APPEAL
Students have the right to appeal a loss of eligibility if unusual circumstances
prevented them from achieving the required
standards. Proof of such circumstances
will be required. Appeals must be submitted
to the Financial Aid Office.
REGAINING TITLE IV ELIGIBILITY
If dismissed, students who have lost eligibility may return as non-matriculated
students upon approval by the appropriate
office and may register for courses
at their own expense. Upon the satisfactory
completion of these courses, and meeting
the required standards of progress,
they may apply for a change from non-matriculated
to matriculated status. In order to
regain eligibility for Title IV, the
student must repeat a certain number
of courses for which the student received
a grade of F, W, or AW. These repeated
courses will not count as courses attempted
when repeated for the first time, but
will count in the student’s GPA. Subsequent
repeat attempts will be counted as courses
attempted.
COURSE WITHDRAWAL/CHANGE OF PROGRAM
Students who wish to withdraw from a course must do so by the date indicated
in the Academic Calendar (available in the Student Services Office and the Office of the Registrar). Withdrawal
forms must be completed in the Student
Services Office or Bachelor’s Program
Office. Withdrawal from a course after
the announced final withdrawal date, without formal permission, automatically merits a grade of F.
Withdrawal from a course(s) which results in less than full-time status during
the add/drop period (week 1 and 2),
will affect the student’s enrollment
status and financial aid.
NON-MATRICULATED AND NON-TITLE IV SEMESTERS
During semesters which are non-matriculated or in which the student does not
receive any Title IV assistance, all appropriate courses taken will count as courses attempted for the
cumulative quantitative analysis.
For example, a student who begins as a non-matriculated student and takes 6-credits
and then matriculates the following semester, receives Title IV aid and takes 12-cred-its, will have attempted
18-credits.
While the credits attempted during these semesters must be counted in the cumulative
quantitative analysis, the semester does not count in moving a student up on the standards of progress
chart.
PART-TIME STUDY
Any semester in which a student takes less than 12 credits or credit equivalents will be considered a part-time semester.
Classes taken during a part-time semester will count as credits attempted as
long as they meet the above-men-tioned
criteria.
All part-time semesters will count as one-half a semester for the purposes
of moving a student forward on the standards
of progress chart.
Any time a student has a one-half semester completed
(i.e. 2.5, 3.5, etc.), the student will be held to the lowersemester requirements.
NEW YORK STATE FINANCIAL AID PROGRAMS
TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (TAP)
The Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) is an entitlement program that provides
for grant assistance to those students who qualify. Students’ actual grants will vary depending upon their family
status, prior year’s income, and prior
TAP usage. The maximum award is determined
by the New York State Legislature
when the state’s budget is passed.
Students wishing to apply for TAP must file the FAFSA listing the New York
State school they are planning to
attend. NYS Higher Education Services
Corporation (HESC) will mail students
an Express TAP Application (ETA) based
on the current information reported
on their FAFSA. If a PIN was used
when filing the FAFSA, an ETA may
not be needed.
