<p>I messed up this year and I will not have made satisfactory academic progress (too many W's). My financial aid adviser said that my chances of a successful appeal are slim.</p>
<p>Can I transfer to, say, a community college for a year and get financial aid through them? Is a financial aid citation for academic progress universal? </p>
<p>Really worried. Thanks.</p>
<p>I should also add that I applied for financial aid at the CC and did get an award package, however they obviously don’t know that I will get rejected for aid at the end of this spring term. So, Is there a federal database for financial aid that will reject me everywhere if I’m rejected at one school for academic progress citation?</p>
<p>All schools have to have SAP (satisfactory academic progress) rules for financial aid. The CC will review your transcript and take it into account. The ones I am familiar with take into account all the classes you have taken at any college. They can vary somewhat from school to school though. My daughter’s school requires that a student have successfully completed 75% of all classes attempted. I recall another poster saying their school required 67%. So you would have to check with any potential school. One possibility might be that after a semester at a CC you might be able to reestablish eligibility for aid.</p>
<p>Did you have any warning or probationary period? My son was once denied aid but was re-awarded it on appeal and was on probation for that semester.</p>
<p>Hi, and thanks for your reply. Yes, it’s 67% at my college currently, and I won’t meet it. I will appeal but as I said, I was told it’s a “one in a million” that I will be granted the appeal because this is the second time in my college career that I’ve been cited(already granted an appeal once. Embarrassing to admit). </p>
<p>I can reestablish at my current school after a successful semester elsewhere. What I’m wondering is, while I take those classes “elsewhere,” am I eligible for aid at *that * “elsewhere” institution? I have already been awarded an aid package at the prospective “elsewhere” community college, however I have not been officially rejected for aid at my home college yet (will be at the end of spring term). </p>
<p>So I’m wondering if there is a federal database that will pull up a universal red flag to all universities once I am denied at my home institution?</p>
<p>(I’m not transferring any credits to the community college, so if it’s not federally recognized via financial aid, I just simply won’t transfer my current spring semester).</p>
<p>I am not aware of any federal database that would redflag you. However the CC will get your transcript from your current college and will take it into account when determining your eligibility for aid. Whether they deny you aid will be based on their SAP rules.</p>
<p>"However the CC will get your transcript from your current college "</p>
<p>How? I took courses this fall and didn’t offer a transcript update (I applied to the CC a previous year) and nothing has been updated at the CC. Thanks again for your help.</p>
<p>If you are applying for federal aid through the CC I believe they will see that you have been receiving aid elsewhere this year. Not having produced your transcript as required when attending a new school may make them less likely to consider any sort of appeal.</p>
<p>If you enroll at the CC as a degree-seeking student (which you will have to do in order to be eligible for financial aid) you will have to send them official copies of your college transcript(s).</p>
<p>But the bigger question here is what exactly is not going right with your life so that you are headed into your second academic suspension in one year? What are you going to change about your study habits and your other behavior(s) so that you can stay on track at the CC or elsewhere? If you truly don’t want to be in college right now, there is no shame in admitting that. Take a year or two off from college and figure out what you want to do with your life, and whether a college degree is meaningful for that goal.</p>
<p>Wishing you all the best.</p>