Financial aid is designed to help you reach your educational goal in a timely manner. To be eligible for financial aid, you must meet Satisfactory Academic 进展(SAP) standard. The 金融援助 office at PCC has established guidelines (based on federal regulations) for evaluating your progress. You should read the rules and know what it takes to maintain eligibility for financial aid.


学业进步standard


The Office of 金融援助 uses the following three standard to assess academic progress.

Note: The financial aid Satisfactory Academic Progress standard are stricter than 学院的进度规则.

1. 定量还是速度

All students are required to successfully complete a minimum of 67% of all units attempted including units transferred to PCC, to meet this standard. 已完成的课程已登记 units for which credit is received and final grades posted. 只有A, B, C, D, or P are considered units completed. Classes in which a student receives a grade of F, I, NP, IP, W, EW or other will not be counted as units completed for satisfactory academic progress purposes, but the units will be counted as attempted. 学生必须 successfully complete a cumulative minimum of 67% of the units attempted to meet this standard.

2 -定性

Minimum Grade Point Average (GPA) to be Maintained

At the time of review, a student’s official cumulative 平均绩点 (GPA) is evaluated to determine whether qualitative standard are being met. 学生追求 a course of study leading to an A.A. 学位,A.S. degree, a certificate, or transfer program to a 4-year college or university must maintain at least a 2.00累积 平均绩点.

3 .态度及时

经济援助不是无限的. This standard looks at how long it will take you to complete your program educational goal. Federal regulations state that you can receive financial aid for no more than 150% attempted units in your program of enrollment.

  • 例子: A 2-year programs 150% rule would give a student 6 full-time semesters or the equivalent to complete their program of study. 

  • 例子: A certificate program with a published length of time is 30 units, the 150% time 帧标记是45个单位. This also includes all attempted and transfer units.

  • Up to 30 units of basic skills (400-level) courses are excluded from the 150%. 然而, students are expected to matriculate from basic skills to a regular program after 一年(相当于一年).

The Office of 金融援助 will determine how long you have been in an undergraduate program or certificate program as well as the time required to complete your goal. Each time a course is repeated, it will count in the time frame calculation.

  • 例子: At PCC, students will be notified that they have exceeded the time frame at 90 attempted units because normal matriculation time to complete an AA/AS degree goal is two years. 然而, if there are exceptional circumstances presented a Satisfactory Academic Progress Appeal may be submitted.

你的学业进展情况


Definitions of the various statuses you can fall into based on your academic status

You are meeting the Satisfactory Academic Progress Standards. 伟大的工作! 继续 良好的工作!

警告

The school assigns this status to a student who is failing to meet Satisfactory Academic 进展(SAP). The school reinstates eligibility for aid for one payment period and may do so without a student appeal. SAP is reviewed at the end of each term. 如果一个 student fails to meet SAP standard after the term they are in a warning status the student is "Disqualified" for the following term. You will receive student financial aid funds during the warning period provided your eligibility and enrollment status 不变的是你在吗 danger of loosing your financial aid eligibility.

取消资格

取消资格 occurs when a student who as been placed on "警告" fails to make SAP. When Disqualified, you lose your financial aid eligibility due to not meeting Satisfactory Academic Progress Standards.

150 max

A student will placed in 150 max status if they have:

  1. Completed a Certificate Program or Exceeded the Time Frame of the Certificate  Program (Ex. 18 units x 150% = 27 units Attempted)
  2. 尝试了90多个单位

When in 150 max status you are no longer eligible for financial aid.