<p>I just found out that my financial aid is suspended for this upcoming spring semester. This fall was my first semester back at my community college after a 2 year break where I pretty much took the time to grow up. It was my first time receiving financial aid and I did very well. I switched my major, enjoyed being back in school, and made dean's list. I'm ready for my next semester, but I found out that I failed my schools SAP 67% completion rate because of the substantial amount of withdrawals when I wasn't taking anything seriously fresh out of high school. I'm planning to appeal the suspension but I do not know if simply "maturing" or "growing up" is something the financial aid office will take into consideration for appeal. I'm hoping that showing my study skills have increased, and making deans list with a 3.7 this past semester will help. I am taking 7 credits this semester and paying out of pocket, but I really need to be taking more if I plan to transfer to a four year school soon.</p>
<p>what you just stated on your post is pretty good, since you took some time off and came back with huge improvement should be good enough as an appeal letter, were you a freshman before you left ? If so you could start off by saying how you were a freshman that time and everything was new to you and you were still adjusting, how much credits do you have in total now and how much did you take last semester ? By the way, just curious, how much are you paying for those 7 credits you are taking ?</p>
<p>Well in total now after last semester I have around 70 attempted credits, and only 30 completed. This is all over the course of 5 years. My school states that you NEED documentation on as to why you were not focused and couldn’t meet the 67%. I took 12 credits last semester. And I’m paying just around 1000 dollars for the 7 credits this semester.</p>
<p>You got financial aid last term with that record? You need to sit down with the financial aid director and find out exactly what you need and what you can do to appeal to get anything more. Was it an oversight that you even got the aid last term, since your percentage had to be better now than it was when you started the year, or did you drop this last term to put you over?</p>
<p>Or did you just find out that you did not meet SAP last semester - so were not eligible last semester, either? If you can successfully appeal, you will be eligible to receive for both last semester & this semester, I believe. The appeal should focus on what has changed in your life that will allow you to be successful this time around. Since you have already completed a semester of the “new you,” you can point to your success fall semester as proof of the change.</p>
<p>No I didn’t drop anything last semester. I went to go talk to and advisor about the appeal process, but the office said I needed a written letter before I could even talk to one. I have no problem being put on probation if I’m getting financial aid because I know I won’t screw this up again</p>