Federal SAP Appeal Process
Students who are notified that they are ineligible will receive an email with their appeal form. Students will need to submit their appeal and supporting documentation by the deadline date listed. In limited circumstances, a student may receive an email with their appeal form after the deadline posted. In these limited cases, students will have two weeks from the date of the email communication to submit their appeal.
Please allow up to ten (10) business days for our office to review and process your appeal. If required, our office will contact you for additional information in reference to your appeal.
The appeal form submitted will need to include:
- An explanation as to why the student failed to meet SAP requirements (students must establish that their failure to meet SAP guidelines were a result of extenuating circumstances beyond their control).
- An explanation as to what has changed that will allow the student to meet SAP requirements moving forward.
- Documentation that supports the reason for your SAP appeal.
- An academic plan that will define how long it will take the student to restore their academic record to a point where they meet SAP requirements.
- For EOP Students a letter of support from your EOP Counselor is required.
- For Graduate HSC students a letter of support from your program advisor is required.
Outcome of Appeals
If the appeal is granted, the student will either be placed on Probation or on an Academic Plan:
Probation - Financial aid eligibility is reinstated for one term only and SAP requirements must be met at the end of the term or financial aid eligibility will be suspended
Academic Plan - Financial aid eligibility is reinstated and monitored on a term by term basis to ensure students are meeting the specific terms outlined in the appeal submitted by the student. Note: In order to determine a student's SAP status each term, incomplete grades are considered credits that are not earned. Students placed on an academic plan who must earn all credits attempted will fail the conditions of their plan if an official grade is not posted by the end of the term.
SAP Appeal Denied
If the appeal is denied, the student remains ineligible to receive federal financial aid. Students may submit an additional appeal the term following the denial. Without an approved appeal, students will remain ineligible to receive federal financial aid until they meet all of the FedSAP requirements.
Students whose appeal was denied because they had exceeded the maximum timeframe attempted credits cannot submit an additional appeal.
Notification of Appeal Outcome
Students are notified of the appeal outcome via their Stony Brook University email address.