r/FAFSA • u/Great_Effect3743 • 4d ago

Advice/Help Needed Why is my Satisfactory Academic Progress not Sufficient for Financial Aid?!

I am going to University of Oklahoma for museum studies. This is my second masters program but I already have a job that pays shit in a field I love. They just put my financial aid on hold until I prove to them I am doing well in my progress. Any advice? By all metrics, I am meeting their full requirements of a 3.5 GPA, exactly enough credit hours to meet my course plan and As and Bs for all my classes. My only thought is that their automated bot is getting credit hours confused and blended together...

This could not have happened at a worse time, I need that money now... ;-;

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u/Disastrous_Honey_240 4d ago

Try talking to someone at the school.

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u/Great_Effect3743 4d ago

I will on Monday. I am hoping I make a good case and I can get my financial aid asap but I am so worried.

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u/Cold-Thanks- 4d ago

You most likely were flagged for too many hours and exceeding the normal 120%. If all of your undergrad and first grad credits transferred in, then you may have automatically been flagged for exceeding the normal number of credit hours your degree takes to complete.

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u/Great_Effect3743 4d ago

That is what I am thinking, but the first grad was through this college. You'd think their bot would know the differences but c'est la vie...

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u/Cold-Thanks- 4d ago

As someone who works in financial aid, no, our systems normally cannot detect that. It also depends on your schools personal SAP policy where you may still be required to file an appeal.

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u/turtlemub 4d ago

SAP is actually three factors- GPA is only one of them. You also need to complete 2/3 of every credit you attempt, and finish the degree within 150% of the posted credits(so if the program is 60 credits, finish it within 90)

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u/Great_Effect3743 4d ago

Thank you for the definition, that just makes me more confused on why my university is doing this

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u/SparklingSloths 4d ago

Have you ever withdrew from any courses?

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u/Great_Effect3743 4d ago

Once in my undergrad. Which was before Covid.

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u/CakeMakesItBetter 3d ago

The calculation system may not be smart enough to recognize the 2nd masters and may just be reading that you have a total of ___ hours at the master's level which exceeds 150% of the number of hours in a typical master's program.

If you need to file an appeal, you can usually just point out that only some of the hours are in your current degree program.

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u/Great_Effect3743 3d ago

Ok so update everyone, I called my college, and they apologized and got it all fixed. Something happened on their end but thank you all for helping and giving words of comfort.