Financial Aid
Financial Aid
It is important that you enroll in College Now courses purposefully, taking time to consider future college degrees or certificates you may pursue. Consider whether your College Now courses will meet your specific degree or certificate requirements (or prerequisites). You can read more on the Financial Aid Website.
Will my College Now credits impact my Oregon Promise?
They could eventually impact your Oregon Promise award because the grant includes a credit limit. Once you have attempted a total of 90 college credits, you are no longer eligible for Oregon Promise. College credits you take while in high school count towards this total. You can check your cumulative attempted LCC credits on your unofficial transcript in myLane.
Please note:
Dropping a College Now course is not included in the attempted 90 credits.
Dropping a regular college course is included in the attempted 90 credits.
Failed courses (College Now or regular college) are included in the attempted 90 credits.
For more information on Oregon Promise eligibility, visit the
Will my College Now credits impact my financial aid (FAFSA)?
As a student registering for a College Now course, you are attempting college credit. The credit and grade are part of your permanent LCC transcript, which Financial Aid uses to calculate your Satisfactory Academic Progress Standards and how long it will take to complete your program (150% Maximum Attempted Credit). Financial Aid calculates all attempted college credit even though you were in high school and didn’t receive financial aid.
If I repeat a College Now course, will both grades be on my transcript?
If you earn a higher grade on the repeated course, you can Request to Absolve the lower grade. The original grade stays on the transcript, but the grade is removed from your overall GPA. You can submit a request even if you repeat the course after high school graduation.
You will see an ‘E’ next to the lower grade which means the grade was removed from your cumulative GPA. You will see an ‘I’ next to the higher grade which means that grade is included in your cumulative GPA. If you don’t submit the Request to Absolve, both grades will be on the transcript and calculated in your overall LCC GPA.
A Request to Absolve can result in a higher GPA for financial aid, scholarships, and employers.
Note: This is strictly a LCC policy and other colleges/universities may not accept the removal of a lower grade. If they do not accept this policy, the lower grade will be calculated back into your overall GPA. Contact your intended college/university Registrar to find out.
How does repeating a College Now course impact my financial aid (FAFSA) in regards to the Financial Aid Repeat Rule?
A standard financial aid rule is that a course may only be funded one more time after you received an initial D- or higher.
If you receive a D- or higher in a College Now course and then want to repeat it through College Now, no matter what the grade is in the repeat, you have used up the repeat funding clause. If you had to take it again at LCC while using financial aid, it would not be calculated into your enrollment level; therefore, the 3rd attempt would not be funded.
College Now credits are considered attempted college credits even though you did not receive financial aid at the time.
Example of losing funding for a course before being eligible for financial aid:
1st attempt: College Now MTH 111 Spring 2016 earned D- grade.
2nd attempt: College Now MTH 111 Fall 2016 earned F grade.
You graduate from high school, come to LCC and find out your College Now MTH 111 grade does not meet program requirements.
You retake MTH 111 at LCC Fall 2017 – no financial aid funds for just this course.
In this situation, if your high school allows you to take MTH 111 a third time, you should do so since College Now courses are no cost to the student.
Example of funding allowed for a repeat:
1st attempt: College Now WR 121 Spring 2017 earned D- grade.
You graduate, come to LCC and find out your College Now WR 121 grade does not meet program requirements.
2nd attempt: at LCC, course WR 121 Fall 2017. Financial aid would fund this repeat and only this repeat regardless of grade earned.
There are two exceptions to this rule:
The course is considered “repeatable a specified amount of times” in the course description section in the LCC catalog.
The College Now credit is from another college