[Students] REMINDER; Financial Aid and Repeating Coursework

[Maria Ramos]

Registration for the Spring 2012 semester has been going on for the past
few weeks. Students who are receiving financial aid and academic
advisors/ Success Coaches need to remember the following:


Courses completed with a passing grade and repeated only for purposes of
improving the GPA in the course or to meet the minimum number of hours
to qualify for financial aid will not be paid by financial aid.
Financial aid will be permitted only in such cases when the grade is not
acceptable for the degree program the student is pursuing at
A&M-Commerce.

 

Example 1: When financial aid IS acceptable to pay for repeating a
course

Student receives financial aid and enrolls in a course completing the
course with a C.

The course is part of the major and to be considered acceptable to the
degree the course must be completed with a B or higher. 

The student needs to retake the course since the course is part of the
major and must be completed with a B or higher in order to be taken into
the degree.

Financial aid can be used to pay for repeating the course.

 

Example 2: When financial aid is NOT acceptable to pay for repeating a
course

Student receives financial aid and enrolls in a course completing the
course with a C.

The course is NOT part of the major and is acceptable to the degree with
a letter grade of C.

The student wants to retake the course to see if they receive a better
grade though the higher grade is not required to be accepted towards the
degree.

Financial aid cannot be used to pay for repeating the course in this
example.

 

This is a friendly reminder. 

This information has been available on our web site under "New for
2011-2012" tab.

 

Maria del C. Ramos

Director, Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships
Texas A&M University-Commerce

PO Box 3011

Commerce, TX 75249-3011

Phone: 903-886-5091

Fax: 903-886-5098
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