SAP Appeal Process

How to Appeal if You Lose Financial Aid Due to SAP

If you lose your financial aid but had a situation that made it hard to meet the rules, you can ask for an appeal. This means you can explain your situation to the Financial Aid Office and ask them to give you another chance.

Some examples of situations that may be accepted include:

You changed your major (this often causes students to go over the allowed time to finish school)
Someone close to you passed away
You or someone close to you got sick or hurt (this includes mental health or substance use problems)
You were pregnant or had a baby
You didn鈥檛 have a place to live (homelessness)
You lost your childcare
You lost your job or your job changed
You had money problems
You didn鈥檛 have a way to get to school (no car or no public transportation)
A natural disaster happened
You were a victim of a serious crime or domestic violence
You had to join the military suddenly

Steps to Submit an Appeal:

Make sure you鈥檝e done everything else needed for financial aid.
Fill out the our student forms website. Include any proof or paperwork that explains your situation. You can also ask for a paper copy if needed.
Have a current Comprehensive Student Educational Plan (CSEP) on file. If you don鈥檛 have one, meet with a counselor to create it.

Need Help with Your Appeal?

You will receive an email to register for one of these workshops via email. These workshops help you understand the appeal process and are available in both English and Spanish.

You can also check out our step-by-step guide on how to complete your SAP appeal.

SAP Appeal Deadlines:

The deadline to submit completed SAP Appeals for each term is listed below:

Term to be reinstated	Deadline
Summer 2025	July 7, 2025
Fall 2025	November 14, 2025
Winter/Spring 2026	May 22, 2026
Summer 2026	July 9, 2026

Your appeal will be reviewed within 45 days. If approved, it will only count for current and future semesters, not past ones.

Approved Appeals

If your appeal is approved, you must meet with a Financial Aid Counselor to make a SAP Academic Plan. This plan will explain what you need to do to keep getting financial aid and work toward meeting the SAP rules again.

If it looks like it is possible to eventually meet the SAP rules in the future, you鈥檒l be placed on Probation Status. This means you can still get financial aid, as long as you follow the steps in your Academic Plan. Your progress will be checked at the end of each term and if you continue to meet the requirements of your Academic Plan, you will remain on Probation Status and receive Financial Aid for the next term. This process will occur every term until you are meeting the SAP rules. Because there鈥檚 not much time between terms, there might be a short delay in telling you if you鈥檙e still eligible, and your aid money might be a little late.

You鈥檒l get a copy of your Academic Plan. You鈥檒l only get financial aid for classes that are required for your program. If you don鈥檛 follow your plan, you will lose financial aid again. You鈥檒l get a message about this in your and . If something else serious happens, you can submit another appeal in the future.

Denied Appeals

If your appeal is denied, you can鈥檛 get financial aid. Your progress will be checked again at the next regular review.

Second Review: You can ask for a second review. A different person who didn鈥檛 look at your first appeal will review it. Their decision will be final鈥攖here is no other way to appeal after that.

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