<p>So I got an email from the community college I attend saying that I have become disqualified from receiving financial aid for the 2010-2011 year because my completion rate is below 67%. The situation is that I took two classes this summer, but I withdrew from one because the professor was going too fast for me to keep up. I understand this puts me at 50% for this summer session, but does it make sense for me to lose my financial aid for the whole 2010-2011 over a single "W" or is this some kind of mistake? My grades for Fall 09 were A A B and Spring10 were A A A B, Summer 10 B W. Tried calling my financial aid office but they are closed. If anyone could assist me on this one I would be greatly appreciative.</p>
<p>Tomorrow at 8:00 am be outside the door of the counseling office at your CC. Take all of your paperwork with you, and don’t forget to bring some snacks because you will probably have a long wait considering that classes start next week(?) and there will be people who arrived even before you did. The counselors will be able to tell you if they can fix things or if you also need to specifically meet with the financial aid office.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Generally there is an appeal process. This is done through the FA department not your counselor. Ask the financial aid department about this and what it entails. My son had to do a financial aid appeal and it involved writing a letter explaining why he did not met SAP (satisfactory academic progress) and what he planned to do differently in the future. No excuses, just explain politely and explain why you need the aid. If it is the first time you have had problems with your aid they will hopefully gran an appeal but you will likely be on probation. make sure you meet the requirements of the probation as there is not usually a second appeal.</p>
<p>For the future make sure you don’t ever drop classes without talking to the financial aid department to make sure it will not affect your aid. Better to check before than find out when you lose it. SAP is based on all the classes you have taken whether or not you have been receiving financial aid. My son actually got denied for not meeting SAP even though he had never applied for or received aid before. Fortunately he was granted aid on appeal.</p>