SAP Policy for Undergraduate Students

As required by regulations, the University of Kentucky (UK) must evaluate and determine whether a student meets Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) requirements to receive federal and state and certain institutional financial aid programs. SAP requirements comprise of qualitative, quantitative, and maximum time frame measures, 并且要求标准与火狐体育下注的学术政策一样严格或更严格.

SAP evaluation for undergraduate students occurs once an academic year, at the conclusion of the spring semester. In addition, 规定要求在入学四个学期后对学生的学习成绩进行具体的定性(平均绩点)审查. The student’s entire academic history must be considered when determining SAP status irrespective of whether the student received financial aid. 因为经过审核的课程不适用于学生的学位,学生不能获得这些课程的经济援助, they are not evaluated for SAP.

Requirements of the SAP Policy:

Qualitative (Grade Point Average)

The qualitative component measures the quality of the student’s SAP by conducting a review of the student’s cumulative grade point average (GPA). 只有带有质量点的成绩才会被用来计算学生的GPA. 为了满足质量要求,学生必须有至少2的最低累积GPA.0.

Advanced Placement (AP), International Baccalaureate (IB), CLEP, and transfer credits that apply to a UK degree are not counted in the calculation of the student’s GPA and therefore are not included in the qualitative measure. 通过学业破产被原谅的成绩(不包括在学生的GPA中), however, are included when measuring the qualitative component of SAP.

(Specific external and institutional scholarships, assistantships, and grants may require a different GPA for continued eligibility. 学生应参考原始录取时指定的这些奖学金的条款和条件.)

Quantitative Measure (Calculating Pace or Completion Ratio)

定量组成部分对应于学生必须通过他或她的学习计划取得进展的速度. This evaluation is to ensure completion within the maximum timeframe permitted and provides for the measurement of the student’s progress at the end of each period of enrollment. Pace or completion ratio is calculated by determining the cumulative number of credit hours the student has successfully completed divided by the number of cumulative credit hours the student has attempted.

Advanced Placement (AP), International Baccalaureate (IB), CLEP, 适用于火狐体育下注学位的转换学分也包括在定量衡量计算中. Attempted credits for which grades have been forgiven through academic bankruptcy are included when measuring the quantitative component of SAP. 为了达到定量要求,学生的完成比例必须达到66.67% or higher. To determine the completion ratio percentage, earned credit hours are divided by attempted credit hours.

Maximum Time Frame Measure

The maximum timeframe is a period of no longer than 150 percent of the published length of the educational program as measured in credit hours. Students pursuing their first bachelor’s degree may not exceed 180 attempted credit hours and students pursuing their second bachelor’s degree may not exceed 240 attempted credit hours since some course work from the first degree can be applied to the second degree and each degree typically requires 120 credits to earn the degree. 

UK Academic Policy Requirements

Academic Probation or Suspension

Students who are placed on Academic Probation or Academic Suspension by his or her college based on academic policy are deemed ineligible for financial aid.

Students who are placed on academic suspension and who wish to appeal that status must contact their individual college on the procedures. Students’ whose admission is reinstated after being academically suspended do not automatically gain financial aid eligibility reinstatement. For consideration of financial aid eligibility reinstatement, 已恢复入学资格的学术停学学生必须遵循SAP上诉程序和以下规定的截止日期.

Treatment of Remedial Coursework

虽然补救或发展课程不计入学生的学位要求, they are counted as earned credit hours and therefore must be calculated according to the quantitative and qualitative requirements set forth in the SAP policy.

(Financial aid may be awarded to cover up to 30 remedial course credits. 超过30个补救课程学分不能计算为经济资助的注册学时. 这条规则与SAP无关,但它是一般的财务援助资格要求.)

Treatment of Pre-requisite Courses

Pre-requisites or preparatory courses are those in which a student must complete to meet admission requirements into a degree program but do not count toward the student’s degree requirements. 预修课程或预备课程根据本政策中规定的数量和质量规则进行评估.

Treatment of Repeated Courses

学生可以选择重修最多三门不同的课程,只留下成绩, credit hours, and quality points for the second completion. If the student repeats a course, 在计算定量和最大时限措施时计算这些学分.

(Courses students repeat may be included when determining a student’s enrollment status for Title IV-federal student aid purposes when it is not a result of 1) more than one repetition of a previously passed course, 或2)因其他课程不及格而重修已通过的课程. 这条规则与SAP要求无关,而是一般的财务援助资格要求.)

Effect of Dropping or Never Attending Courses

学生注册但在退课期结束前退课的课程不包括在SAP的计算中. Courses in which the student registers but never attends (i.e., assigned a grade “N”) are not included in the calculation of SAP.

