emergency-funding-holds
The University has three emergency loan funds which can be used to reduce a student’s account balance by up to $1000.
This will enable a student to have a hold lifted so that he or she may register for the next semester. They are:
Jessie B. Martin Emergency Loan Fund
Peter and Doris Firsht Student Loan Fund
Barney Plotnick, MD, Student Loan Fund
Students may submit applications here. If you have questions, please contact uself
gwu [dot] edu (subject: Application%20and%20Promissory%20Note) (uself[at]gwu[dot]edu).
Once the student completes the application, the monies are applied directly to the student accounts bill. This does not reduce the debt that the student owes to the University, but redistributes it, giving the student the ability to register.
For repayment, funds are charged to the applicant’s student account once the student has registered for the desired semester or after 30 days, whichever comes first. Charging the funds back increases the balance to the original amount owed. This loan fund does give the student some extra time to come up with the funds to pay the student account balance down to zero.