Enrollment Requirements
In order to qualify for financial aid, 对您注册的学分数量有要求，并且需要验证这些学时是否计入您的学习计划. Your enrollment determines the amount of financial aid that is disbursed to you.
熟悉经济援助的主要入学要求和术语将帮助你预测你将获得什么样的经济援助，并相应地制定每个学期的计划.
Course in Program Of Study (CPOS)
CPOS是一项要求，说明只有你的学位计划或证书的一部分课程才能计入你获得经济援助的总注册时数. Due to this requirement, if you take courses that are not a part of your official degree plan, it will result in receiving less or no financial aid for your courses.
Automated Evaluation
CPOS注册的评估在新学期开始前通过自动化流程完成，并且将在整个学期中每天运行以解释任何注册变化. Once the initial evaluation has been run, 学生可以联系他们的经济援助办公室，以核实他们的课程是否被计入经济援助. 每个学期的初始和最后自动评估日期如下所示.
| Timeframe | Fall 2023 | Spring 2024 | Summer 2024 | Fall 2024 |
| Initial CPOS Evaluation | 7/14/23 | 10/31/23 | 3/26/24 | 7/12/24 |
| Last CPOS Evaluation | 10/30/23 | 3/25/24 | 7/11/24 | 10/28/24 |
| Last Day for CPOS override by Advisor | 12/16/23 | 5/11/24 | 8/8/24 | 12/14/24 |
GPS
Students are encouraged to reference their degree planning tool, GPS，作为指导，帮助学生了解未来哪些课程将计入他们的学位计划. 关于课程是否算在你的学位中，或者是否适用课程覆盖的具体问题, contact your academic advisor.
| Contact Academic Advising | ||||
| SAC Advising | SPC Advising | PAC Advising | NVC Advising | NLC Advising |
Enrollment Status
Students' enrollment status for financial aid will be based only on CPOS hours. Your enrollment status will determine how much of your award will be paid to you (i.e. 你是满足最低入学要求还是按比例要求?.
Your cost of attendance (COA) is initially calculated based on the expectation of full-time enrollment. 学期开始后，您的COA将根据您的总CPOS小时数重新计算. 如果CPOS小时数不是全职的，这可能导致COA比最初计算的要少.
An overall reduction of Federal, State, 在重新计算COA后，如果获得的经济援助总额超过了你的COA，则可能需要机构援助.
You can find your assigned academic advisor on your ACES account or on the GPS portal.
No, 由学术顾问批准的重写将只计算在该特定课程和部分. If you change your class or it is dropped, you will need to contact your academic advisor to have an override added again.
你应该经常参考你的官方学位计划和课程目录，以确定哪些课程可以计入你的学位. For specific questions about whether a course counts toward your degree, contact your academic advisor.
目前，联系您的注册顾问的最佳方式是安排预约:
- Log in to ACES
- Select the 'Start Here' tab
- Select the 'Alamo Navigate' icon
- Click 'Login'
- Select the 'Appointments' tab
- Select 'Schedule an Appointment'
- Select the reason for your appointment and click 'Next'
- Select the location and click 'Next'
- Select the day and time that works for you and click 'Next'
- Enter 'Zoom Appointment' in the Notes box
- Review the selection and confirm your appointment
No, your class enrollment will be evaluated each semester.
Enrollment Status
在秋季的每个学期，我们的学生人数分为四个等级, Spring, and Summer. The amount of credit hours associated with each enrollment status are listed below.
| Full-Time | 3/4 Time | Half-Time | Less-Than Half-Time |
| 12 Hours | 9-11 Hours | 6-8 Hours | 1-5 Hours |
Proration
Financial aid is typically awarded based upon the expectation of full-time enrollment. Certain financial aid awards will be prorated, or have a percent based recalculation, if you do not enroll full-time in CPOS hours. These recalculations will occur within each part-of-term that you attend in a semester.
| Full-Time | 3/4 Time | Half-Time | Less-Than Half-Time |
| 12 Hours | 9-11 Hours | 6-8 Hours | 1-5 Hours |
| 100% of Original Offer | 75% of Original Offer | 50% of Original Offer |
0- 25% of Original Offer |
Financial Aid Awards that are subject to proration at the Alamo Colleges District include:
- Federal Pell Grants
- Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (SEOG)
- Texas Public Education Grants (TPEG)
- Texas Educational Opportunity Grant (TEOG)
Financial Aid Awards that are not prorated and will pay out fully with at least half-time enrollment include:
- Federal Direct Loans (Subsidized, Unsubsidized, PLUS)
Parts-of-Term
阿拉莫根据课程时长和开学日期提供的各种课程选择被称为“学期部分”。. Ex. 16-week, Flex I, Start II, Flex II, Summer I, Summer II terms, etc.
As there are many start dates in a semester, you must be attending - not just registered，以便将你的入学申请计入支付给你的经济援助金额. See more below.
Attending Hours
All financial aid pays out based on "attending hours", or the classes you are actively going to for each part-of-term.
这意味着，如果所有的课程你都积极地分享相同的开始日期和支付日期，那么你提供的一个学期的经济援助将在同一时间支付100%. 如果您注册的课程分布在学期的不同部分，具有不同的开始日期和付款日期, your financial aid will be split up and prorated.
Census Date
Census is the date on which enrollment is officially confirmed for a part-of-term. All hours are considered "locked" on this date for financial aid disbursement purposes.
For a list of census dates for each part-of-term, review the Academic Calendar here:
Enrollment FAQs
Example #1如果你是秋季全日制学生(12个学分以上)，并且在16周的半学期中开始9个学分的课程, 在16周的付款日，您的付款将按比例支付您合格经济援助的75%. Once you begin 3 credit hours of a Flex II part-of-term, on the Flex II disbursement date, you will receive the remaining 25% of your eligible financial aid.
Example #2如果你是全日制学生(12学分以上)，并在Flex I或16周的课程中开始所有课程, 您将在同一天获得100%符合条件的经济援助. If you add additional classes, 由于你已经收到了你的最高支付额，所以不会对你的经济援助做出任何调整.
我们希望你知道，如果你在你注册的学期的任何部分的人口普查日期之前放弃了一门课程, your financial aid calculation will also reflect those changes. This could result in a decrease of your financial aid.
