Undergraduate Student Financial Aid Statement of Satisfactory Academic Progress

All students must maintain certain academic requirements to receive financial aid. Academic progress is measured by three components:

  1. Quantitative - credit hours attempted versus credit hours earned
  2. Qualitative - cumulative Grade Point Average
  3. Cumulative progress - the maximum time to complete a program

The quantitative component considers the number of credit hours that are successfully completed by a student in comparison to the number of credit hours attempted. Students must pass 75% of all courses attempted at TCU during the academic year. The summer term begins the academic year at TCU.

Example:

Term

Attempted

Completed

2010 Summer

6

3

2010 Fall

15

12

2011 Spring

12

6

 

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33

21

64% of Attempted Classes Completed Satisfactory Progress Not Achieved

 

Term

Attempted

Completed

2010 Summer

0

0

2010 Fall

15

9

2011 Spring

12

12

 

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27

21

77% of Attempted Classes Completed Satisfactory Progress Achieved

 

The following grades will be counted as credits completed: A, B, C, D, (+/-), P.

Grades of F, W, Q, I and AU are not counted as completed credits. In addition, credits earned from Advanced Placement (AP), College Level Examination Program (CLEP), International Baccalaureate and the College Board Achievement Tests in Foreign Languages (ACH) are not counted in the quantitative total.

Repeated classes - Both hours attempted when the class is first completed and the repeated hours count in attempted hours. If a course taken at TCU is repeated at TCU, the official grade is the last letter grade made, although all grades appear on the transcript. Only the last letter grade earned in the repeated course will be used in computing the GPA.

Attempted hours are based on the enrollment status on the final day of the drop period.

The qualitative component is based on the Cumulative Grade Point Average. Students must have attained a minimum cumulative TCU GPA of 2.00 at the end of each spring semester.

The cumulative component tracks total hours allowed to complete a degree. Federal regulations allow a student 150% of the time normally needed to earn a 4 year degree. Most TCU undergraduate degrees require completion of 124 credit hours in 8 semesters. Therefore, 150% of the time required to complete most 4 year degrees is 186 hours and 12 semesters.

Please note: All TCU funded grants and scholarships are limited to 8 semesters. Students enrolled in a program of study requiring more than 124 hours for the primary major may request 1 additional semester of funding.

Financial Assistance Probation

If a student does not progress at the required rate, he/she will be placed on financial aid probation for the next academic year. If satisfactory academic progress is maintained during that time period, then aid eligibility will continue for future terms. Failure to maintain satisfactory academic progress during the probationary period will result in the loss of all aid for future terms. This includes all federal and state loan programs.

Appeals Procedure

A student who is denied aid because of a failure to meet Satisfactory Academic Progress standards after the probationary period may appeal this determination to the Academic Progress Appeals Committee. An appeal must be based on significant mitigating circumstances that seriously affected academic performance. Examples of possible mitigating circumstances are serious illness, severe injury, death of a parent or sibling, and other similar situations.

Re-establishing Eligibility

Students who failed to meet the quantitative Satisfactory Academic Progress Standard and who choose to enroll without benefit of student financial aid may request a review of their academic record after any term in which they are enrolled without the receipt of financial aid by submitting a written appeal. Once the qualitative standard is met, eligibility may be regained for subsequent terms of enrollment in the academic year on a probationary status.





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