Financial Aid

In order to ensure that the students are making satisfactory academic progress (SAP) toward a baccalaureate degree, your Financial aid Office is required by state and federal regulations to monitor the academic progress of every student receiving financial aid.

A student who is not achieving this goal is not eligible to receive financial aid.

If you do not make academic progress you may petition to have your financial aid reinstated.

Sometimes the cause of failure to make academic progress is something outside the control of the student who experiences it. Your financial aid office can review petitions from students explaining these circumstances and may in some cases override federal or state policy, usually with certain stipulations.

Usually, in reviewing your petition, we want answers to three questions:

What happened to cause your lack of progress?
How have you addressed the problem?
How can we be assured that if we do override policy to reinstate your aid that the barrier to your progress before will not cause you to lose credit once more?

How do we define Academic Progress?

Minimum cumulative percentage
Students must earn at least 75% of the credits they attempt in an academic year, including Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring quarters, and must maintain a cumulative average of 75% for total credits attempted while enrolled at Evergreen. Attempted credits are those credits for which a student is enrolled after the tenth day of each quarter. (see the Data Sheet)

To receive Washington State financial aid, full-time students must receive a minimum of 36 credits each academic year, students attending three-quarter time must complete a minimum of 27 credits, and half-time students must complete a minimum of 18 credits to be considered making SAP for those programs each academic year.

Definitions of full-time, three-quarter time, and half-time enrollment

note: Partial year students will have the required minimum credits completed toward their degree adjusted according to the number of quarters they attend. They are still required to complete a minimum of 75% of total attempted credits for the quarters they attend or the appropriate minimum based on the length of their attendance whichever is more.

Maximum time frame
Full-time students are expected to graduate within a maximum of 15 quarters. To accomplish this, a full-time student needs to complete a minimum of 36 credits for each academic year.

Maximum cumulative credits
Full-time students may not exceed a 225 credits attempted toward a baccalaureate degree.
note: remember, attempted credits are those credits for which you are enrolled on the tenth day of a given term.

Students pursuing a dual degree (BA/BS) may not exceed 270 attempted credits. In order to be considered a dual degree student, the student must have applied to graduate with a dual degree one year prior to the final academic year.

Questions

I am a new transfer student, how do you assess my academic progress?

Students who have never attended Evergreen are considered to be in good standing. If you transfer credits to Evergreen those credits count toward the 225 maximum credits attempted.

I have been attending Evergreen, but I did not receive financial aid in the past. Does my academic record still count toward the cumulative average?

Students who have attended Evergreen but who have not received financial aid will have their past academic records at Evergreen reviewed. These students must meet the same criteria for maintaining eligibility as those who have been on financial aid.

I attended Evergreen in the past, and I did not not make academic progress at that time. My life has changed now and I am returning. Does my academic record from before still count toward the cumulative average?

Yes, it does. If you were unable to make academic progress last time you attend Evergreen, you should petition the Financial Aid Office and let us know what happened and how things have changed.

Essential Determiners

What is your class standing?

What is your enrollment status?

Are you a resident of Washington?

Related Links

FAFSA on the Web

Loan Entrance Counseling

Sign Your 0809 MPN Online

Track Your Loan Status

Veterans Affairs

Office of Financial Aid
Location: SEM 3127
Hours:
M-F 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Phone:(360) 867-6205
Fax: (360) 867-6576
Email: Financial Aid

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Last Updated: September 08, 2008

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Olympia, Washington 98505

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