<p>i just started college this summer, completed 2 classes because i haven't stepped in a classroom for 15 yrs just to get the feel of things. Pass both with A's and just 3 weeks before i start my fall classes i get a email from financial aid telling me that my aid was suspended, i called them but their systems were down so i have to wait til sunday to call again too see why. But i would love to know why it was suspended when i pass both classes</p>
<p>Might not have anything to do with your classes. It might have to do with Financial aid issues. Wait to call on Monday.</p>
<p>Call the school on Monday, not Sunday.</p>
<p>it said something about not completely 66.7 percent of credits???</p>
<p>Oh, that’s called the completion rate. IIRC, the Feds and colleges require students to post A-D/P grades in 2/3rds of attempted credits to be eligible for aid. Any Fs or Withdrawals on your record from that college, even from 15 years ago? Call and ask to appeal your aid suspension. It’s part of SAP (Satisfactory Academic Progress), I’m guessing.</p>
<p>you completed two classes for how many credits?</p>
<p>Did you also start another class and then drop it? If so, then how many credits was that class? </p>
<p>If you dropped a 4 credit class, and you completed two 3 credit classes, then you attempted 10 credits, but only completed 6 credits…only 60% </p>
<p>This is out of the box…but 15 years ago when you did go to college, did you have less than a successful time? Any chance you dropped or failed a number of courses then?</p>
<p>If they mentioned 66% completion rate, they are suggesting you did not meet Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP). Every school has a SAP guideline, AND every school has an appeals process.</p>
<p>If this is from THIS summer…that is one thing. </p>
<p>If it is from 15 years ago, I would think you have a good chance on appeal of getting this aid reinstated. You need to find out the appeals process from the college…and work on it ASAP. Your main message, I would think, would be that now…15 years later…you are better prepared to take on the academic challenges of college. Note what work you have successfully done on the meantime, and the success this summer.</p>
<p>While you are waiting to call, take it upon yourself to understand how financial aid works. If you have federal aid read the federal aid pages and also read your student handbook about SAP, you should have that online if you don’t have a physical copy.</p>