Catalog 2010-2011 - South Texas College

During the appeal process the student must beprepared to pay his/her own expenses, such astuition, fees, books, supplies, etc.Please follow the procedure below to appeal aFinancial Aid Suspension.4 A Financial Aid Appeal form must beobtained and submitted to the STC FinancialAid office.4 Documentation supporting the extenuatingcircumstances must be available for review.4 Appeals will be approved/disapproved bythe Financial Aid Appeals Committee.4 All decisions made by the Financial AidAppeals Committee are final.4 It is the student’s responsibility to follow upwith the Financial Aid office two weeks aftersubmitting a complete appeal form with all ofthe required documentation to determine thestatus of the appeal.ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONComplete withdrawals and the Financial AidSatisfactory Academic Progress PolicyStudents who withdraw from the college muststill maintain satisfactory academic progress. Acomplete withdrawal will always have a negativeeffect on a student’s standing under the policy.If a student withdraws from school during thesemester, his/her grades for the semester will beall W’s. These grades are not passing therefore thestudent did not meet the 67 percent completion raterequirement and will be placed either on FinancialAid Probation or Suspension depending on whattheir status was before the semester began.Maximum Time Frame Adjustment for Changeof MajorStudents will be allowed to change their declaredmajor once and have some credits excludedfrom the Maximum Time Frame calculation. Alldevelopmental courses and academic courseswhere the student earned grades of “F”, “W”,“I”, “IP”, “NP”, “WP”, “WF”, “DP” or “DF” willbe excluded from the Maximum Time Framecalculation.Academic Probation and SuspensionStudents on academic probation or academicsuspension will automatically be placedon Financial Aid Probation or Financial AidSuspension. If a student successfully appeals hisacademic probation or suspension, that appealhas no effect on his standing with the FinancialAid Satisfactory Academic Progress Policy; hewill still be on Financial Aid Suspension. Pleasereference to the Appeals Process Section formore information.Students who graduate and return to STC fora second degreeIf a student graduates from STC and re-enrolls atSTC to pursue another program, all developmentalcourses and academic courses where the studentearned grades of “F”, “W”, “I”, “IP”, “NP”, “WP”,“WF”, “DP” or “DF” will be included from theMaximum Time Frame calculation. Students mayrequest an additional review by providing a degreeplan furnished by the office of Counseling andAdvising, to our Financial Aid office.The degree plan will be reviewed by a FinancialAid Professional to determine exactly which credithours from the graduated program apply to thestudent’s new program of study.Classes from the program the student graduatedfrom, which do not count toward graduation forthe student’s new program, will be eliminated fromthe total. These reviews are done on a first comefirst serve basis.Notification of status under the FAO SatisfactoryAcademic Progress PolicyStudents placed on FA Probation or FA Suspensionwill be notified in writing of their status after gradesare available on STC’s computer system.The Effect of Developmental Course Work onthe MTF CalculationThirty (30) credit hours of developmental coursework will be eliminated from the Maximum TimeFrame calculation. After the student attemptsmore than 30 credit hours of developmentalcoursework, any additional developmental credithours attempted will count in the Maximum TimeFrame calculation.The Effect of Dropping a CourseStudents who reduce their course load by droppinga course after the semester has begun risk noncomplianceunder the 67 percent completion raterequirements.Transfer Hours and Maximum Time FrameTransfer hours which have an STC equivalent arecounted in the Maximum Time Frame calculation.Students may request an additional review byproviding a degree plan furnished by the officeof Counseling and Advising, to our Financial Aidoffice. These reviews are done on a first comefirst serve basis.The Effect of Financial Aid Suspension onFinancial Aid AwardsTitle IV Aid consists of grants and work study;therefore, all grants and work study awards willbe cancelled (or discontinued in the case ofwork study), if the student is on Financial AidSuspension.Consortium Agreements and the SatisfactoryAcademic Progress PolicyWhen South Texas College has a consortiumagreement with a participating institution, thestudent must meet the Satisfactory AcademicProgress Policy of the institution that is awardingaid.The Effect of Repeating CoursesThere is no specific limitation on the number oftimes a student may attempt a course under theFinancial Aid Satisfactory Academic ProgressPolicy. All course attempts, even repeated courseswill count against the student’s Maximum TimeFrame limit. Please refer to the Maximum TimeFrame Section of this catalog.73