<p>Last school year I had applied for financial aid, I had applied late and wasn't counting on getting it. I decided I would just take one class and pay for it myself. I ended up not passing mainly because my mom flew me out of town before class ended and I decided I wouldn't take anymore the rest of the year.</p>
<p>I have applied for financial aid this year and they have told me I have been put on suspension because of the class I had failed. Is this right? I feel it is a bit unfair since I had never received or even accepted any financial aid at all last year. I also would have taken the class a lot more serious had the government been paying for it.</p>
<p>What should I do? I have never been more ready and excited to go to school but won't be able to if I don't receive financial aid.</p>
<p>It sounds like you perhaps had been on academic probation already at the time you dropped out of your class.
How many credits have you registered for and how many have you completed?</p>
<p>Doesn’t make any difference that you paid for it. SAP (satisfactory academic progress) policies don’t care how classes were paid for, just what your academic record is and whether you meet SAP. SAP policies usually require succesful completion of a certain % of all classes ever attempted (usually seems to be 67-75%), a minimum GPA, and not exceeding a certain percentage of attempted credit hours (often 150% of the hours required for your program).</p>
<p>You can appeal and explain why you failed and what you will do differently in the future. If they grant the appeal there will be conditions attached - make sure you meet the conditions or you will lose aid the following semester with no appeal.</p>
<p>Free advice…you should be serious about a class regardless of the source of payment. You took one course and you failed it. This means you did not make satisfactory academic progress. You need to contact YOUR university to find out what to do. We’re you a matriculated student (enrolled in a degree seeking program)? Did you originally register for a full course load of classes? Why were you only taking one class?</p>
<p>I had only taken one class because that was all that I could afford at the time since I didn’t receive financial aid. I understand I should have taken it seriously but I didn’t and I’m an idiot for that, I was just unmotivated because it was only one class. I believe it was 3 credits for that one class. </p>
<p>I had thought about an appeal but disregarded it right away since it was absolutely my own fault and thought they wouldn’t accept the appeal. Should I still apply for one?</p>
<p>It’s definitely possible that they won’t accept it. But there’s no way for you to get financial aid if they don’t, so you might as well try.</p>
<p>Yes, of course you should appeal. Explain why you think you did badly and what you will do differently this time round (hint - take full responsibility for your own actions and don’t make excuses). They may or may not grant the appeal, but the worst they can say is no. You have nothing to lose by appealing.</p>