Office of 金融援助Satisfactory Academic Progress

SATISFACTORY ACADEMIC PROGRESS POLICY [ PDF ]

The Higher education Act of 1965, 修订的, 要求学生保持满意的进度，以获得经济援助. At Lawrence Technological University, 这些标准是为从一个或多个联邦政府接受或申请经济援助的学生制定的, 状态, or institutional grant, 奖学金, 工作, or loan programs.

利记sbo令人满意的学业进步(SAP)政策适用于所有希望建立或维持经济援助资格的学生. This policy applies separately to each degree program the student pursues, 整体而言, including semesters in which financial aid was not applied for or disbursed.

这些标准要求学生每学年完成一定数量的学分，并保持标准规定的最低GPA. These are minimum standards that must be completed. Specific aid programs, 学院或院系的标准可能会有所不同，并且/或者要求高于这些最低标准.

财政援助受助人的学业进展将至少每学年监测一次. All terms, including Summer, are equal and used in the SAP calculation. 学生应联系财政援助办公室有关本政策的意图和解释的问题. 

SATISFACTORY ACADEMIC PROGRESS APPEAL PROCESS 

当劳伦斯理工学院认定学生未能取得令人满意的学业进步时, the student's financial aid eligibility will be suspended. Students have the opportunity to appeal the determination by submitting the Satisfactory Academic Progress Appeal Form, along with an appeal letter and any supporting documentation to the appeal. 申诉信应解释1)学生未能取得令人满意的学业进步的原因;2)学生的情况发生了什么变化，将使学生在下一个评估期表现出令人满意的学业进步.  

Reasons for appeal may include death of a relative, injury of illness of the student, or other special circumstances. Appeals will be reviewed on an individual, case-by-case basis.

REQUIRED COURSE COMPLETION RATE

1. 全日制和非全日制学生必须在规定的时间内完成学业. To meet this requirement, a student must successfully complete, with a grade of D or better, at least two-thirds (67%) of their cumulative credit hours attempted, based on the following schedule, 否则，他们将被拒绝提供援助，直到他们用自己的费用获得了不足的学分. 要求可以在累积总数的基础上得到满足，在成功完成所有学位要求后，资格终止, 或者当学生尝试的学分达到学生学习计划所需学分的150%时.

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“尝试学分”是指在每学期的加/退期之后，你仍然注册的任何学分, grade include the following

Grades of ‘I’ for incomplete, ‘IP’ in progress (dissertation courses only), ‘DG’ deferred grade, 审计课程的“X”将不计入完成学分67%的最低满意学术要求. 请参阅“更改职系”一节，以了解我们在处理最终职系后更改职系的政策.

DURATION OF PROGRAM AND FINANCIAL AID ELIGIBILITY

当获得学位/课程所需的学分或学生尝试的学分总数达到学生学习课程所需学分的150%时，经济援助资格将被暂停.

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GRADE POINT AVERAGE (GPA) REQUIREMENTS (Qualitative Requirement)

本科  students must maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.00. 未能达到这一标准将导致暂停资格，直到累积GPA达到2.00. Please note that a college or department may require more than a 2.00 GPA to remain in good academic standing with in your program.

研究生  students must maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.75. 未能达到这一标准将导致暂停资格，直到累积GPA达到2.75. Please note that a college or department may require more than a 2.75 GPA to remain good academic standing with in your program.

撤军 Grades

所有退出等级都被视为“尝试小时数”，包括官方退出等级W和WN, which are not calculated in the grade point average. This also includes withdrawal failure grades, ‘WF’, which is calculated in the grade point average as an F.

GPA计算器

Desired GPA计算器

Enter your values into the yellow shaded rows only . 

NEW STUDENTS WITH TRANSFER CREDITS

Upon admission to the University, 所有转学生都被认为取得了令人满意的学业进步. 从上一所学校转到转学生的课程(专业)的学分将被计算在学生的最高学时范围内(以尝试学时和完成学时计算)。.

然而, 转学学分不包括在学生平均绩点的计算中.

After admission to the university, 在其他机构的后续学期中成功完成的课程符合利记sbo的学位要求，可用于达到令人满意的学术进步合规. 学生必须向财政援助办公室提供有关此类学分的文件. 这严格适用于令人满意的学术进步(SAP)政策，而不是利记sbo大学客座或额外学分政策(请参阅 Office of the Registrar for more information on these policies ).  

PROGRAM (MAJOR) CHANGE (RESET)/ TRANSFER CREDITS

Students may change their major within another College (i.e. 从工程学院转到建筑学院)，并且有一次机会将他们的平均绩点重置为0.00. 这个选项将允许学生从GPA在新课程中重置的学期开始一个新的SAP状态.

从以前的课程(专业)转到新课程(专业)的学分将计入学生的最高学时(以尝试学时和完成学时计算)。.  

第二个学位

Students interested obtaining a second degree, 是否需要由学术部门进行学位审核，以确定完成第二个学位所需的学分数. 然后，财政援助办公室将根据学位审计建立一个新的最长时间框架.

级变化

After final grades are issued, 学生有责任通知经济援助办公室任何正式的成绩变化.

重复

学生可以重修以前通过的课程来提高他们的成绩, 然而, each repeat will count towards the number of credit hours attempted.

EVALUATION PROCESS

财政援助办公室将根据这些标准每年评估每个学生的进展情况.

修改后的4/2017