The document summarizes changes to UNT's Satisfactory Academic Progress policy for financial aid. It notes that SAP will now be monitored at the end of each term rather than yearly. For 2011-2012, 2640 students were at warning status for spring semester. Communication to warning students includes emails, phone calls and a message on myUNT. The student view on myUNT displays their academic progress status. New minimum GPA requirements will take effect for 2012-2013.

1. Financial Aid
Satisfactory Academic
Progress Update
Presented By:
Dena Guzman-Torres, Assistant Director

2. New for 2011-2012
• Based on new federal regulation changes, UNT will monitor
Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) at the end of each term
instead of on a yearly basis.
• This is a result of the Higher Education Act and the final rules
that were passed in Fall 2010
• SAP will be monitored in the Summer.

3. SAP Terms
• Pace of Progression
• The rate at which a student is progressing toward the
completion of a degree, certificate or certification.
• Meets SAP
• A status assigned to a student in good standing and meeting all
SAP requirements.
• Warning
• A status assigned to a student who failed to meet SAP
requirements (qualitative and/or pace of progression). A
student will still be allowed to receive financial aid during a
warning status.

4. SAP Terms
• Not Meets SAP
• A status assigned to a student who is not meeting SAP
requirements (qualitative, pace of progression and/or
maximum hours). Students are not eligible for financial aid
with this status.
• Appeal
• The process for a student who failed to meet SAP
requirements to petition the school for a reconsideration of
financial aid.
• Financial Aid Probation
• A status assigned to a student who failed to maintain SAP but
who successfully appeals, permitting the student to receive
financial aid for a specified amount of time.

5. Spring 2012 Students at Risk
• 2640 Enrolled Spring Students at FA SAP warning
• 2420 Total Undergraduate Students
• 220 Total Graduate Students

6. Spring 2012 FA SAP Warning Students
Per College

7. Reason for Warning Status
2640 Total Students at Spring 2012 Warning

8. Communication to Students
• Students can check their SAP status on myUNT
• Warning students receive email/message
center/phone call/text (if available) at the start of the
term.
• Additional communication to warning students is
sent middle of term as a reminder.

9. Student View on myUNT
• Students can check their FA SAP status by
clicking on the Academic Progress (SAP) link
Student clicks here

10. Student View Continued
• Student clicks on the Aid Year
• FA SAP information is displayed informing students
of their FA SAP progress status

11. Student View Continued

12. New for 2012-2013
• Undergraduates - The minimum cumulative UNT GPA
is 1.8 in the first term of enrollment, 2.0 for all
subsequent semesters.
• Graduates - The minimum cumulative UNT GPA is
2.67 in the first term of enrollment, 3.0 for all
subsequent semesters.