To help reduce the spread of the COVID-19 virus, our staff is currently available by phone and email. We are available Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. You may also contact us at FinancialAid@HBU.edu for general questions. Thank you for your patience while we all do our part to social distance and flatten the curve.

Yes! Our Advisors are happy to answer any questions. We are currently taking phone appointments.

If you are on financial aid warning or probation, dropping a class may result in suspension of financial aid for spring semester. Please check with the Financial Aid Office if you are on warning or probation.

Dropping or withdrawing from classes will affect your academic progress as an undergraduate or graduate student, and you will receive a W “grade” for each withdrawn class on your transcript. Getting too many W’s on your transcript could result in financial aid warning. Please work closely with your instructors to review all of your options.

Dropping below half-time enrollment (6 credits for undergraduates and 5 credit hours for graduate students) may cause your loans to enter repayment immediately (if you have used up your six-month grace period).

If you drop or fail all of your classes this semester, you may be required to repay some of your financial aid.

Our office will then determine how much financial aid you need to return and notify you by email. For Federal Pell grants, you may need to document that you participated academically in your classes. This may reduce how much money has to be returned.

Please note that withdrawing from classes will affect your satisfactory academic progress (SAP) towards graduation and you may be required to return some of your federal aid.

HBU financial aid administrators (FAA) have statutory authority to use professional judgment to make adjustments on a case-by-case basis to the cost of attendance or to the data elements used in calculating the EFC to reflect a student’s special circumstances.

Please reach out to the financial aid department to discuss your situation. The use of professional judgment where students and/or their families have been affected by COVID-19 is permitted, such as in the case where an employer closes for a period of time as a result of COVID-19.

In making professional judgment determinations, FAAs must obtain documentation and retain it in each student’s file. This documentation must substantiate the reason for any adjustment. Institutions are reminded that, regardless of how broadly an event may affect its student population, professional judgment determinations must be made and documented on a case-by-case basis.

To keep your aid, you must meet the total institution GPA and credit requirements. Review HBU Financial Aid’s Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) Policy.

HBU has provided information on this question at the link below. Please contact the financial aid office about SAP concerns.

March 27 COVID-19 Update