Academic Requirements

There are academic requirements that must be met in order to qualify for and remain eligible for Federal and New York State financial aid.

Students must:

• Maintain the required GPA (Grade Point Average)
• Complete the required # of credits per semester

Please review the charts below:

1. New York State TAP Academic Requirements

• New TAP Guidelines

2. Federal (Title IV) Academic Requirements 

• Federal Satisfactory Academic Progress Policy

• Federal Satisfactory Academic Progress Standards (Appeal for Reinstatement form)
   

Deadline for Financial Aid Appeals

SAP -  Satisfactory Academic Progress for Federal Grant and Loan programs.

Fall 2019: October 16th 2019
Spring 2020: March 11th, 2020
 

Financial Aid Lifetime Limits

There are limits to the number of years undergraduate students can receive federal PELL and NYS TAP.

• 12 full-time semesters for Federal Pell
  Check your pell and/or loan usage status

• 8 semesters for TAP (10 semeters for Architecture, pre Fall 2016 BioMed majors, and SEEK students).