To access the Summer Aid Application, scroll to the bottom of the page and AGREE that you understand the information.

Types of Available Summer Aid
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Qualifications for Aid

All students should be accepted in an approved program of study & the total eligible credits taken during the entire summer semester are used to determine enrollment and aid eligiblity.

Undergraduates:

  • For Federal Loans- 6 or more Financial Aid Eligible Hours
  • For Federal Pell Grants- 1 or more Financial Aid Eligible Hours

 Graduate Students:

  • 5 or more credit hours

2025-26 evaluations are determined after Spring 2025 grades are posted.

Students who do not meet SAP may appeal based on extenuating circumstances. The Summer deadline to appeal is:

  • Summer: Monday, July 7th
  • Fall: Monday, September 1st
  • Spring: Monday, February 2nd

Learn more about SAP

**Private Loan requirements differ. A student should contact their lender for specific SAP requirements.**
 
Summer Aid Hold

Any student who completes a JMU Summer Aid Application will have a Registration Hold placed on their account to stop schedule adjustments that could change or cancel aid. Communication with our office is essential to determine the potential changes to aid before making changes to a schedule.

Please note: If a student adds a course and is subsequently added to a waitlist, the hold will prevent the student from being removed from the waitlist. A Course Change Request form will need to be submitted daily during the Add/Drop period for the course to try to be removed from the waitlist. There is no guarantee the student will be taken off the waitlist.

THIS HOLD DOES NOT AFFECT FALL REGISTRATION and will remain on a student account until the end of ALL Summer classes in August

Schedule Adjustments

Adjustments that could change a student’s summer aid include:

  • Reduction in credit hours
  • Reduction in number of weeks enrolled in classes
  • Dropping a class
  • Withdrawing from a class
  • Failing a class

Students wishing to adjust their schedule after the Summer Registration Hold is placed on their account will need to submit a Summer Course Change Request Form.

Awarding

Students who have completed all their requirements will receive an email notification when awarded. This message will advise them to log in to MyMadison to view and accept any aid they wish to receive.

Summer Awarding will begin in early May.

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Students can contact our office if they would like their summer loans re-offered.
Disbursements & Refunds

Since funds are not available until class(es) start, students generally receive summer aid as reimbursement.

It is possible for some student's disbursements and refunds to be delayed until after JMU's Fiscal Year Shutdown, which occurs from around the middle of June until shortly after July 1. No disbursements occur during this shutdown period.

 Come prepared to cover initial expenses and costs not covered by financial aid. 

Federal Pell Grants will not be available until after July 1

**Pell eligibility will be based on enrollment on July 1**

The University Business Office should wait for aid to be disbursed that covers a student’s full bill. A student will need to pay for any remaining bill not covered by their financial aid.

Summer Loan Dates & Deadlines

Following Federal regulations, all loans must be processed by the end of the loan period. The deadlines to accept loans for ANY 2025 Summer session are:

Undergraduate students:
Graduate students:

You must agree to the following before you proceed to the Summer Aid Application:

The Summer Aid Application will close at 5 PM on August 13th, 2025.

I confirm I have read the above information.   

I understand a Summer Registration Hold will be placed on my account prohibiting me from making changes to my summer schedule.

I understand the summer registration hold will NOT affect my Fall 2025 registration.

 I understand classes must be financial aid eligible to receive aid (see more information about financial aid eligible hours).  

Summer FAQ's

If you have further questions, you can email our summer aid team at summer_aid@jmu.edu.

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Financial Aid & Scholarships
Student Success Center
MSC 3519
738 South Mason Street
Harrisonburg, Virginia 22807
Email Us
540/568-7820
Fax: 540/568-7994
Hours of Operation:
Mon - Fri 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Summer Hours of Operation:
Mon - Thur 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Fri 8 a.m. - 12 p.m.