1. What is financial aid warning?

A Financial Aid Warning is given to students who previously met the requirements for Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) but failed to do so at the end of the semester. This notification serves to inform you that if the SAP standards are still not met by the end of the warning period, you will be placed on Financial Aid Suspension. As a result, you will not qualify for federal financial aid including grants and loans.

 2. Why am I on financial aid warning?

You are placed on Financial Aid Warning for failing to meet at least one of the SAP policy standards listed below:

1. GPA (Grade Point Average): Failure to maintain a minimum cumulative GPA

2. Failure to pass a minimum of 50%, 60%, or 67% completion rate

Click here for the SAP policy standards

3. Can I receive Financial Aid while I am on Financial Aid Warning?

 Yes, during the Financial Aid Warning semester you can be awarded financial aid (if otherwise eligible).

4. How long will I be on warning?

You can only be granted a ‘warning’ status for ONE semester. You are not allowed to receive consecutive “warning” semesters of financial aid. Once your warning semester concludes, SAP will be evaluated again.

 5. I am already registered; will my classes get dropped?

As long as the classes that you are registered for are within the guidelines of your academic status (Full time Probation max 13 credits or Part time Probation max 7 credits) your courses will not be dropped.

6. I am on full-time probation and have over 13 credits. What should I do?

 Please contact the counseling office immediately to meet with a counselor. Click here for hours and how you can connect with a counselor

7. What happens at the end of my financial aid warning semester?

The SAP status is checked at the end of each semester, including summer. At the end of your Financial Aid Warning semester, your SAP status will be re-evaluated to determine if the requirements of the SAP policy have been met. You must be meeting the SAP policy requirements to continue to receive financial aid. Otherwise, you will be placed on Financial Aid Suspension and will not be eligible to receive financial aid.

 Good Standing – eligible to receive financial aid If the overall SAP Policy requirements are met at the end of the probationary semester, your SAP status will be updated to ‘good standing’ (making satisfactory academic progress) beginning with the next semester. You will be eligible to receive federal aid.

Financial Aid Suspension – not eligible to receive financial aid If the overall SAP Policy requirements are not met at the end of the Financial Aid Warning semester, then you be placed on Financial Aid Suspension, and you will be suspended from receiving any financial aid beginning with the next semester and for future semesters until the SAP Policy requirements have once again been met.

 8. My aid is suspended at the end of the semester. What do I do?

If you have been placed on Financial Aid Suspension because of your failure to meet SAP, you can regain financial aid eligibility by submitting a SAP Appeal. A SAP appeal is a process by which a student who is not meeting the institution's SAP standards for the receipt of federal student aid petitions the institution for reconsideration of eligibility. A student on financial aid suspension may appeal the loss of aid if extenuating circumstances prevented the student from making satisfactory progress.

Click here for more information about this process

9. Who do I talk to about my warning status?

For questions about SAP policies and guidelines, please contact financialaid@ccp.edu  

For questions about academic probation, registration, and SAP appeals, please contact counseling@ccp.edu