Satisfactory Academic Progress Appeal

Students wishing to appeal the Suspension/Not Meet status may submit a written appeal with supporting documentation to the Financial Aid SAP committee indicating what circumstances led to not meeting the SAP requirements. Upon review of the written appeal and all supporting documents the Financial Aid Appeals committee will respond via email regarding the decision.  

Submitted appeals must include the following: 

·         Detailed circumstances that affected your academic performance with official supporting documentation.

·         A plan for meeting SAP at the end of the enrollment period/semester.

Circumstances may include death of an immediate family member, unexpected injury or illness of student or other mitigating circumstance. All circumstances must have supporting documentation (transcripts are not considered supporting documentation). Appeal request without supporting documentation will not be reviewed and will be returned to the sender.  

Please note that all documentation must include the students’ name and be related to the specific period which the academic performance was affected. It is important that the submitted information be as explicit as possible in detailing circumstances and how it affected the academic performance. 

Appeals must be submitted by the published deadline date, those submitted after the deadline date will not be reviewed until after the walk-in registration period.     

The Financial Aid Appeals committee will review the appeal request and respond via email regarding the decision. The Financial Aid Appeals committee reserves the right to request a financial aid academic plan requiring the student to meet certain standards in the upcoming semester that would lead to the re-establishment of eligibility and upon your agreement if any terms of the plan are not met you will be placed in a Not Meet status for the next enrollment period/semester. 

Please note that students will be limited to two appeals during their undergraduate and graduate careers. 

The inclusion of the documentation as outlined above does not guarantee that the appeal request will be granted. Each case is considered individually and it should be noted that in general individual appeal requests cannot be granted based on the same circumstances. Please note: appeal letters submitted without any supporting documentation will not be reviewed. Appeal request submitted after the deadline will not be reviewed until after the walk-in registration period. NO EXCEPTIONS. 

Upon receipt of all required items, appeal requests will be reviewed and a reply will be issued as quickly as possible, generally within 10 (ten) business days. Students will be notified via BSU email. Appeals can take longer during walk-in registration and peak periods. 

DEADLINE TO SUBMIT ALL DOCUMENTS: August 17, 2011 (Fall 2011) and January, 18, 2012 (Spring Only)