Satisfactory Academic Progress Undergraduates

Student Financial Aid Satisfactory Academic Progress Policy

Students at the University of Idaho must maintain satisfactory academic progress to receive federal student financial aid. Satisfactory academic progress will be reviewed at the end of each spring semester. For purposes of satisfactory academic progress (SAP) the academic year is defined as summer, fall, spring. Therefore, the summer performance prior to the fall and spring will be included in the review of satisfactory academic progress. Students receiving financial aid for the first time will be considered as being in good academic standing until they reach the defined annual evaluation time for satisfactory academic progress.

Below is the complete Satisfactory Academic Progress Policy for Undergraduate Students

An undergraduate student must have a minimum cumulative grade point average upon review of satisfactory academic progress. The required minimum cumulative institutional grade point average is:

Students must successfully complete 75% of the credits attempted of our calculation of or up to a maximum of 12 attempted credits each semester. All attempted credits (up to a maximum of 12 credits each semester) for the summer, fall, and spring semesters will be totaled and the required number to be successfully completed will be 75% of that total. If a student enrolls in one semester only, the student will be expected to complete 75% of attempted hours for that semester, up to a total of 12 attempted credits.
 
*(F's, zero credits, repeats (E), audits (A), No-passing (NP) are not included in the earned hours)

Successful completion is defined as receiving earned credit as defined by the UI Academic Policy. For students receiving federal financial aid, attempted credits will be defined as the number of credits enrolled for the census date used for federal financial aid. For students not receiving federal financial aid, attempted credits will be defined as attempted hours recorded at the end of the semester in the Registrar’s system.

A student is allowed to have attempted up to 150% of the required credits for a degree. Attempted credit hours is defined as the number of attempted credits in the Registrar’s system, or the number of earned credits, whichever is higher. For an undergraduate degree other than a Bachelor of Architecture, a student will be allowed 150% of the 128 minimum credit hours required for a total of 192 credits. Once a student reaches 192 credits attempted, they will no longer be making satisfactory academic progress. For students in the Bachelor of Architecture program, they will be allowed 150% of the 160 credits required for the five-year degree, for a total of 240 credits. Students working on a second bachelor’s degree will be allowed a total of 260 undergraduate credits.

Students (other than those suspended due to 150% of attempted credits) suspended from receiving aid may reinstate their aid eligibility by successfully completing 12 credits with a GPA of 2.00 or better during a single term without federal or state financial aid. The student must submit a written request for the reinstatement to the Student Financial Aid Services Office.

Petition for Reinstatement of Aid

There are two possible ways for students to get their financial aid reinstated.

1. Students wishing to appeal their suspension should contact the Dean’s Office in the college for which they are enrolled. Graduate students should contact the Graduate College, and Law students should contact the Law College.

Upon receiving a written petition from the student, the student’s academic dean (or designee) may recommend a waiver of all satisfactory academic progress criteria due to special circumstances in a signed memorandum to the Director of Student Financial Aid Services. The Director will review the recommendation and make the final determination of whether to waive the suspension for the student. The decision of the academic college and the Director of Student Financial Aid Services may be appealed to the Student Financial Aid Committee and then to the Administrative Hearing Board. Students may appeal to the academic college from which they were enrolled at the time of suspension or the academic college for which they are currently enrolled.

Any special circumstances concerning the student’s academic progress for student financial aid will be reviewed on an individual basis. The Director of Student Financial Aid Services may reinstate a student based on special circumstances unique to that student.

2. Undergraduate students (other than those suspended due to 150% of attempted credits) suspended from receiving aid may reinstate their aid eligibility by successfully completing one full-time semester of 12 credits and obtaining a minimum GPA of 2.00 or better during this single term without federal or state financial aid. The student must submit a written request for the reinstatement to the Student Financial Aid Services Office.

A letter will be sent to the student informing them of their financial aid suspension. A copy of the notice of financial aid suspension will be forwarded to the academic dean at the college in which the student is enrolled.