Quantitative Measure

In addition to maintaining the University's academic standing, all financially aided students must satisfactorily complete a specified number of hours (receive grades other than I, T, W, UW, NC, E, or AU).

Note: Repeated courses are not counted towards the minimum hours required.  CLEP, AP, Military, Remedial, ESL and Foreign credits are not counted towards the minimum or the 189 attempted credit hours.  Special exams for credit for any foreign language will be reviewed based upon a student's program of study.  IT IS THE STUDENTS RESPONSIBILITY TO MONITOR YOUR TOTAL ATTEMPTED HOURS.

Qualitative Measure

A financially aided student must maintain the academic standards of the University as stipulated in the University's catalogue in order to receive federal funding.  In addition to the University's standards, Federal regulations require that all financially aided students MUST maintain a "C" average cumulative GPA (2.0 on a 4.0 scale) by the end of their second year (or after 4 attempted semesters) to be eligible for financial aid.  Students not meeting this requirement will be suspended from financial aid until they bring their cumulative GPA to the minimum requirement.  Exceptions to this requirement must be approved by the Financial Aid Committee. Cases resulting from mitigating circumstances will be reviewed by the committee.

Summer Semester: A student who did not complete the minimum credit hours by the end of spring semester of any academic year can use the summer session to make up those hours without financial assistance.  All students that are financially aided during the summer sessions MUST meet the minimum satisfactory progress requirements above, based upon their level of enrollment.

Treatment of Transfer Students, Second Degrees, and Second Majors

Transfer Students: All previous work completed at other institutions will be included in the total hours of eligibility at WSU for satisfactory progress requirements whether or not the student received financial aid at the other insititution(s). The transfer grade point average is considered in Satisfactory Progress.

Second Degree/Second Major: A student who pursues a double major degree, or students who have completed degree requirements but have failed to apply for graduation and continue to take more undergraduate courses, will be closely monitored. 

Petitions

Students suspended from financial aid and/or scholarships may regain eligibility by:

• Continuing their enrollment without financial aid or scholarships, and reducing their credit hours deficit to zero, or bringing their cumulative GPA to at least 2.0 OR
• Petitioning to the Financial Aid and Scholarship Petition Committee in writing (typewritten) for an exception from satisfactory progress requirements due to mitigating circumstances. (Deficit hours can be forgiven on a case-by-case basis due to properly documented mitigating circumstances). Refer to the Financial Aid and Scholarships Petition Guideline.
• A student can be placed on probation and monitored semester by semester until the committee is satisfied by the student's progress.
• Financial Aid and Scholarships Petition Guidelines.

Circumstances for Appeal

1. The death of a relative of the student.
2. An injury or illness of the student.
3. An injury or illness of the student's dependent child or spouse.
4. Other special circumstances (e.g. jury duty, official military duty, etc.)

Documentation is required depending on the students individual circumstances.

PLEASE NOTE:  The petition is a one-time exception to the Satisfactory Academic Progress requirement.  Circumstances relating to employment are generally not considered in granting exceptions to Satisfactory Academic Progress requirements.

If you receive notice of a Financial Aid or Scholarship Suspension, contact a Financial Aid and Scholarship Advisor.