<p>i went to a college in north fl and had to withdraw due to illness and now i transfered to a different college and said becuase i dont have a gpa i cant get financial aid i feel thi is false becuase the college i transfered from had me approved and was paying for it so please any info would be appicated because im completely at a loss as to why a program that helps students is ending up hurting me</p>
<p>You need to make an appointment with the financial aid officer at your new college so that you can sit down with that person and ask all of your questions. Be very polite and cooperative about this. They will be able to tell you what you need to do to qualify for financial aid. Once you know that, all you need to do is follow those specific steps and things should be OK.</p>
<p>When you withdrew from your north FL school, did you owe money? Did you have any federal money paying for your education? If so, you may be caught in a Return to Title IV issue. If you had federal money (Stafford loans, both subsidized and unsubsidized), Perkins, Pell, SEOG, etc. then depending on when you withdrew, you may be required to return money you received. This is a federal law.</p>
<p>How many credits have you attempted vs. how many have you earned? For Satisfactory Academic Progress, you must earn 75% of attempted hours, or you will not be permitted to continue to receive financial aid. Withdrawn courses count as attempted but not earned on your financial aid transcript.</p>
<p>I am wondering about the comment from the new school regarding not having a GPA. They may think the OP failed all classes, and their SAP policy may be such that they do not give aid if a student failed SAP at a previous school. It’s hard to say. The thing you need to do is find out EXACTLY what the new school means by that comment, and find out what you need to do to get aid from them.</p>
<p>I agree that there could be an R2T4 problem due to the withdrawal, but the new school didn’t say that this student wasn’t eligible for federal aid … they said the student didn’t have a gpa.</p>