The Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid (OSFA) will review each overaward individually and will first attempt to resolve the overaward without reducing or canceling any aid. Certain charges on a Bursar’s student account can be added to a student's Cost of Attendance (COA), including tuition differential charges, campus health charges and program fees. Oftentimes, aid that has not yet disbursed to a student's Bursar account and/or refunded to the student will be reduced or canceled.
If the overaward is not able to be resolved by OSFA, a COA Appeal is offered, if appropriate. The student will be notified via a UAccess Student Center To Do item that a COA Appeal has been requested.
If a student receives an updated financial aid offer after an overaward has been resolved by reducing and/or canceling previously received financial aid funds, the student can request a COA Appeal Form if they feel they have expenses that are higher than the standard COA and would like to be re-evaluated for aid to be reinstated. To request a COA Appeal, students must contact our office directly. For more information please visit COA Appeal.