attempted too many units

<p>I am currently at community college. I have attempted over 90 units and have been disqualified for financial aid. I was wondering if I transfer to a four year university will my financial aid be reinstated by FAFSA?</p>

<p>It is not FAFSA that has denied you aid. it is because you don’t meet the school’s SAP because you exceed the maximum hours.</p>

<p>At a 4 year school, you should be eligible for aid (assuming you meet the parts of SAP - GPA, % of classes complete etc). You will need to make sure you complete your bachelors degree without wasting more credits as the 4 year school will also have a maximum number of credits.</p>

<p>Also be careful you do not run out of aid eligibility. Loans have an aggregate maximum (it ends up being a little more than 4 years of loans but less than 5 if you have max loans each year). Pell also has a maximum number of years.</p>

<p>When the 4 year school count credits, do they include the ones you earned from community college or do they count only the credits you take from them?</p>

<p>^^^
They usually count them all, or at least all the CC credits that they accepted. </p>

<p>The idea is that FA is supposed to help you get your BA/BS degree. It’s not to allow kids to take too many extra classes. There’s just not enough funding for that. Students are expected to progress thru, move on, and get out. lol</p>

<p>They count all the credits attempted anywhere (even if you have never received financial aid in the past)</p>

<p>Are you transferring with an aa certificate?</p>

<p>It sounds like you have never been to see the transfer adviser. I don’t understand why you are taking excess credits at a CC but it is not likely all will be accepted, usually you will need to complete two years study at the four year college in order to graduate from there. You had better make an appointment with an adviser right away to plan a strategy, as it is application time.</p>

<p>murkie -</p>

<p>Of those 90 credits attempted, how many were actually completed? You might be disqualified for further financial aid because too many credits have been dropped or failed resulting in lack of Satisfactory Academic Progress. If that is your problem, you need to go sit down with the financial aid office, and find out what you need to do to get back on track.</p>

<p>i have been a college transfer advisor at a cc & it was required to see an advisor in order to register.
However, if you arent making satisfactory academic progress, that would be a reason why your aid was pulled.</p>

<p>Thank you everyone for your replies.</p>

<p>My CC sent me a letter stating I have been disqualified because I do not meet the college’s Financial Aid Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) standards. The reason is because I have reached the Maximum Time Frame of 90 units. Currently, I have attempted 130 units. I took excess credits because I was undecided about my major and was switching around. </p>

<p>I know the SAP standards for an associate degree is that the student does not attempt more than 90 units. Does anyone know what is the unit limit for a BA?</p>

<p>Generally it is around 50% of the credits required for a particular degree. So if a bachelors requires 120 credits, the limit is 180 credits. As you have already attempted 130 that might leave you 50 credits. </p>

<p>Going forward, you need to be very conscious of your successful completion rate. If you have attempted 130 and have successfully completed only 90, that gives you a completion rate of slightly under 70%. Schools SAP requirements can vary a little, but the average requirement seems to be between 67%.</p>

<p>Also as mentioned before, there are caps on aid. For a dependent student, the aggregate loan limit for direct loans is around $31,000. Pell grant is limited to 6 years (a bit more complicated than that, but it gives you an approximate idea). If you have attempted 130 hours, it sounds like you have been going to school for a while.</p>