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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white background="cid:image001.jpg@01CC5CDF.9E49F090" lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><img src="cid:image001.jpg@01CC5CDF.9E49F090" v:src="cid:image001.jpg@01CC5CDF.9E49F090" v:shapes="_x0000_Mail" width=0 height=0 class=shape style='display:none;width:0;height:0'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>The information being provided in this email has been available on the main page of the Financial Aid & Scholarships web site for some time now – the tab reads NEW FOR 2011-2012. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>One of the changes for the 2011-2012 involves financial aid and students repeating courses. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>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. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Financial aid will be permitted only in such cases when the grade earned the first time the course was taken is not acceptable for the degree program the student is pursuing at A&M-Commerce.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Example 1:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Student takes a course that is part of the major and must complete the course with no less than a B in order to be accepted towards the degree.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> The student completes the course with a C. Even though a C is a passing grade overall, it needs to be taken again in order to be accepted towards the degree.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'>In this situation financial aid <b>can</b> be used to pay for that course that is being repeated. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Example 2: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Student has only 3 hours remaining to complete their degree. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Student has taken a course previously that is part of their degree plan. The student earns a B or higher in the course. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> The student wants to retake the course only because by retaking the course they are meeting the minimum number of hours for financial aid eligibility. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>In this situation financial aid <b>cannot</b> be used to pay for the course previously taken and being taken again to bring total number of hours to the minimum 6 hour requirement for financial aid eligibility. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Example 3:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Student takes a course that is not part of their degree plan and just takes the course to have the minimum 6 hour requirement for financial aid. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> In this situation financial aid <b>cannot</b> be used to pay for the course. The course must be part of the degree plan the student is pursuing. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Example 4:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Student takes a course that is part of their degree plan but not necessarily a part of the major. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'>The student earns a C in the course and wants to retake the course to improve the GPA.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'>In this situation financial aid <b>cannot</b> be used to pay for the course. The student earned a passing grade and cannot use financial aid when retaking the course.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>If you have any questions please contact our office. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Rage Italic";color:#365F91'>Maria del C. Ramos<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#0D0D0D'>Director, Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships<br>Texas A&M University-Commerce<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#0D0D0D'>PO Box 3011</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#0D0D0D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#0D0D0D'>Commerce, TX 75249-3011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#0D0D0D'>Phone: 903-886-5091<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#0D0D0D'>Fax: 903-886-5098<br></span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#365F91'>http://web.tamu-commerce.edu/<br></span></b><span lang=EN style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>“Most business men generally are so busy coping with immediate and piecemeal matters that there is a lamentable tendency to let the "long run" or future take care of itself. We often are so busy "putting out fires," so to speak, that we find it difficult to do the planning that would prevent those fires from occurring in the first place. As a prominent educator has expressed it, Americans generally "spend so much time on things that are urgent that we have none left to spend on those that are important."</span><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN style='font-size:8.0pt;color:black'> </span><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:black'>Gustav Metzman<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#365F91'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#A88420'>Please take a minute to complete our </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#244061'><a href="http://web.tamu-commerce.edu/audience/onestopshop/"><span style='color:#244061'>We Care</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#A88420'> survey online and let us know how we are doing!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#365F91'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#0D0D0D'><img border=0 width=85 height=85 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.png@01CC5CE3.CD0E2690" alt="Description: SpiritLogo.emf"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>