SAP Basics
Required Components
Regulations
SAP Potpourri
Double Jeopardy
100
SAP is an acronym for these words
What is Satisfactory Academic Progress?
100
Two basic components of a SAP policy is the policy must contain both quantitative and this other measure
What is a qualitative measure?
100
The responsible party for monitoring and enforcing SAP regulations
What is the institution?
100
The general guidelines given to schools are provided by this entity
What is HEA, Dept. of Education?
100
For programs lasting longer than two years, what minimum GPA does the student need to have by the end of the second year?
What is a "C"?
200
You can figure out the completion percentage for students by dividing these two academic components
What are the attempted credits and completed credits?
200
Most institutions use this as their qualitative measure in SAP calculations
What is GPA?
200
Students who are meeting all aspects of the SAP policy
What is financial aid good standing?
200
Is rounding up permissible under SAP Policy
What is yes?
200
If a school decides to monitor SAP on an annual basis, this review must coincide with this time on the academic calendar
What is a payment period?
300
Schools with academic programs longer than one year can evaluate SAP as infrequently as this time period
What is one year?
300
There are two examples of the quantitative measure; the 67% rule and this other quantitative SAP measurement
What is Maximum Timeframe or 150%?
300
Students who fail to meet SAP for the first time (excluding 150% rule students) Will be placed in warning status for one term and are expected to meet SAP by end of term Are eligible for financial aid
What is financial aid warning?
300
In qualitative measurements the standard may be fixed or like this example called: 1‐15 credits 1.5 GPA 16 ‐ 30 credits 1.75 GPA 31+ 2.0 GPA
What is a graduated standard?
300
The number of times a student can submit a SAP appeal
What is it depends on the school's SAP policy?
400
If students have an academic appeal that lasts for more than one semester, they are also required to have this
What is an academic plan?
400
The maximum time frame for undergraduate credit-hour programs cannot exceed this percentage of the published length of the educational program, as measured in credit hours
What is 150%?
400
Students who have successfully appealed financial aid suspension are placed in probation status Are eligible for financial aid for one semester Must be in good standing or meeting requirements of an academic progress plan after probation status semester
What is financial aid probation status?
400
The only type of SAP that doesn't contain a semester of warning
What is the 150% rule (maximum timeframe)?
400
The maximum allowable time a student is allowed to reset academic progress by changing majors under the school's SAP policy
What is unlimited?
500
Programs a year or shorter in length must evaluate SAP at the end of each ________________
What is payment period?
500
The academic policies at a school require the students in one academic program to achieve a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0.  When the Financial Aid Office reviews SAP for Title IV recipients, it uses the policy it established, which requires a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0. What needs to be changed so this policy meets federal requirements?
What is the policy must be as strict or stricter than the academic program requirements?
500
Students who do not meet SAP or who fail to meet the requirements of their pre-approved academic progress plan Students are not eligible for financial aid
What is financial aid suspension status?
500
Diane is a sophomore majoring in Biology. During the 2013–14 academic year, her freshman year, she maintained SAP by completing 21 of the 30 credit hours with a cumulative 3.2 GPA. During the fall 2014 semester, she dropped her two, four-credit hour classes because she planned her wedding, got married, and went on a honeymoon. She broke her leg snowboarding and was off her feet for four weeks. However, she completed 6 of 14 credit hours during the fall semester, and she has a cumulative 3.0 GPA at the end of the fall semester. What is Diane's pace at the end of the fall?
What is 61%?
500
Schools that monitor SAP annually cannot use which of the four different SAP statuses?
What is financial aid warning?
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