Financial Aid Standards of Academic Progress Policy
- How to Apply
- Financial Need
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- Types of Financial Aid
- Academic Progress Policy
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McHenry County College has established minimum standards of academic progress for financial aid recipients for the following programs:
- Federal Pell, Academic Competitiveness Grant, Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant and Work-Study Program
- ISAC Monetary Award Program and Illinois Incentive for Access grants
- Federal Family Education Loans (Stafford and Parent Loans for Undergraduate Students)
- All Federal and State Veterans Benefits*
Students who are awarded any of the above financial aid are required to meet all three standards listed below.
- Grade point (GPA) standards
You must maintain a cumulative 2.0 GPA.
- Course Completion Standard
Complete at least 67% of the credit courses attempted throughout your entire enrollment at MCC; whether or not you received financial aid. This includes repeated courses. For the purposes of financial aid satisfactory progress only, the following grades count as attempted but not completed: F, W, AW, L, K, NC, I, U, T and P.
- Maximum Time Frame Requirement
You may receive financial aid until you attempt 90 credit hours. This includes all enrollments at MCC and transfer hours from other colleges whether or not you received financial aid. Once you have attempted 90 credit hours, you will be considered to be on financial aid suspension. There will not be a term of probation.
Review
Satisfactory academic progress at McHenry County College will be reviewed at the end of each semester and prior to the first time aid is awarded.
- The first semester that any of three requirements outlined above are not met, you will be placed on financial aid probation.
- You may receive only one term probation.
- You do not lose financial aid eligibility during probation .
- However, if you do not make satisfactory progress during probation, you are placed on financial aid suspension.
- Your financial aid is terminated during suspension.
- You may appeal a suspension.
Appeal
If you fail to meet the Financial Aid Standards of Academic Progress and are placed on suspension, you may request in writing that the financial aid office evaluate special circumstances (such as a death in the family or a medical condition that can be verified) that may have affected your progress.
You must include information regarding changes you have made to insure future academic success.
- Do not anticipate that appeals will be approved.
- If the appeal is denied, you may request in writing that the appeal be reviewed by a committee.
- If you have exceeded the 90 credit hours attempted maximum, approval may be granted for required courses only.
Withdrawing
Withdrawal Form PDF - download this form, print it out, fill it in and return it to Financial Aid A256.
*The Illinois Veterans Grant and Illinois National Guard grant programs and all GI Bill programs are subject to GPA standards only.
The MCC Adult ReEntry Forgiveness Policy does not impact the Financial Aid Standards of Academic Progress Policy.
10/12/09