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Good Academic Standing for New York State Financial Aid Programs


Do you know that students who fail to meet either Pursuit of Program (POP) or Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) standards will lose eligibility for New York state financial aid programs at MCC for the next calendar year?

Students who wish to maintain their funding from the New York State financial aid programs must maintain good academic standing.

The first element of good academic standing consists of receiving a passing or failing grade in a certain percentage of a full-time course load (Pursuit of Program (POP)).

* Passing grades are grades of D- or better.
* A failing grade is an "F."
* Grades of "W", "I" and WI are not passing or failing grades.
* The percentage increases for each year of attendance.

The second element of good academic standing is Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP).

SAP is the number of credits the student earned toward their certificate or degree at the end of each semester and the cumulative grade point average.

* Transitional studies courses that students may be required to take do not count toward SAP requirements.

Students will be evaluated for POP and SAP at the end of each semester. Students who fail to meet either POP or SAP standards will lose eligibility for New York state financial aid programs at MCC for the next calendar year.

Students who have received the equivalent of six full-time New York State TAP awards will no longer be eligible for TAP at a community college.

Program changes will not assist students in regaining eligibility for SAP and GPA requirements in the 1st semester of the new program.

Ramon L. Rodriguez
Financial Aid
10/15/2012