The Financial Aid Office is located on the second floor of the McCain Student Center, located on Elder Street in Boaz. You may contact the Financial Aid Office at finaid@snead.edu or call 256-840-4107. You are also welcome to follow our Financial Aid Facebook Page for the latest news and updates. Students do not have to be enrolled full time to receive the Pell Grant. You must be enrolled in at least six credit hours to receive Student Loans. Scholarship enrollment requirements are varied by scholarship and are noted in your scholarship contract.

If you receive Federal Title IV aid (Pell grant, SEOG, Student Loans) and withdraw from all your classes, fail all your classes, or receive an incomplete grade in all your classes, Snead State will calculate the amount of aid you did not earn. If it is determined that you received aid you did not earn, the funds will be returned to the appropriate program, and you will be billed by the College. 

• Accept your loan offer online in your mySnead account. 
• Complete a Stafford Loan Entrance Counseling Session online.
• Complete a Master Promissory Note online. 

Snead State’s Parson BooksPlus program supports student success by ensuring students have access to all of their course materials on or before the first day of class. Once you register for your classes, you are automatically enrolled in the Parson BooksPlus program. Once you’ve selected your classes, the Snead State Bookstore will begin preparing your order. Starting 30 days before the first day of classes, you will receive an email to verify your order and select your fulfillment preference. Order your books or verify your order with Barnes & Noble College. An email notification will be sent when your order is ready for pickup or when it ships. Your digital materials will be delivered for your course(s) within Canvas.

The Parson BooksPlus program does not include consumables that cannot be returned and reused such as lab goggles, dissection kits, molecular model kits, engineering kits, or nursing kits. All eligible students will be automatically enrolled in the Parson BooksPlus program. To opt out, students must complete the process EACH semester by following instructions emailed to students approximately 30 days before the first day of class to verify their orders.

• Have your financial aid complete and awards accepted prior to the first day of class. 
• Attend all classes to verify your enrollment for financial aid. 
• Your tuition and fees are automatically deducted from your aid.

Familiarize yourself with the College Satisfactory Academic Progress Standards!
Each time you fail, withdraw from, or receive an incomplete grade in any class it counts against your Satisfactory Academic Progress. In order to receive federal aid (Federal grants and Student Loans), you must complete a certain percentage of the classes you begin, and you must maintain a satisfactory GPA. Example: In your first semester of college, you register for 16 credit hours. You earn A’s in three of your classes (9 credit hours), but you withdraw from two classes (7 credit hours). Your completion rate for your very first term is 56%; you have not made Satisfactory Academic Progress and are at risk of losing your aid for the next semester!  It is very important that you speak directly with the Financial Aid Office if you are uncertain about how withdrawals and/or failure to pass affect your Financial Aid. Do not take your friend’s advice; do not assume it will be ok to just drop one class.  Knowing the College SAP policy and staying on top of it is the single most important thing you can do to insure there is no interruption in your financial aid. The complete Satisfactory Academic Progress Policy can be found in the SSCC Catalog online. Satisfactory Academic Progress is calculated at the conclusion of each semester. Students who are not making SAP are notified via student email accounts.