Veterans Services FAQ
Undergraduate students are eligible for need-based financial assistance. This funding is available from federal, state and institutional sources as determined by the FAFSA. If your income has changed, you can file a Special Circumstance Appeal form with the Office of Financial Aid.
Students may be eligible for the Yellow Ribbon program if they are receiving the Post 9/11 GI Bill® benefits at the 100% level. Students must review our full Yellow Ribbon Eligibility and submit an application each academic year.
If you drop a class, you must email vetservices@udayton.edu. We will report your updated enrollment to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The VA will reduce your rate of pay if this withdrawal changes your enrollment status or rate of pursuit. For undergraduates a full time status is 12 credits or more. This varies for graduate student programs, but full time is generally 12 credits for Juris Doctor students and 6 credits for other graduate students at UD.
If the withdrawal occurs during the drop/add period, an adjustment is made on the rate of pay. If the withdrawal occurs after the drop/add period, the reduction may create an overpayment, that you must pay back, unless there are mitigating circumstances. For Chapter 33 students to receive the VA's full housing stipend, they must maintain a full time rate of pursuit. Students must attend MORE than half time to receive even a prorated housing allowance under Chapter 33.
When you drop a course or add a course, you must email vetservices@udayton.edu to inform us of the change and to let us know if you may have Mitigating Circumstances.
The VA will not pay for courses that are not required as part of a student’s degree. If students take courses that are not required, those courses will need to be funded by other means and will not be part of the total hours that we certify. Students can easily identify which courses apply toward their degree by using the Degree Works tool available via Porches.
If you fail a normally graded course and it lowers your GPA, the VA will pay for it because they consider this progress, even though it is negative progress. If your university academic program allows you to take a course as “Pass / Fail” which is technically Satisfactory / No Credit or Credit / No Credit, the VA will only pay for the course if you “Pass” and receive the credit. This is because in “Pass/Fail” grading the “Fail” (No Credit) does not lower or increase the GPA. The VA considers this no progress and treats it as if it was a late withdrawal. In this case you must email vetservices@udayton.edu to inform us that you did not receive credit, and let us know if you have Mitigating Circumstances.
Please contact Flyer Student Services if you change your major, as this may cause your enrollment certification to change. Please also send an email to verservices@udayton.edu.
Once you have confirmed that the VA has received your certification, you could expect that the funds will be received within 3 weeks after the certification date (but not before the first day of classes). Unfortunately, there’s not anything that we are able to do to expedite the processing and disbursement of funds from the VA.
VA housing allowance payments are typically made on the 1st of each month to compensate for the month that has just passed. You may contact the VA at 1-888-442-4551 if you do not receive your housing payments.