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FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Satisfactory Academic Progress
To receive nancial aid, the federal government requires students to make satisfac- tory academic progress toward completing a degree or approved program. Progress will be monitored at the end of each semester at SCC. Results are measured cumulatively, so if students have attended SCC in the past, their transcripts will be evaluated for satisfactory academic progress if they return to SCC and apply for nancial aid, even if they have not received aid in the past.
Satisfactory academic progress is measured in two ways:
1. Students must earn a 2.0 cumulative grade point average, which is consistent with
the requirements for graduation or completion of a program.
2. Students are limited to the number of credit hours they may attempt before nishing
a program of study. That limit is measured as 150% of the credit hours required for the student’s current program. Therefore, in order to be on track to complete a pro- gram before nancial aid ends, SCC requires students to complete 67% of the courses they have attempted on a cumulative basis.
If students are not making satisfactory academic progress, they will be noti ed and
placed on nancial aid warning for the next semester they are in attendance so that they will have an opportunity to regain satisfactory academic progress. Students are asked to meet with their advisor and sign a form con rming that they understand what they need to accomplish to reach the required standards. They will receive any nancial aid for which they are eligible during this one nancial aid warning term. At the conclusion of the nan- cial aid warning term, if they are not making satisfactory academic progress, all federal and state aid will be suspended, until they have completed enough additional courses without nancial aid to reach the required standards.
Students have the right to le an appeal if it is determined that they are not making satisfactory academic progress. The appeal must be made in writing and the appeal form
is available from the Financial Aid Of ce. Appeals should be based on circumstances such as a serious illness or injury, a serious illness or death of an immediate family member, or other special circumstances that prevented students from attending or being successful
in their classes. Students may also le an appeal due to a change of academic program. Additional details of the satisfactory academic progress policy are available in a publication from the SCC Financial Aid Of ce.
Withdrawals
If students completely withdraw from all classes or stop attending all classes and have received a Pell Grant, a Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant, a Fed- eral Direct Loan or a North Carolina Community College Grant or North Carolina Educa- tion Lottery Scholarship for that semester, the Financial Aid Of ce must determine if those funds were earned. Students earn their state aid once they have attended beyond the
35% date of the semester, and their federal aid once they have attended beyond the 60% date of the semester. If more funds were disbursed than earned, students must repay a portion of the difference. The SCC Financial Aid Of ce will determine the amount students must repay the US Department of Education (ED) and the amount SCC must repay ED or the state of North Carolina. If SCC is required to repay funds because of the withdrawal, students will be expected to repay SCC. Students will receive written noti cation from the SCC Financial Aid Of ce of any funds owed due to a full withdrawal.
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