Financial aid grants and loans may be available to assist with books and supplies. Your "anticipated" aid is a "Book Credit" that is available for you to use when purchasing books and supplies. Once your Book Credit is ready to use, you will receive an email with options and next steps.
Please note that bookstore credits are not available for mini terms.
Use financial aid in college bookstore
Financial aid grants and loans may be available to assist with books and supplies in the College Bookstore. Your "anticipated" aid is a "Bookstore Credit" that is available for you to use when purchasing books/supplies at College Bookstore. Once your Bookstore Credit is ready to use in the bookstore, you will receive an email with details and the next steps.
- Grants: When you have grant funds leftover after tuition and fees, your financial aid is available to assist with purchasing books approximately ten days before the start of classes.
- Loans: When you have loan funds leftover after tuition and fees, your loans are available to assist with purchasing books beginning on the second day of classes and only if you completed all loan requirements(enrollment and attendance in 6 or more credits, completed loan promissory note and completed entrance loan counseling).
- Steps to pay with financial aid
- Go to the HCC Bookstore Website hccs.bncollege.com.
- Select Central Campus from the drop-down menu.
- Select textbooks.
- Select term.
- Enter your course information.
- View your book selection.
- Go to the checkout cart.
- Choose SFA (student financial aid) for the method of payment.
OR
Opt-out option
Purchase class books and supplies outside the college bookstore
If you would like to request your federal financial aid funds (grants or loans) in advance to purchase your books and supplies outside of the college bookstore, an OPT-OUT option will be available during the dedicated two-week opt-out period dates below. If you qualify for this option, you will receive an email with details and next steps.
- Fall Semester | July 15 - 30
- Spring Semester | December 1 - 15
- Summer Semester | April 21 - May 5
To qualify for the bookstore opt-out process, student must be enrolled for the upcoming semester and have financial aid awarded the exceeds billed costs. Student will receive an email if eligible.
Important: If you choose this option, you will not be able to use financial aid bookstore credit at the college bookstore, at any point in the semester
Steps to Request Opt-out from Bookstore
- Use a computer (not mobile device) to visit the Student Homepage via myeagle.hccs.edu and select “Student Sign-In” tile/box.
- Select the “Financial Aid” tile/box.
- Select “Books” link.
- Select “Book Advance Refunds” link.
- Click the “Opt-out from Bookstore” checkbox and SAVE the page.
What happens after you request to purchase books outside of bookstore
- If you choose to opt-out of using your financial aid at the college bookstore, you will not be able to use financial aid at any point in the semester at the college bookstore.
- Advanced funds for books and supplies will only be available if you selected the opt-out option in self-service during the dedicated two-week opt-out period dates above.
- The amount calculated will be based on enrollment status (number of credit hours) 14 days before the summer semester classes begin. Any changes to enrollment status or class schedule after that point will not be taken into consideration.