INSTRUCTIONS FOR APPEALING FINANCIAL AID SUSPENSION

These instructions are for the use of students who have been placed on Financial Aid Suspension. By following the steps outlined below, a student may appeal his or her placement on Financial Aid Suspension.

A copy of the standards for Satisfactory Academic Progress was included with the letter you received notifying you of your Suspension. If you would like to review those standards at this time, you may visit our web site.

You were placed on Financial Aid Suspension because you failed to meet the University's standards for Satisfactory Academic Progress. Federal regulations and the regulations governing many other forms of student aid require that a student meet a minimum academic standard in order to continue to receive student financial aid. if the student can demonstrate that his or her failure to meet the minimum standard was caused by circumstances beyond your control, a Financial Aid Administrator may make exceptions to that requirement in individual cases.

If you wish to appeal the suspension of your student financial aid, please answer carefully the questions below. A successful appeal will contain answers to each question or request for data, be well written, and provide evidence of circumstances beyond your control that adversely affected your academic performance during this school year. Approval/Denial decision for appeals will be communicated to the student by electronic (e-mail) and/or regular mail.

If your appeal is successful, you will be placed on Financial Aid Probation and given certain conditions that you must fulfill in order to continue to receive student financial aid. You will be informed of these conditions by e-mail.

NOTE : If you have been academically dismissed or placed on academic suspension and wish to appeal that status, you should contact the Office of Admissions for instructions. Completing an appeal of Financial Aid Suspension will not correct your academic standing. Likewise, being readmitted through the Admissions Office will not automatically remedy your Financial Aid Suspension.