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Certification Students receiving veterans education benefits must be certified for their benefits each semester in which they are enrolled. Certification is accomplished by MCC after course registration to ensure that VA will pay you the appropriate amount of money for the credits that you are taking and to ensure that the courses you are taking are helping you to meet your educational objectives at MCC. Certification is done on an attendance-only basis. This means that VA will only pay benefits during the actual time that students are attending classes. Students are considered full-time by MCC if they are taking 12 or more credits in any given 15 week semester, however, VA will only pay full-time rates if all twelve of the credits are taken across the entire semester. Thus if a student is taking 11 credits across the entire semester and one additional credit for only part of the semester, the student will not be paid for full-time status by VA during the time that he/she is only taking 11 credits. Questions about your VA status for benefits should be referred to the VA Counselor at MCC or to the VA office in Buffalo. Continued certification is also dependent on academic progress. Satisifactory academic progress for continuation of VA benefits is the achievement of a C average or maintaining a 2.00/4.00 grade point average. When a student falls below 2.00, MCC is required to notify VA that the student is failing to meet academic standards and VA may choose to suspend benefits. Students who are having academic problems are encouraged to contact the VA counselor at MCC without delay. Students may certify after course registration by: Bring a copy of your registration to the Veterans Affairs Office and request certification in person. This is the preferred method. This will give you a chance to ask questions about the process and give you the opportunity to resolve any problems you may have that are associated with your benefits. Often, VA students also request tuition deferrals in conjunction with certification. The deferral process must be accomplished in person. First semester students must certify in person. Also, if you are requesting advanced payment in conjunction with certification, you must certify in person.

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