Depending on the circumstances, the student could be required to complete additional requirements (i.e., see a career counselor or another type of counselor, meet with an advisor to develop an academic progress plan for completion, limit enrollment, etc.) before an appeal is granted. The goal is to help the student get back on track for graduation. The reasonableness of the student’s ability for improvement to again meet SAP standards and complete the student’s program of study will be carefully considered. To appeal financial aid eligibility termination after an appeal has already been considered by the committee, the student must accomplish all of the following prior to submitting a subsequent appeal:
If there has been an extended time period between the second and third appeals (5 years or more), the ASSFA committee may review the third appeal without having the above described conditions met.
Appeals will be approved or denied based on the above criteria. Students who have appeals approved will be in probationary status for the coming term. During probationary status, the student must meet the conditions of the appeal as communicated to him or her by the Financial Aid Office, or the student will return to suspension. If an academic progress plan has been pre-approved by financial aid, continuing to meet the requirements of that plan will put the student back into good standing.
Students who have appeals approved will be placed in probationary status for the coming term(s) on an Academic Progress Plan (APP). While you are on the Academic Progress Plan (APP), you must meet the conditions of the plan as communicated to you in this notice; otherwise, your financial aid eligibility will again be terminated. If you continue to meet the requirements of this plan, you will be placed into good standing. If you should fail the Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) for a reason other than that outlined in your original termination notice, you must appeal to the Academic Standards Committee through the Financial Aid office and ask that your transcript and circumstances be reviewed again.
Students must meet the following requirements on a term-by-term basis while on the Academic Progress
Plan:
Students who failed Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) because of the 67% and/or GPA rules must adhere
to the following requirements:
Students who failed Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) because of the 150% rule must adhere to the following requirement in addition to those above:
A student’s Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) status will be reviewed at the end of each semester to determine if they will be allowed to stay on the Academic Progress Plan. As long as the student is meeting the above-referenced requirements on a term-by-term basis each semester after being placed on the plan, they will be allowed to continue with the same unless they are terminated for a different requirement of the Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) policy.
