金融援助 Eligibility

Maintain 金融援助 Eligibility

Monroe 社区 College students must maintain an acceptable SAP (Satisfactory Academic Progress) in order to keep their financial aid eligibility. The term "financial aid" includes 这两个 grant and loan programs. Monroe 社区 College's SAP standards are within accordance with state and federal government mandates.

Students must be aware they can lose eligibility for 这两个 governed financial aid programs. Appeal options are available:

联邦援助 Eligibility Requirements

In order to maintain financial aid eligibility for such fund sources as: federal PELL grant, SEOG格兰特, 联邦工作研究, federal Subsidized and Unsubsidized loans students must meet the following standards:

  • Maintain a minimum 2.0 cumulative GPA (Grade Point Average)
  • Must complete at least 67% of a semester's attempted credit hours. To learn more on this requirement please visit our 当然撤回 页面.
  • Complete your degree program by the maximum time-frame, which is 150% of the program's length.
    • For example, a full time student attending MCC is expected to complete their program within 2 years. 如果学生说, is still enrolled in the same degree program for more than 3 years, they would have reached the 150% max time-frame.

  • Stay matriculated in a degree - seeking program and take classes associated with that program
  • Have not reached federal loan aggregate limits and or the PELL lifetime limit.
  • Have not received a bachelor's degree (This only effects PELL)
学生类型 补贴贷款 未受资助的贷款 贷款总额
Dependent without Parent PLUS Denial $23,000.00 $8,000.00 $31,000.00
Dependent with Parent PLUS Denial $23,000.00 $34,500.00 $57,500.00
独立的学生 $23,000.00 $34,500.00 $57,500.00

If a student (dependent or independent) is not eligible to borrow Subsidized Stafford loans, they can borrow additional Unsubsidized funds (these additional funds cannot exceed the previously mentioned aggregate loan limits).

国家援助 Eligibility Requirements

Students who wish to receive funding from New York State 学费 Assistance Program (TAP) must maintain good academic standing and full time enrollment. To learn more about TAP requirements, please visit the 目录 & 学生手册.

Failure to Meet Satisfactory Academic Progress Requirements

联邦援助

Students who fail to maintain any of the following will be placed on Academic Warning.

  • Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0, including remedial and repeated courses
  • Minimum semester completion of 67% attempted credit-bearing courses
  • Education program completion by 150% (3 years for full time students) of the published length of the education program

If a student on Academic Warning continues to fails to meet SAP, the student will be placed on Academic Restriction and will be encouraged to submit an appeal. The appeal gives students an opportunity to explain certain events or situations that affected their academic performance. If documentation is required to prove an event occurred, students will be allowed to upload it/them onto the appeal form. Please use the following link to learn more about the SAP requirements and appeal process.

国家援助

Academic eligibility for NYS 金融援助 项目 is determined by New York State regulations. Regaining good academic standing for MCC and federal aid may not automatically reestablish academic eligibility for NYS Financial 援助 项目. Please use the following link to learn more about New York State academic eligibility.

Academic eligibility and SAP for the Excelsior Scholarship is different. To learn more about these requirements, please visit our NYS Excelsior Scholarship 页面.