Financial aid and grades

bran425
Wed, 25 Dec 2013 17:04:10 +0000

I attended a community college for the fall 2013 semester. I registered for four classes. I dropped two during the drop/add period, made an A in one, and the other one was a developmental class, so it doesn’t count toward college credit. At the end of the semester, I was told I was put on financial aid probation because of the classes I dropped. You have to have a 67% completion rate of all classes, and I ended up with a 58% completion rate. The community college said the financial aid probation would not follow me to another school.

I am transferring to a university for the spring 2014 semester. Will the two classes I dropped at the community college negatively affect my chances to get a Stafford loan at the university? The university I will be going to is one I already attended years ago, and ended up with a 1.86 GPA during that time.

My new school opens back up January 2nd, so I’ll be going there in person that day to find out about all this. But all I can think about is whether I will be approved for Stafford, so I’m asking here to see what you all think. I hope I explained all this clearly. If I don’t get the Stafford, I can’t go to school.