Satisfactory Academic Progress
All undergraduate and graduate students must meet the SAP requirements in order to receive federal and institutional financial aid at 澳门线上赌博平台大学. Federal regulations require each college or university to have an academic progress policy, which establishes the minimum standards of eligibility for financial aid. (Note: some outside scholarships or private lenders 五月 also follow federal SAP guidelines. Please check with your lender or scholarship originator for their terms and conditions.)
Satisfactory Academic Progress is measured by:
- Cumulative grade point average or GPA.
- Cumulative number of credits attempted compared to credits earned, often referred to as pace of progress. Students must earn credits toward their degree at a 67% rate when compared to credits attempted.
- Total number of credits attempted overall (maximum time). Students are not eligible for aid once they have reached 150% of the credits allowed for their specific program. This includes all coursework taken for a specific academic level (undergraduate or graduate), even if the student is no longer pursuing that degree.
Please note that students who have not received financial aid in previous years, but are applying for financial aid assistance for the first time will also be held to the requirement of maintaining Satisfactory Academic Progress. Satisfactory academic progress is reviewed for all semesters of a student’s enrollment regardless of whether or not the student was eligible for assistance during a term.
If students are not meeting the requirements as outlined above, the student will be considered in 暂停资助 and must appeal and be approved to regain eligibility for financial aid. To appeal, please follow the instructions below under 上诉程序.
Students pursuing undergraduate programs, must adhere to the GPA requirements outlined below, earn 67% of the cumulative credits they have attempted, and not exceed 150% of the published length of the educational program in their attempted credits. Withdrawn courses will be counted in this calculation:
| 尝试学时 | 最低累积绩点 |
|---|---|
| 1.00 – 23.99 | 1.6 |
| 24.00-53.99 | 1.8 |
| 54.00及以上 | 2.0 |
另外, even if a student does not progress in their anticipated full-time credit load, students must have a minimum GPA of 2.0 at the end of their second year or fourth semester.
Students pursuing graduate programs must adhere to the GPA that is outlined in their program, earn 67% of the cumulative credits they have attempted, and not exceed 150% of the published length of the educational program in their attempted credits. Withdrawn courses will be counted in this calculation.
重复的课程
Students who have earned a passing grade in a course can only take it one more time for Title IV aid, where a “D” is considered a passing grade. Once they have earned two grades of “D” or above, any subsequent enrollment in the course is not eligible for Title IV aid and will be excluded from the R2T4 calculation. 取款, 滴, or failures while in attendance at 澳门线上赌博平台大学 will not count towards Title IV eligibility, 然而, 五月 count for pace calculations.
At 澳门线上赌博平台大学 there are some courses that share the same name, but are not the same course and are required multiple times in the same degree for degree completion. These courses are evaluated based on the number of instances per required completion, not on the total number of attempts overall.
及格或不及格课程
Courses that are graded as pass/fail are included in the calculations for pace and GPA if they have a credit-load attached to them.
转移学分
Transfer credits will count towards both courses attempted and completed for pace, but will not be considered for GPA calculations.
Satisfactory Academic Progress Review
The 财政援助办事处 will review each student’s SAP status at the end of each semester. 电子邮件 notifications of SAP standards will be sent to the student’s SU email account. Students not meeting the SAP requirement will be placed on either 助学金警告 or Suspension. Students on 暂停资助 五月 appeal the suspension. If the appeal is approved the student will be placed on 经济援助试用期.
Students who are not meeting SAP at the end of a semester will be placed on a 一次性 警告状态. While no further action is required from the students, it is strongly recommended that students meet with an advisor to ensure that their course load is appropriate and that any courses taken will apply to the student’s degree. Following the one semester warning, any student who fails to meet SAP will automatically be placed on 暂停资助.
Students who fail to meet SAP following their warning semester are placed on financial aid suspension. Students have the option to appeal this suspension. An appeal must be based on significant mitigating circumstances that seriously affected your academic performance.
Some examples of mitigating circumstances include: death in the family, disabling illness or injury, emotional or mental health issues, and other special circumstances beyond the student’s control such as divorce, 自然灾害, extreme change in financial or legal circumstances, 等.
暂停资助 does not prohibit a student from continuing his or her education at 澳门线上赌博平台大学, but it does prohibit the student from receiving institutional or federal financial aid until they are in good standing.
Please note: Neither paying for classes without financial aid nor sitting out for one term will restore satisfactory academic progress, so neither is sufficient to reestablish eligibility for financial aid.
Students who are successful in their suspension appeal will have their aid reinstated for one semester. Students will be notified of the conditions of their probationary period. Following the probationary semester, the 财政援助办事处 will review the student’s record to determine future eligibility.
If a student will require more than one semester to return to good standing, they 五月 be required to submit an academic plan.
If an academic plan is required to be developed by the student and their academic advisor, it will be monitored each semester. If the student fails to meet the conditions of the plan, they will no longer be eligible for aid until they re-establish eligibility on their own.
Students on 暂停资助 or have their appeal denied 五月 re-establish their eligibility for financial aid assistance by achieving satisfactory academic standards. This will be at the student’s own expense, as they are ineligible for federal and institutional financial aid. Sitting out one semester will not accomplish this. Students who have earned the required GPA or have completed the required number of credits, should submit an appeal to the 财政援助办事处 to have their financial aid reinstated.
- Submit your appeal using the SAP上诉表格 below. Please submit your appeal within 14 days of receiving your SAP notice so that there is ample time to review the appeal documents. Include an appeal statement explaining why you failed to meet SAP standards and how you intend to improve your progress at the end of the term.
- If you are failing SAP requirements due to maximum time frame (150%), you will need to submit an academic plan that has been approved by your advisor. This plan will be monitored at the end of each semester and any deviations will result in the cancellation of federal and institutional financial aid. This plan should indicate how the student will complete their degree at SU and when. All appeals are reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
- Students should submit any and all supporting documentation that supports the reason for the appeal.
- All appeals are reviewed on a case-by-case basis. Students will be allowed to submit only one appeal.
- You will be notified of the outcome of your appeal within 14 days of submitting it and any conditions required to be met if the appeal is approved.
SAP的吸引力
Students not meeting SAP 五月 appeal in writing.