Financial Aid Denial

Submitting an Appeal

• Complete the online appeal form
  • Address your appeal to the Financial Aid Appeal Committee.
  • Explain in detail the reason(s) you did not meet satisfactory academic progress.
  • Give a detailed explanation for how you plan to correct your academic progress deficiencies and prevent this from happening again.
  • List the details of any extenuating circumstance(s) the Committee should be aware and attach supporting documents.
  • This is also an opportunity for you to include letters of support from professors, physicians, etc., if appropriate.
  • All official college transcripts must be on file with the Registrar by the appeal deadline for the semester the appeal is being submitted.
• Submit by the appropriate deadline. Appeals are due by the third calendar day for each term/session.
  • See the Deadlines tab on this page.
• Students completing an appeal of their denial status in a subsequent term must state a basis and set of circumstances for appeal different from the prior basis(es) submitted under prior appeal(s)

Academic Plan Denial

Students who have been plan on financial aid denial for academic plan will be required to submit an academic plan along with their appeal for financial aid. Academic plans outline a course-by-course plan for degree completion and a timeframe in which the academic plan will be completed. Academic plans must be completed with your advisor. For financial aid to be reinstated, the Office of Student Financial Aid must approve your Academic Plan.

Federal Student Aid will only be calculated based on those courses outlined in the academic plan and subject to your financial aid enrollment stats (full-time, three-quarter time, half time, less-than-half time).

Submitting an Academic Plan Appeal:

• Meet with your Academic Advisor/Success Coach to create your academic plan
• Complete the online appeal form
  • Address your letter to the financial Aid Appeal Committee.
  • Your letter of appeal should state your degree intentions, projected graduation time frame and how you plan to meet satisfactory academic progress.
  • Your letter of appeal should also state your educational goals and professional intentions.
  • If you are appealing to change an academic plan, explain why this change is being requested.
  • All official college transcripts must be on file with the Registrar by the appeal deadline for the semester the appeal is being submitted.
• Follow your Academic Plan
  • Taking courses not approved on your Academic Plan will invalidate your plan and make you ineligible for any Federal Student Aid.
  • If you need to change your academic plan, you must resubmit the appeal form.
• Submit the Academic Plan by the appropriate deadline. Academic Plan appeals are due the first day of courses for each term/session.

Probation

A student whose financial aid denial is overturned by the appeal process will be placed on financial aid probation for next semester. Students placed on financial aid probation will regain eligibility of Federal Student Aid for the next semester of enrollment. At the end of each semester that the student is on probation academic performance will be evaluated. At that time, one of the following actions will occur:

• If the student has achieved a career cumulative GPA of 2.0 or greater and 67% completion rate and not attempted 96 or more credit hours will be reinstated to good academic standing.
• If the student has successfully followed the terms of her academic plan and appeal but cannot yet be returned to good academic standing, the student will remain on financial aid probation.
• If the student earns a semester GPA of 2.0 but cannot yet be returned to good academic standing based on not meeting a 2.0 or greater, will remain on financial aid probation.

If neither of the above conditions have been met, the student will be placed back on financial aid denial.

Students are not eligible to appeal the requirements of any ICC or ICC Foundation scholarship. Scholarship criteria are evaluated every term of enrollment and if a student does not meet the criteria at the beginning of the term, their scholarship is forfeit for that term. 

Review of Appeals

All appeals are assigned a risk score based on:

• GPA
• Completion Rate
• Total Attempted Hours
• Hours to Degree/Certificate Completion
• Number of Attended Colleges
• Number of Major Changes
• Number of Warnings/Denials
• Total Pell Lifetime Usage
• Total Direct Loan Usage

Students assessed the lowest score may be approved by the Director of Financial Aid. If denied by the Director, the student's appeal is automatically advanced to the OSFA Cabinet-Level Supervisor for review. If denied by the OSFA Cabinet-Level Supervisor, the student's appeal is automatically advanced to the Financial Aid Appeals Committee.

Students assessed a medium score may be approved by the OSFA Cabinet-Level Supervisor. If denied by the OSFA Cabinet-Level Supervisor, the student's appeal is automatically advanced to the Financial Aid Appeals Committee.

Students assessed the highest score may be approved or denied by the Financial Aid Appeal Committee. If denied by the Financial Aid Appeals Committee, the decision is final and no further review is permitted.