The Warrensburg Area Career Center acknowledges that federal law provides students with the right to request an adjustment to their financial aid awards due to special or unusual circumstances.  A student may have both special circumstances and unusual circumstances.

Special Circumstances refer to the financial situations (loss of a job, etc.) that justify an aid administrator adjusting data elements in the COA or in the EFC calculation.

Unusual Circumstances refer to the conditions that justify an aid administrator making an adjustment to a student’s dependency status based on a unique situation (e.g., human trafficking, refugee or asylee status, parental abandonment, incarceration), more commonly referred to as a dependency override.

Please click here for more information, including the steps to request an adjustment.