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Students suspended from financial aid have the option to appeal for their aid eligibility. Students who meet the following criteria will be considered.
*Potential circumstances include but are not limited to a medical condition such as student injury, illness, or mental health diagnosis, medical diagnosis of a family member or close friend, death of a family member or close friend, birth of the student's child, divorce, separation, adoption of a child, issues related to COVID-19, or other personal difficulties that were unexpected and beyond the student's control.
You will be notified via your MIX email that you must appeal your financial aid eligibility. Please note students may not receive notification until after their Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is received for the aid year.
If you are appealing due to issues related to COVID-19, select the "Personal Difficulties" box as one of your reasons for appealing, then explain the impact in the personal statement of the appeal and provide a screenshot or copy of unofficial transcripts showing your courses and grades for the applicable semester(s). You can select multiple reasons to appeal. For example, if your COVID-19-related issue is also medical, you would select both "Personal Difficulties" and "Medical Conditions Such As Student Injury, Illness, or Mental Health Diagnosis" on your appeal.
You will be notified of the outcome of your appeal via your MIX email. Please note you are responsible for making payment when your bill is due regardless of the status of the appeal.
The deadline for Spring 2026 has passed.
*Appeals submitted after the priority deadline for each semester will be processed as quickly as possible. However, due to high volume we cannot guarantee that financial aid will be offered by the payment deadlines if the appeal is approved. To avoid late payment fees, please be prepared to have alternative payment in place to cover your balance due by payment deadlines such as a monthly payment plan or a credit-based private loan from a lender that does not require Satisfactory Academic Progress.
Whatever the outcome of your appeal, below are some tips to assist you through the rest of the process.
You will be notified via your MIX email that the appeal has been approved.
If the appeal is not approved, you will be notified via your MIX email. You may consider other forms of funding such as:
Students can only appeal once per semester. Appeal decisions are final for the semester and cannot be appealed to a different level; however, students do have the option to appeal again for a future semester.
If your appeal was approved and you're on an Academic Success Plan, you will be reviewed at the end of each semester to ensure you are meeting the terms of your Plan (or if you have come in compliance with SAP standards*). If you do not meet the terms of your Academic Success Plan, you will immediately be suspended from aid eligibility. You do have the option of appealing again should that be the case.
*If you have come in compliance with SAP standards, your financial aid eligibility will continue.
Students can always appeal but only once per semester. Additional appeals submitted during an enrollment period would be reviewed for the next semester. If a student chooses to attend the semester for which the appeal was denied, they may consider paying out-of-pocket, utilizing the tuition payment plan to break institutional charges up into smaller payments, or pursuing credit-based loans from private lenders by searching for loans which do not require satisfactory academic progress.
The measurement of Satisfactory Academic Progress is determined by reviewing a student's overall attempted hours, overall earned hours, and overall GPA as determined by the University in adherence to the University’s Grading Policies and Academic Forgiveness Policy. If a student is granted academic forgiveness, they will be required to appeal if they do not meet satisfactory academic progress standards.
Students who have changed majors will continue to have all attempted hours and earned grades considered when evaluating academic progress.
Students who are readmitted are only eligible for financial aid if they are meeting the SAP policy. If not meeting the policy, they may follow the appeal process to see if their financial aid can be reinstated.
Students enrolling at the institution for the first time are initially considered to be making SAP. This includes incoming first-time freshmen and transfer students. The measurement of academic progress will be made at the conclusion of their spring semester and will include all transfer hours (if applicable) on the student's academic record.
All periods of enrollment must be included in the measurement of satisfactory academic progress, including semesters in which the student was enrolled but did not receive financial aid.
Refer to our Satisfactory Academic Progress Policy document for further details.