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Requests for Appeal which are submitted by the published deadline date are reviewed and the student
is notified within 7-10 business days of an approval or denial. If the appeal is approved, the students’
financial aid is reinstated for one (1) semester ONLY. At the end of each semester, the students’ status
is reevaluated to determine if he/she has successfully satisfied both the qualitative and quantitative
standards of the Academic Plan Agreement.
If the appeal is denied, the student is not eligible to benefit from any federal, state, or institutional
grant programs (including student loans). Institutional scholarships and grants maybe awarded at the
discretion of the Assistant Vice President of Enrollment Management, the Director or Assistant Director
of Financial Aid. However, the student may apply for an Alternative Loan, or a deferred payment plan
with the office of Student Accounts.

Reinstatement of Financial Aid
Other Requirements:

*Appeals must be submitted by the deadline date.
*Student will be limited to two appeals during their undergraduate career.
*Appeals submitted without supporting documentation will not be reviewed. Additional
documentation will be requested The Financial Aid Appeals Committee will review the appeal request
and respond in writing to the student regarding the decision.

1. The Financial Aid Appeals Committee may grant or may not grant the appeal based on submitted
documentation and review of academic performance. The student is placed on financial aid
probation for the next semester of enrollment. At the end of the probation semester, SAP will
be reevaluated.
Student must meet all SAP requirements at the end of that semester or they will be placed in a
Not Meet status and they must reestablish eligibility as described in item 2.

2. The student pays for all obligations, (tuition and fees), without financial aid assistance
and reestablish eligibility by meeting the SAP requirements

3. Exception to Two-SAP Limitation Criteria Probationary Terms and Conditions:
Financial Aid recognizes that it is extremely difficult for students to drastically improve all three
aspects of the SAP, even if they meet the term GPA. A student can be granted a maximum of two
SAP appeals.
Financial Aid recognizes that though the student is not meeting all the criteria(s) of re-establishing
SAP eligibility, he/she has done everything humanly possible for that semester. The Financial Aid
SAP committee reserves the right to inact professional judgement.

All decisions of the Financial Aid Committee are final.

Definition:
Meet -- the student has successfully met the quantitative and qualitative standards of the financial aid
standards of performance and progress according to the terms outlined in the college catalog and
posted on the website.

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