Financial Aid
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| Standards of Satisfactory Progress for Financial Aid Eligibility |
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| Federal regulations require that schools participating in federal financial aid programs determine whether students are progressing through their programs of study in a satisfactory qualitative academic manner, and at a satisfactory qualitative rate of progress. |
| If a student does not maintain satisfactory progress according to the guidelines defined below, the student will be placed on financial aid probation for one semester. Students on financial aid probation have access to any aid which they are eligible for during a regular semester. If the satisfactory progress guidelines defined below are not met during the probation period, a student will then be placed on financial aid suspension, which terminates eligibility. |
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| Qualitative Academic Standard: |
| In accordance with the North Dakota State College of Science Academic Standards, students are expected to maintain a grade point average that is equal to or greater than the college's minimum requirements as stated in the College Catalog. |
| At the conclusion of each semester the cumulative institutional grade point average will be evaluated for all students at North Dakota State College of Science. |
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| Quantitative rate of progress: |
| Maximum Time Frame: Students must complete their program within 150 percent of the published length of the program. |
| Minimum percentage of completed hours: Students are required to successfully complete 67 percent of their attempted credit hours. This percentage will be calculated for both cumulative and current credits. Credit hours attempted per term will be determined by the registered number of credits on the census date (8th class day) including course repeats. |
| Credit hours completed per term will mean those credits for classes in which a student received a passing grade of A, B, C, D or S. Credit hours not completed include classes with Grades of F, I, U, W, AU or NR. |
| Once a student has registered, it is especially important to evaluate any decision to drop credits. Substitution of one course for another should not be a problem, unless you subsequently fail the course or receive an incomplete instead of a passing grade. |
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| Criteria for re-establishing eligibility: |
| Students who have been determined ineligible for Federal Financial Aid due to satisfactory progress may re-establish satisfactory progress and regain eligibility by satisfying one of the following conditions: |
| 1. Complete one semester successfully without financial aid. Two-thirds of the credit hours attempted must be completed with a minimum of 2.00 GPA. |
| 2. Complete course work to remove an incomplete from the transcript if all other satisfactory progress requirements are met. |
| 3. Students may re-establish eligibility following a three-year period of non-enrollment at the North Dakota State College of Science. |
| 4. Students may appeal to re-establish financial aid eligibility on the basis of extenuating circumstances. Such appeals will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis. If an appeal is approved, the student's eligibility for financial aid will be reinstated. |
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| Students who re-establish eligibility for financial aid will receive that aid on a probationary status. The satisfactory progress requirements must be met in order to remain eligible. |
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| Application for reinstatement of eligibility (pdf) |
| Appeal for reinstatement of eligibility should be submitted as soon as possible to insure financial aid availability at the time of fee payment. |
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| Exceptions to the suspension policy: |
| Any student who received a term GPA 0.00 (F or I in all courses attempted) will automatically be placed on financial aid suspension and will not receive a financial aid probation period. |
| Any student whose enrollment is canceled administratively due to non-attendance will automatically be placed on financial aid suspension. |
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