{"id":7314,"date":"2019-11-04T17:01:16","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T22:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/financial-aid\/?page_id=7314"},"modified":"2019-12-04T10:46:03","modified_gmt":"2019-12-04T15:46:03","slug":"over-awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/financial-aid\/receive\/over-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Over Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\t
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A financial aid over-award occurs when the aid you receive from all sources is greater than your cost of attendance or your federally determined need eligibility. The Office of Student Financial Assistance takes care not to over-award a student initially. However, circumstances may change after the initial financial aid awards have been made, resulting in an over-award.<\/p>\n

Some examples of why an over-award may occur:<\/p>\n