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> Winona State University > Student Life > Financial Aid > Satisfactory Academic Progress
Minimum Standards of Satisfactory Academic Progress For Financial Aid Recipients Note: This standard became effective fall semester 2007 Financial Aid Satisfactory Academic Progress (FASAP) relates specifically to participation in Federal and State student financial aid programs. This standard has no direct bearing upon ability to enroll at WSU. The WSU Academic Probation and Suspension Policy is separate from FASAP and is administered by the Office of Advising and Retention. Each policy has a separate appeal process. Please refer to the following web site for information about the WSU Academic Probation and Suspension Policy. http://www.winona.edu/advising/suspension.htm I) Qualitative Measure
Students are required to maintain a minimum financial aid Satisfactory Academic Progress Grade Point Average (SAP GPA). WSU and consortium agreement credits are used to compute the SAP GPA. Please refer to Section VIII D below for a description of consortium agreement credits. A) Undergraduate Students An undergraduate student with the following number of WSU attempted credits at the end of a semester must have the at least the minimum listed SAP GPA: 1 – 15 WSU attempted credits 1.75 minimum SAP GPA. 16 or more WSU attempted credits 2.00 minimum SAP GPA. 1+ Graduate credit 3.00 minimum SAP GPA.
II) Quantitative Measure A) Required Completion Percentage A student must have at least the minimum listed Required Completion Percentage. To measure a student’s completion percentage: Combine WSU earned credits and consortium credits to obtain cumulative earned credits. Combine WSU attempted credits and consortium attempted credits to obtain cumulative attempted credits. Divide the cumulative earned credits by the cumulative attempted credits to obtain the completion percentage. 67% minimum Required Completion Percentage.B) Maximum Time Frame Students may not exceed the maximum number of attempted credits listed below and continue to receive financial aid: Undergraduate Student: May not exceed 192 attempted credits. Post Baccalaureate (2nd degree) Student: May not exceed 64 attempted credits. Graduate Student: May not exceed 45 attempted credits. Contact the Financial Aid Office for programs with degree requirements exceeding 30 credits.
III) Evaluation Period Financial aid Satisfactory Academic Progress is evaluated at the end of each semester including the summer term.
IV) Failure to Meet Standards: At the end of each semester, including summer term, all students are reviewed for financial aid Satisfactory Academic Progress. Financial aid SAP suspension holds are placed for all students not meeting the standards. Students with special circumstances which have caused the record to read as it does may appeal the suspension. See the “Appeals” section for details.
V) Notification Fall Semester Review: At the end of fall semester, a notice of suspension is sent to students who have filed the FAFSA for the current academic year and have a financial aid SAP hold. Spring Semester Review: At the end of spring semester, a notice of suspension is sent to students who have filed the FAFSA for either the current or next academic year and have a financial aid SAP hold. Summer Term Review: At the end of summer term, a notice of suspension is sent to students who have filed the FAFSA for the next academic year and have a financial aid SAP hold. If the FAFSA has not yet been received for a student with a financial aid SAP hold, no notice of suspension is sent. When the FAFSA is received for a student with a financial aid SAP hold, the suspension notice is sent. In all cases the suspension is effective immediately. No further processing of the student's aid application takes place. Any costs already incurred are the responsibility of the student and arrangements must be made with Accounts Receivable.
VI) Appeals Students who have experienced a special circumstance may submit written reviews to the Financial Aid Satisfactory Progress Review Committee to have their situation reviewed for possible reinstatement of aid. In order for an appeal to be approved you must demonstrate that you have experienced extraordinary circumstances which directly affected your ability to maintain satisfactory progress. Examples might be illness, hospitalization, death of a relative, etc. To submit a review the student must submit the following documentation to the Financial Aid Office: 1. Satisfactory Progress Review Form (sent with the notice of suspension) 2. Letter from the student explaining why the student has fallen below standards and why aid should be reinstated. 3. Third party letter documenting the student's special circumstances. When the appeal is approved the student retains financial aid eligibility under an appeal status for one semester. Minimum academic standards for the semester are specified and communicated as part of the appeal resolution. When the cumulative standards are met the student returns to a status of good standing at the end of the appeal semester. When the cumulative standards are not met, the qualitative and quantitative performances for the appeal semester are reviewed. If the minimum standards are met as specified in the appeal for the semester, the appeal status is continued for another semester. If the minimum standards specified in the appeal are not met, the appeal status is removed and financial aid eligibility is suspended.
VII) Reinstatement Students are able to request reinstatement of aid for future semesters/terms once deficiencies have been made up and the record once again meets the minimum standards of financial aid Satisfactory Academic Progress. In addition, students may appeal after an absence if there is a valid reason to appeal. Contact the Financial Aid Office for the steps to follow. Aid cannot be reinstated for a semester in which the student is academically ineligible.
VIII) Additional Elements A) Treatment of grades WSU courses receiving grades of A, B, C, D, F, W (withdrawal), P (pass), NC (no-credit), I (incomplete), IP (in progress), Z (no grade reported), HA (Honors) and HB (Honors) are considered to be credits attempted for purposes of monitoring the financial aid Satisfactory Academic Progress standard. WSU courses, which receive, grades A, B, C, D, P, HA and HB are counted as satisfactorily completed for purposes of monitoring the financial aid Satisfactory Academic Progress standard.
B) Academic Pardon Credits for which students have been granted Academic Pardon are included in calculation of the cumulative GPA, completion percentage and maximum time frame for purposes of monitoring the financial aid Satisfactory Academic Progress standard. C) Audited Courses Any courses being audited do not count as credits attempted or credits earned and are not funded. D) Consortium Credits Credits for which financial aid is received under a consortium agreement are recorded in the Student Data system to be included in cumulative GPA, completion percentage, and maximum time-frame calculations as transfer credits. E) Remedial Credits Classes in this category are considered attempted for purposes of monitoring the Required Completion Percentage. Up to 30 remedial credits are excluded from the Maximum Time Frame calculation. F) Repeated Courses When a student repeats a course, only the last grade received and credits earned are counted in the grade point average and as earned credits for this standard. However, the credits are considered to be attempted each time the course is taken. For financial aid Satisfactory Academic Progress there is not a limit on the number of times a single course may be repeated. G) Transfer Credits Transfer credits accepted by WSU are not counted as credits attempted for calculation of cumulative completion percentage, and grades associated with these credits are not used in calculating cumulative GPA. Transfer credits accepted by WSU apply toward the Maximum Time Frame calculation. H) Withdrawal If a student withdraws from the University before financial aid disbursement, the student does not receive any aid since no progress has been made toward a degree. The student must pay expenses from his or her own funds. Standard University refund policies and procedures are followed when a student withdraws from the institution for any reason during the term after student aid has been disbursed. Withdrawal credits are considered credits attempted for purposes of monitoring the financial aid Satisfactory Academic Progress standard.
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