<p>We just got the tuition bill for fall semester, and the scholarship wasn’t credited. We think my son lost his scholarship because I filed the FAFSA after March 1st. Has that happened to anyone else? Any suggestions on fighting this? Is it possible to over turn it?</p>
<p>Have your son check the Financial Aid tab on the MyAu portal. This tab shows all the aid: merit and need-based grants as well as loans. Then follow-up with a call to the Financial Aid office tomorrow. Good luck - hope everything works out.</p>
<p>Don’t give up yet. It’s more likely that you have not gone on AUPortal and officially “accepted” your award package. Agree with NJ Mom-check AuPortal Financial Aid page and then call tomorrow. Good luck.</p>
<p>Looks like it may not be because of the FAFSA- my son didn’t read it fully and forgot that he has an incomplete in one course. He broke his arm the day before his last exam, and couldn’t take the exam. He’s calling the financial aid office today and now has an incentive to finish up that exam.</p>
<p>My son called the financial aid office today, it was his incomplete in one course that kept the package from being offered. But he’ll get it, he just has to get a grade in that course. Now he has an incentive to take the exam sooner rather than later. (He was waiting for his arm to be healed and he just got the all clear on Monday.) Whew! What a relief! I was so panicked, he only chose AU over the other schools because of his great scholarship, but if he didn’t get the scholarship, he would have gone to a state school.</p>
<p>Thanks for posting the resolution to this issue. I have a daughter headed to AU. It would have given me fits to read about a horrible (and expensive!) mix-up that never got resolved.</p>
<p>I’m so glad it got resolved in your favor, too.</p>
<p>Your son should have received a letter stating that the scholarship was in danger and with instructions for an appeal process. The academic scholarships are dependent on GPA and attaining the correct number of credits per semester. In my daughter’s case, she needed 15 credits per semester. She didn’t realize that and dropped a class when she had mono. She was still full time, but not 15 credits. She made up the course during the summer, but when she rec’d the letter, she panicked. A simple appeal, with a letter, including proof of diagnosis, multiple visits to student health and the enrollment in the summer session and the appeal was approved.<br>
The letter did come to her though, not to us.</p>