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Students will be assumed to have made satisfactory academic progress (based on their term GPA’s fromthe combined periods) unless otherwise noted. Students who fail to receive satisfactory academicprogress will be notified via a letter prior to the beginning of the next term. A notation of the loss ofsatisfactory academic progress will be made in their financial aid file. Students will receive another letterwhen they re-gain satisfactory academic progress and a notation of that change will be made in theirfinancial aid folder.Students who miss the 70% successful completion requirement due to grade of L in a course OR aninadequate grade (less than the GPA required for their degree) or withdrawal in their first attempt tocomplete any given required language course will not lose satisfactory academic progress for inadequacyor withdrawal in one (and only one) of these courses per semester. See the Financial Aid Director or theRegistrar for further details.A student not progressing toward completion of a degree in an appropriate manner (taking theappropriate courses for a degree, etc.) as determined by the Registrar shall become ineligible for financialaid. A student in his/her first semester of probation may keep his/her loan eligibility for that semesterwith the permission of the Registrar and the Financial Aid Director. In some cases, students initiallyadmitted on academic probation are eligible for financial aid.Staff members pursuing degree completion within a timely fashion (as evidenced by completion ofadequate hours to meet the time limit for the desired degree) will be subject to the normal satisfactoryacademic progress rules.It is recommended that students meet with their academic advisor at least once a year to review progresstoward their degree. For most students, this will occur during academic planning when they alsopreregister for courses in the upcoming year. Master of Theology students meet with the ThM director.Doctor of Ministry students are reviewed by the DMin director.Loss of Eligibility. Students who fail to meet satisfactory academic progress requirements are ineligiblefor financial aid for the next semester. Students who were full-time in the semester when eligibility waslost must successfully complete a full-time semester (or its equivalent credit hours) of work to be eligiblefor reinstatement. Similarly, students who were half-time in the semester when eligibility was lost mustsuccessfully complete a half-time semester (or its equivalent credit hours) of work to be reinstated.If satisfactory academic progress is maintained for the requisite term(s), eligibility for financial aid may bereinstated for the following semester. Students are required to apply to the Financial Aid Director for[28]