Financial Aid Warning, Financial Aid Probation and Financial Aid Dismissal

At the end of each quarter (payment period), after grades have been posted, students’ CGPAs and completion rates are reviewed to determine whether the students are meeting the above requirements.

Financial Aid Warning (FA Warning) is the status students will be placed in for the first quarter (payment period) that a student fails the SAP requirements listed above. Students on FA Warning must meet with their program chair/dean or designee to develop a Student Learning Enhancement Plan that, if followed, will ensure the student is able to meet SAP in a maximum of three quarters. Students who meet the SAP Standards at the end of the FA Warning quarter will be removed from FA Warning and returned to a SAP Met/Good Standing status. Students not meeting the SAP requirements at the end of the quarter (payment period) may be dismissed and must appeal to remain in school (see SAP Appeals). Students placed on FA Warning are eligible to receive Title IV aid.

Students not meeting SAP at the end of the FA Warning quarter must appeal to the school in writing describing the mitigating circumstances that led them to not meet SAP (please see SAP Appeals). If a student chooses not to appeal or his/her appeal is denied he/she will be dismissed. Students whose appeal has been approved will be placed on Financial Aid Probation (FA Probation). Students on FA Probation will continue on a Student Learning Enhancement Plan that, if followed, will ensure the student is able to meet SAP in a maximum of two quarter (payment periods). Students who meet the SAP Standards at the end of their FA Probation quarter (payment period) will be removed from FA Probation and returned to a SAP Met/Good Standing Status. Students not meeting the SAP standards at the end of the FA Probation quarter but continue to meet the requirements laid out in the Student Learning Enhancement Plan will be allowed to continue and do not need to re-appeal. Student failing to meet the requirements laid out in the Student Learning Enhancement Plan will be dismissed from the university. Students placed on FA Probation are eligible to receive Title IV aid.

Students not meeting SAP and not meeting the requirements listed on the Student Learning Enhancement Plan at the end of the FA Probation quarter (payment period) will be dismissed from school. Students who have mitigating circumstances that led them to not meet SAP (see SAP Appeals) or adhere to the Student Learning Enhancement Plan can appeal this dismissal.

Students on FA Warning have a maximum of three quarter to meet SAP, students on FA Probation have a maximum of two quarters to meet SAP, and a FA Dismissal student has a maximum of one quarter to meet SAP. If at any point it is determined that it is mathematically impossible to meet the SAP standards in the maximum number of quarters allowed, the student must be dismissed.