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Items in red indicate updates to our schedule- next to section # indicates canceledModified Date: Fri, March 11, 2011, 1:55 PM76 Golden West College • Spring 2011 • www.goldenwestcollege.eduRefund Policy & ProcedureAdmissions/RegistrationRefund PolicyAccording to state regulations, students must withdraw fromeach course before 10% of the course to be eligible for a refund.To be eligible to receive a refund you must officially withdrawfrom classes by the deadline (see the deadlines on the collegewebsite or printed class schedule or on your student classprogram - web schedule bill). Official withdrawals, by the refunddeadline, will result in a credit to your student registrationaccount.Refund ProceduresUse any one of the following methods to officially withdrawfrom your course/s:1. Log on to your MyGWC portal page. Select the “Add orDrop Classes” option in the Registration Tools box underthe Student tab, select the course/s you want to dropand then click the “Finalize Add/Drop” button. Makesure that you verify your transaction. You can verify thatyou have been dropped by clicking on the Student ClassProgram (Web Schedule Bill). It’s recommended that youprint a copy of this for your records2. Mail a request via U.S. mail (request must be postmarkedby the U.S. Postmaster, on or before the refund deadlinedate). Golden West College, 15744 Goldenwest Street,P.O. Box 2748, Huntington Beach CA 926473. Come in person to the Admissions Office.*Students are responsible for verifying all withdrawals.If you are withdrawing from all your classes and wish toreceive a refund for ALL fees, including material fees andparking, you must do the following ON OR BEFORE THEDEADLINE DATE, for each of the courses being dropped.A. Withdraw from classesB. Return parking decal (if purchased) in person or by mail.The Parking Decal must be returned or postmarked on orbefore the earliest refund deadline.If you are withdrawing partially (i.e., one or two classes):You will be eligible for refund for enrollment and materials feesfor classes dropped by each class deadline.Cancelled Classes: If a class is cancelled by the college,registration and material fees for that class will be refunded thethird week of the term. The parking decal must be returnedwithin 14 days of the class cancellation date if the studentwishes to be refunded for the parking decal.Refund ScheduleREFUNDS WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY PROCESSED. - Refundswill be processed every Wednesday beginning the first weekof registration of the semester in which the fees were paid andeach week thereafter until the end of the term. Once you haveofficially dropped your courses by the refund deadline, you willsee a credit balance on your account for fees paid for thosecourses. Most payments made by credit card through yourMyGWC will automatically be refunded to the credit card usedfor payment. For payments made in person, via check, cash,credit card or money order, refunds will be issued via checkand mailed to the address the Admissions Office has on file.Please verify that your address on file is correct. You can updateyour mailing address via your MyGWC, under the StudentTab, and then click on Self Service – Personal Information –Update Addresses.No cash refunds will be issued.Cancelled ClassesIf Golden West College cancels a class, registration fees for thatclass will be refunded. If you purchased a parking decal, it mustbe returned within 2 weeks of the class cancellation date.Returned ChecksAny check returned unpaid (stop payment or insufficientfunds) does not constitute automatic withdrawal from class. Acheck returned from the bank for any reason is subject to a $25service charge. A hold will be placed on student records for anyfinancial obligation until the obligation is cleared.Golden West College has adopteda smoke-free campus policyGolden West College is a Smoke Free Campus. Smokingis prohibited in all college buildings, vehicles, indoor andoutdoor facilities, interior bus stops, designated campusentrances, and all open areas. Smoking is permitted onlyin campus parking lots. All smoking materials includingcigarettes, cigars, pipes, and other apparatus used to smokeorganic and non-organic materials must be extinguishedand/or properly disposed of in the designated receptacleslocated in the parking lots before entering our smoke freecampus.You may smoke only in parking lots