Effect of Withdrawn Courses

Credits for withdrawn courses (i.e., assigned a grade “W”) are counted as attempted credit hours in the quantitative and maximum timeframe measures but are not counted in the qualitative measure.

Effect of Incomplete Grades

Credits for incomplete courses (i.e., assigned a grade “I”) are counted as attempted credit hours in the quantitative and maximum timeframe measures but are not counted in the qualitative measure.  

Effect of Change in Major

学生在火狐体育下注取得的所有本科学位的学分都包含在定性评估中, quantitative, and maximum time frame measures.

SAP Definitions:

Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP)

SAP是用来定义成功完成学位要求以保持联邦和州财政援助资格的术语.

Financial Aid Probation

经济援助缓刑状态分配给未通过SAP并成功上诉的学生. 被置于经济援助试用期的学生可以在一个后续付款期内获得经济援助. 在经济援助试用期间,学生可能需要满足某些条款和条件. A student assigned a Financial Aid Probation status will be placed on a Financial Aid Academic Plan and is required to sign a Financial Aid Academic Probation Agreement. 在财政援助学术试用期结束时, the student must either meet the SAP standards or fulfill the requirements specified in the Financial Aid Academic Plan to receive financial aid for a subsequent payment period.

Financial Aid Academic Plan

The Financial Aid Academic Plan requires students to complete 80% of the attempted coursework (100% if the student failed the maximum timeframe measure) and earn a minimum 2.1 GPA for the payment period the student is on SAP Academic Probation. 如果学生符合财政援助学术计划的要求, 该学生将在随后的一个付款期内继续获得经济援助试用.

如果学生未能达到SAP标准或财务援助学术计划中规定的要求, the student is deemed ineligible for financial aid, but may appeal again for a future payment period by published deadlines.

Continued Financial Aid Probation

Continued Financial Aid Probation status is assigned to a student who was placed on Financial Aid Probation during the previous semester/term and at the end of the semester/term did not meet the standards of SAP but met the conditions of the Financial Aid Academic Plan.

SAP Appeal Procedures:

If a student fails one or more of the three measures (qualitative, quantitative, (以及最长时间),否则将被留校察看或休学, 该学生没有资格获得联邦和州的经济援助,包括助学金, scholarships, work-study, and loans. 不符合SAP标准的学生有减轻情节(如.g., death in the family, illness, tragedy, involuntary military leave), however, may request reinstatement of their financial aid eligibility by submitting their SAP Appeal and supporting documentation by the published Satisfactory Academic Progress deadlines. Students who are identified as not meeting Satisfactory Academic Progress standards are sent an email informing them of their ineligibility and are provided a link in which they can securely create their appeal and submit supporting documentation. The link is also available in the student’s myUK portal.

上诉必须打印,包括以下学生要求:

  1. 在以下规定的截止日期之前提交完整有效的联邦学生援助免费申请表.
  2. 详细解释学生在每个适用的付款期内未能达到SAP标准的原因.
  3. 支持失败原因或不能提供文档的理由的文档.
  4. 详细解释发生了哪些变化,现在将允许学生遵守SAP标准, and, when warranted, a statement of academic objectives, corrective action plan, 和/或学习计划,说明哪些课程适用于学位,哪些课程需要完成学习计划.

SAP Appeal Deadlines:

Semester/Term

Date

2023 Summer Term

End of Award Year (Tuesday, June 30, 2023)

2023 Fall Semester

Last day to add classes (Friday, August 25, 2023)

2024 Spring Semester

Last day to add classes (January 12, 2024)

2024 Summer Term

End of Award Year (Sunday, June 30, 2024)

SAP Appeals Committee and Decision:

SAP上诉委员会的决定将通过电子邮件通知学生. The decision of the SAP Appeals Committee is final; however, 学生可以在公布的未来付款期限内再次上诉.

SAP Notification:

由于SAP,学生将被告知他们没有资格获得经济援助,并通过电子邮件通知他们的上诉决定. 学生也可以参考他们的myUK账户来查看SAP的状态和/或SAP上诉的决定.

Viewing SAP Appeal Decisions via myUK Portal

Log into myUK.

Select Financials, then Financial Aid.

Select academic year 2022-23 to view summer 2023, view academic year 2023-24 to view fall 2023, spring 2024, and summer 2024 SAP statuses.

Re-establishing Financial Aid Eligibility:

A student who has a change made to his or her academic transcript (i.e., 在学生不符合资格或正在接受经济援助试用的学期内,年级变化), may request a re-evaluation of SAP by emailing OSFAS@UKY.EDU.

Students who are ineligible because they do not meet SAP requirements or are on Financial Aid Probation shall be re-evaluated at the conclusion of each semester/term in which they enroll to determine whether they have re-established financial aid eligibility.