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SATISFACTORY ACADEMIC PROGRESS REQUIREMENTS
THE STUDENT SUCCESS COMPLETION GRANT (SSCG)—The SSCG Students applying for financial aid are required to meet
award provides students with additional financial aid to federally required academic progress standards. Students
help offset the total cost of community college attendance, who do not meet the following standards will be
and encourages full time attendance and successful on-time disqualified from financial aideligibility:
completion. 1.Grade Point Average (GPA)-Studentsmust maintain a 2.0 GPA.
2. Maximum Units-Students who do not complete a degree or
transfer programwithin 90 attempted units ora certificate
Tobe eligiblefor payment in thefall orwinter/spring semester, within 45 attempted units are not considered to bemaking
you must meet all of the criteria detailed below in each semester satisfactory academic progress and are disqualified from
you expect payment: financial aid.
3.Satisfactory Academic Progress-Students must successfully
1. You must receive a full-time Cal Grant B or C payment. complete at least 67% of units in which they enroll. Courses
Students choosing to take a Leave of Absence for their Cal in which a grade of F, W, or NP is earned are not considered
Grant will not be eligible to receive payment for the SSCG. to be successfully completed.
2. To receive $649 in the fall or winter/spring semester, you SAP Warning and Dismissal
must be enrolled in 12-14.99 units per semester Students’ compliance with Financial Aid Satisfactory Academic
3. To receive $2,000 in the fall or winter/spring semester, Progress Standards is measured each semester. Students who
you must be enrolled in 15+ units per semester are warned that they are in danger of not meeting one or more
4. If you are on Financial Aid Contract, only units from the of the Financial Aid Satisfactory Academic Progress standards
courses listed on your contract will count toward your must meet the standard(s) by the end of the semester in order
eligibility to remain eligible for financial aid. Students not meeting this
5. You must meet Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) standard after the “Warning” semester are placed on SAP
Standards Dismissal and are no longer eligible for financial aid.
6. Have unmet need
7. Awarded on funds availablebasis. Appeal Process:
Students may appeal a financial aid disqualification if
the failure to meet the standard was due to mitigating
Summer SSCG are awarded on a funds available basis. Students circumstances.Mitigating circumstancesmay include illness,a
who have received the maximum SSCG amount for fall and change of major or other circumstances beyond the student’s
winter/spring ($4,000) are not eligible for summer SSCG. control and must be documented. Students are notified in
Students enrolling for the summer term will be considered for writing of the outcome of their appeal.
a summer SSCG payment based on their unit total for the year
(completed fall and winter/spring units plus enrolled summer Please note: Appeals to Count the Higher Grade and for
units). Students whose summer enrollment brings their annual Academic Renewal may impact your financial aid eligibility.
unit total to 24-29 will receive a summer payment amount that Please consult a financial aid advisor if you are pursuing one
brings their SSCG annual award amount to $1,298. Students of these appeals.
whose summer enrollment brings their annual unit total to Students who are placed on Academic Dismissal by the
30+ units will receive a summer payment amount that brings College are not eligible for financial aid. There is no Financial
their SSCG annual award amount to$4,000. Aid appeal process for this status.
DROPPING OR WITHDRAWING FROM CLASSES See the Catalog or Financial Aid Office website for additional
Students who receive financial aid should be aware of information.
the effect of withdrawing from classes. Financial aid is not
recalculated for enrollment changes that occur after the drop/ FINANCIAL AID INFORMATION ON THE WEB
add deadlines. Students who reduce their enrollment status www.glendale.edu
(withdrawfrom some but not all units) prior to the registration Financial Aid website Click on “Financial Aid & Fees", "Financial
deadline may have their financial aid eligibility reduced and Aid" on the college’s main webpage for more information on
may be requiredto repay funds. Studentswho drop all units and financial aid programs, the application process, links to the
completely withdraw fromthe college prior to completing 60% FAFSA form, to download and print all other financial aid forms
of the semester will also be required to repay a portion of the and a calendar of upcoming loan workshops.
funds they received. Students who receive all fail (F/NP) grades
or a combination of all fail (F/NP) and withdrawal (W) grades MyGCC Click on the “MyGCC” button on the college
for the term are considered to have unofficially withdrawn and webpageto checkyour financialaidstatus.Anyoutstanding
the withdrawal date used in the return calculation of a student's documentswill be listed on your personal ToDo list. Once
federal financial aid will be the midpoint of the semester. We your file is reviewed, any financial aidawarded to youwill
encourage you to consult with the Financial Aid Office prior belistedonMyGCC.
to dropping classes. FA-TV Short informational videos on a variety of financial
aid and financial literacy topics.

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