Financial Aid Probation

A student who fails to meet SAP standards at the end of the financial aid warning enrollment term will be placed on financial aid probation. The student will not be eligible to receive federal, state, or institutional financial aid until all SAP requirements are again met. Students that do not meet SAP standards will be sent a letter from the Director of Financial Aid informing him or her of the probation status within five business days of the date. Please note: If the warning/probation status is primarily due to a deficiency in GPA, it is important to note that the Bellin GPA can only be improved by credits earned at Bellin College.

Completion Rate

Following each enrollment term, a student’s academic progress will be measured by comparing the cumulative number of attempted credits with the cumulative number of earned credits. This will include any course for which the student has remained enrolled past the add/drop period. A student will be expected to earn at least 67% of the cumulative credits attempted in order to maintain satisfactory academic progress.

The following will be considered when evaluating a student’s completion rate:

• Withdrawals, incompletes, and failures are considered attempted, but not earned.
• Passing credits received for pass/fail courses are considered attempted and earned credits. Failing grades in pass/fail courses are considered attempted, but not earned.
• Repeated courses are included in the calculation of both attempted and earned credits.
• Audited courses are not considered credits attempted or earned.
• Periods of enrollment when a student does not receive federal aid (such as less than half-time or on financial aid probation) are included in the SAP calculation (Bellin College or transfer courses).
• Students who re-enter Bellin College will be reviewed for SAP based on all courses (transfer and previous Bellin College courses) accepted toward their degree program at the time of readmission. The Bellin College GPA will be used. Therefore, it is possible that a student who has been readmitted to Bellin College may be immediately placed on financial aid warning or probation.

Cumulative Bellin GPA

The Financial Aid SAP standards for GPA mirrors the expectations of Bellin College academic standards. 

Maximum Time Frame for Program Completion

A student will not be eligible to receive federal, state, or institutional financial aid once he or she has attempted more than 150% of the normal credits required for his or her degree program. Please note: There is no financial aid warning term under this rule. A student will become ineligible for aid for the term in which the student is scheduled to reach or exceed the maximum number of eligibility credits. Therefore, a traditional DPT student who has attempt

ed 153 credits will be ineligible to receive aid in the following term if he or she is enrolled for five or more credits for that term.