Office of Student Financial Aid

Financial Aid Academic Status Notification: Terminated

Dear $SUBSCRIBER.FIRSTNAME,

Based on United States Department of Education regulations, Illinois Student Assistance Commission rules, and University policy, students who apply and/or receive federal, state and most University aid must maintain satisfactory academic progress. Students must be making satisfactory academic progress regardless of whether they have previously received aid. 

After grades were posted for the previous semester, your financial aid academic status has been updated to terminated. For the previous semester, you were placed on warning status with a semester to get your academic progress back to good standing. Unfortunately, those standards were not met, and you have been terminated. 

Financial aid termination means that you will not receive any type of federal, state or University financial aid until your GPA and completion rate meet the following satisfactory academic progress standards: 

• GPA: Students must maintain an overall cumulative GPA of at least a 2.0. Only institutional credits are included in this calculation. 
• Overall Completion Rate: Federal and state regulations require all students to successfully complete at least 67% of their coursework. Completion rate is measured by dividing the number of cumulative hours successfully completed by the number of cumulative hours the student has attempted. Accepted transfer hours are included in this calculation. 

Please check your CougarNet account regarding your Financial Aid Academic Standing. To check your Financial Aid Academic Standing, follow these instructions: 

• Visit CougarNet
• Click on either Enter CougarNet with your e-ID or Enter CougarNet with your University ID 
• Click on Financial Aid from the Main Menu page
• In the Financial Aid menu, click on Financial Aid Status
• Click on the current award year in the drop-down box and click Submit
• Current Financial Aid Academic Status will appear

What can I do if my financial aid is terminated? 

• Be Reinstated
  • If you do not qualify to file an appeal, you can pursue reinstatement by attending SIUE without financial aid. If you achieve a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or better and a cumulative completion rate of 67% or better, which improved your status to the required minimums, you may request financial aid reinstatement. 
• File an Appeal for Failed Warning
  • If extenuating circumstances beyond your control (illness, death in the family, etc.) contributed to your lack of Satisfactory Academic Progress, you may request an appeal. Appeal forms can be found here. Select Award Year, then Financial Aid Appeal (SAPFW). 
  • All of the following documentation must be submitted for an appeal:
    • Student's written statement explaining unsuccessful terms
    • Third party documentation to support circumstances
    • Academic Plan for Success
  • Once all forms and documentation are completed and submitted to the Office of Student Financial Aid, the appeal will be reviewed by a committee. Students will be informed via mail and email about the committee's decision. For approved appeals, aid will be reinstated. For denied appeals, the student is responsible for any balance owed to the University. 

Additional Information

• Students are responsible for knowing the standards and applying them to their academic history. In addition, students are notified on CougarNet of their current standing and are responsible for reviewing that information and understanding how it affects their financial aid eligibility. 
• This policy applies to undergraduate and graduate students. Some academic programs and financial aid awards may have stricter requirements which would supersede this policy. 
• This policy applies to all Federal Title IV programs, all state and most institutional programs. The policy does not apply to graduate assistantships. Alternative loans and many private scholarships may also be exempt from these requirements. 
• Attempted courses are those in which a grade of A, B, C, D or P is received. Courses in which a WP, WE, WF, W, US, PR, I, AU, E, F, no credit, or blank is received are considered not completed. 
• Financial aid may be received only for the first 30 attempted developmental hours (courses numbered below 100). 
• Students must be enrolled in a program of study leading toward a degree offered by the institution. Students cannot continue receiving financial aid for the same program in which they have already received a degree. 
• The policy is cumulative and regulations state very clearly that they apply to any financial aid applicant/recipient regardless of prior financial aid history. Past performance is often indicative of future performance and we are unable to award federal, state and/or institutional funds to a student who has not performed well in past terms. 

Please contact us if you have additional questions concerning your aid and eligibility.