<p>Last semester, my financial aid was suspended due to my GPA being under a 2.0 (it was a 1.768). I appealed the ruling and it was approved so I was put on financial aid probation along with academic probation due to my grades. I worked my tail off this semester, raised my grade above a 2.0 (2.065) and was very confident that I would be returning to the university since I raised my grade above the retention level which is a 1.8 due to my credit hours. Besides doing all of that and raising my GPA above satisfactory, I was STILL put on financial aid suspension due to my completion percentage and only due to that since my GPA was above a 2.0. What do you think my chances of getting appealed for the 2nd straight semester is? Is it more possible since I'm in good academic standing or should I just go ahead and apply for community college since I already got it appealed one time and it's unlikely to get appealed for a 2nd time? Help</p>
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<p>??? You worked your tail off this semester and still got rather low grades? Are you sure that college is for you? Do you realize that you’re going to have to do a LOT better?</p>
<p>Do you realize that when other students “work their tails off” they get at least a 3.0??</p>
<p>Yes, I did work my tail off this semester. Even though my grades don’t show it, I did. I attended all of my classes, even went to the tutoring center on campus to get some help with classes. I raised my cumulative GPA up above a 2.0, which is well above the retention requirements due to my credit hours. I still struggled this semester with some courses, but I ended up passing all of them and ended up grade replacing 2 courses in which i failed the previous semester. So yes, I did work my tail off.</p>
<p>I would recommend going to a community college until you can improve your grades. You are obviously struggling way too much at your current school.</p>
<p>I’ve calculated my completed hours compared to my attempted hours. I calculated that after this semester, I’ve completed 31 of my 43 hours (72% completion). I failed 4 classes my freshman year due to family issues and adjusting to the course load of college. I passes all of my classes the first semester of my 2nd yearThe minimum for my university is an 80% completion rate. Since I only have a 72% completion rate, I was suspended of my financial aid. However, even if I passed all of my classes next semester (16 credit hours), I will STILL be below the 80% completion rate. It will roughly around 79.6%. I think I just screwed myself because of my first year. And if they don’t round up the completion percentage next semester to 80%, which I doubt they will, then I will be suspended next semester too regardless of how well my grades are.</p>
<p>“Completion percentage”??? I don’t get what happened. Did they give you a specific reason in the notice that your aid was being suspended?</p>
<p>Anyway, if you’re struggling to maintain a 2.0 you might lose aid again in the near future since your college courses in the future may be harder than the ones that you are in now (assuming you are a freshman or a sophomore). In your appeal, I would try to come up with reasoning on how you can improve your scores so that you’re not squeaking by. I understand that if you are starting from a 1.7 it might be hard to get much higher than that the very next semester but you want a comfortable margin, not a handful of basis points above suspension.</p>
<p>But first things first - what was the actual, specific reason why you are suspended again? “Completion percentage” doesn’t seem to make any sense to me – anyone else know more about what that means?</p>
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See <a href=“https://studentaid.ed.gov/eligibility/staying-eligible”>https://studentaid.ed.gov/eligibility/staying-eligible</a>
For example, see <a href=“http://financialaid.unt.edu/sap[quote]Pace”>Satisfactory Academic Progress | University of North Texas
“Completion percentage” or “Pace” for OP’s school is 80% which is very high.</p>
<p>On the email my school sent me, it states that “if a student doesn’t complete at least 80% of the courses that they attempt, they will be placed on Financial Aid warning or suspension.”</p>
<p>Ohh that is pretty tough. Thanks for the clarification.</p>
<p>Do you feel confident that you will be able to make that hurdle going forward? The reason I ask is because having to retake or withdraw from a lot of classes each semester might damage your ability to graduate in time and put you at risk of actually exhausting your aid limits (not just a suspension you can appeal).</p>
<p>It is worth asking for the appeal again. They will see that you are making positive progress–getting better and not worse. I hope you can do better in the future when you don’t have so many units to take.</p>