Financial Aid Appeal Process
A student who desires to appeal the suspension of his/her financial aid award may do so by submitting a financial aid packet to the Financial Aid Services Central Processing Center (FASCPC). Incomplete appeal packets will not be reviewed.
A complete appeal packet contains the following:
- A signed Appeal Form
- An Education Plan completed and signed by the student and the advisor
- A signed, typed, or written letter detailing the circumstances for each unsuccessful term
- Documentation of mitigating circumstances beyond the student’s control (i.e. death in family-obituary or death certificate, hospitalization-medical records or letter from a physician, etc.)
If the appeal is granted the student is only awarded aid for one semester and progress is checked after each semester while on appeal to ensure the student is meeting the terms of their appeal. Appeals for the current term must be received before the start of any 2nd mini-term. Appeals received after the start of 2nd mini-term classes will not be reviewed for the current term but instead will be reviewed for the next upcoming term.
To view your Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) please follow the steps below
- Log into MyBSCC
- Click Open Student Dashboard
- Click Financial Aid Dashboard
- Select the appropriate Award Year
- Click Satisfactory Academic Progress
Appeal decisions are sent to the student’s MyBSCC account. Students who have reached their 600% Lifetime Eligibility for Pell Grant funds are not eligible to appeal.
