• Maintain a 2.00 overall grade point average
• Complete and pass a minimum of 67% of the credit hours attempted at EMU
• Complete all degree requirements (this includes credit hours transferred into EMU) within 150% of the minimum number required to graduate. (Example: 124 minimum X 1.5 = 186)

• Maintain a 3.00 overall grade point average.
• Complete and pass a minimum of 67% of the credit hours attempted.
• Complete all degree requirements (this includes credit hours transferred into EMU) within 150% of the minimum number of required to graduate. (Example: 30 minimum X 1.5 = 45)

Students not meeting these Satisfactory Academic Progress standards will receive communication via email to their emich email address.

Students who fail to meet the above requirements of SAP are placed on a Warning status.  While on Warning, students are eligible to receive financial aid.  Students may receive aid for a total of one semester on warning status.

Students will no longer be eligible for financial aid if any of the following occurs:

• Following one semester of Warning, the student fails to meet the minimum SAP requirements

• Student has earned the maximum credits of eligibility allowed for their program of study

Students on Cancellation will receive communication via email to their my.emich email account and a letter mailed to their permanent address.

Federal regulations require that the SAP review include all credit hours a student has attempted, including repeated and withdrawn courses as reflected on your academic record. Although withdrawing from a class may help your GPA, a "W" is still considered a course that was attempted, but not completed, for determination of Satisfactory Academic Progress.

Students who withdraw from all classes in a semester may be required to return some, or all, of the financial aid paid to their student account.  Students must maintain a 67% Completion Rate in order to be eligible for federal aid.  Students should contact the Office of Financial Aid to discuss the consequences of a withdrawal.

Students who receive an E, I, IP, NC or N grade have failed to complete the course.  This will affect the Completion Rate and may affect the GPA.  If a course is repeated, all attempts will be included towards the Completion Rate and the minimum hours required for graduation. The most recent grade is factored into the cumulative GPA.

Students who had extenuating circumstances which resulted in failure to maintain SAP may appeal the cancellation.  An appeal may be submitted to the Office of Financial Aid Review Committee no later than the following dates:

SAP cancellation appeals for GPA or CR must include the following:

1. SAP Appeal Cover Sheet – emich.edu/finaid/formsdirectory.php
2. Personal statement explaining:

   a. the circumstances that prevented academic progress

   AND

   b. a plan on how academic progress  will be improved

3. Supporting documentation (such as letters from professors, medical documentation, etc.)

SAP cancellation appeals for MCE must include the following:

1. Submit the Maximum Credit Hours Reached Appeal Form, available in the Forms Directory
2. Supporting third party documentation, as appropriate.

The Review Committee may consider a significant change in major when reviewing MCE.  However, multiple majors and minors and/or excessive E, I, N or W grades or repeated courses are not adequate reasons for exceeding the MCE requirement and appeals submitted for these reasons alone cannot be approved.

Appeal decisions are sent to the student’s EMU email address.  If the appeal is approved, the student will be placed on Probation status and will be eligible to receive financial aid for a period of one semester after a contract has been signed by the student.  The contract will provide conditions the student is required to meet for their Probationary semester.

If a decision is made to deny the appeal, the student may request a second review by the committee ONLY if the student will provide new information and documentation that was not included in the initial appeal.

A student may regain financial aid eligibility by meeting the SAP standards.

Divide the number of passed* EMU hours into the number of attempted* EMU hours.

Example: 125 (passed hours) ÷ 131 (attempted hours) = 95%.

Your Completion Rate: Passed hours: ÷ Attempted hours: