroll in open-enrollment correspondence courses is not considered to be a “withdrawal”, instead those courses are considered “dropped”.

If you are planning to drop all semester-based courses to enroll in open-enrollment correspondence, you should add at least one open-enrollment correspondence course before dropping your last semester-based course.  Otherwise, any withdrawal refund received must be repaid prior to registration in the open-enrollment correspondence course(s).

There is no refund for semester-based courses dropped after the 100% refund period has ended.

If you withdraw from all semester-based courses and have a return of financial aid funds processed and subsequently enroll in open-enrollment correspondence courses, you will NOT have your financial aid eligibility recalculated based on your open-enrollment correspondence course enrollment.