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To receive financial
aid, the Federal Government requires students
to make Satisfactory Academic Progress towards
completing a degree or approved program. Progress
will be monitored at least at the end of each
academic year at SCC. Results are measured cumulatively,
so if a student has attended SCC in the past,
his transcript will be evaluated for Satisfactory
Academic Progress if he returns to SCC and applies
for financial aid, even if he has not received
aid in the past.
| Satisfactory Academic Progress
is measured in two ways. |
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Students must earn a 2.0 cumulative Grade
Point Average, which is consistent with the
requirements for graduation or completion
of a program. |
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Students are limited to the number of credit
hours they may attempt before finishing a
program of study. That limit is measured as
150% of the credit hours required for the
student’s current program. Therefore,
in order to be on track to complete a program
before financial aid ends, SCC requires students
to complete 70% of the courses they have attempted
on a cumulative basis. |
If a student is not making Satisfactory Academic
Progress, he will be notified and placed on financial
aid probation for the next semester he is in attendance
so that he will have an opportunity to regain Satisfactory
Academic Progress. He will receive any financial
aid for which he is eligible during this probationary
term.
Students have the right to file an appeal if
it is determined that they are not making Satisfactory
Academic Progress. The appeal must be made in
writing to the SCC Financial Aid Committee. Appeals
should be based on mitigating circumstances such
as severe illness of the student, death of an
immediate family member or a change of academic
program. Additional details of the Satisfactory
Academic Progress policy are available in a publication
from the SCC Financial Aid Office.
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