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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white background="cid:image001.jpg@01CCB02A.C3590D50" lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><img src="cid:image001.jpg@01CCB02A.C3590D50" v:src="cid:image001.jpg@01CCB02A.C3590D50" 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;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The Fall 2011 semester is coming to a close shortly even though in some ways it seems like it was just yesterday when we were scrambling to get everyone settled in for the fall. Soon grades for the fall semester will post and our office will start the process of reviewing the achievements our students receiving financial aid. Thus, I would like to address the topic at hand, <b>Financial Aid Standards of Academic Progress</b>. The review will entail 4 different areas at the end of the fall 2011 summarized below. <o:p></o:p></span></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><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The Term GPA and the Institutional Cumulative GPA: Undergraduate Students<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Freshmen students will need complete the term with no less than a 1.88 GPA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Sophomore, Junior and Senior students will need to complete the term with no less than a 2.0 GPA<o:p></o:p></span></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><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The Term GPA and the Institutional Cumulative GPA: Graduate Students</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> will need to complete the term with no less than a 3.0 GPA<o:p></o:p></span></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><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The Completion Rate for the term:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>This is a comparison between the hours attempted for the term and the hours completed for the term<o:p></o:p></span></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><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The 150% Rule: Undergraduate students<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>This looks at all the courses the student has taken throughout their academic life cycle, regardless of whether the student received financial aid or not, regardless of how long ago the courses were taken. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>*(Side comment: </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>This rule is one that did not made sense since it started and continues to not make sense. One that we have to live with.) <o:p></o:p></span></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;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>You may be wondering why this email. <o:p></o:p></span></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;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>When the review occurs for each financial aid recipient a notice will be sent to their myLEO account. If the minimums have not been met and it is the 1<sup>st</sup> time for the student a Warning notice will be sent.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>A Warning means exactly that. Financial aid offered for the new semester will be applicable, provided the student meets enrollment hours, etc. It is an alert that if any of the minimums or combinations of the minimums are not met for the 2<sup>nd</sup> time in a row then a suspension will occur. The student does not need to take any steps. Just enroll for the new semester, and try very hard in the next round. <o:p></o:p></span></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;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>If in the review it is found that it is the 2<sup>nd</sup> semester the student has not met the minimums then a Suspension notice will be sent out and there will be no financial aid for the new semester. The notice will also address the process to appeal the Suspension. <o:p></o:p></span></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;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Students who submitted an appeal of their suspension and the appeal was approved for this fall, received financial aid on a probation basis with certain conditions to be met by the end of the fall. If those conditions are met, the student will clear their suspension status, go back on a Warning and receive financial aid. If those conditions are not met, then the student will go on suspension again. <o:p></o:p></span></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;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Students who were on a Warning Status and meet the minimums will clear their status. No further action on their part will be required. <o:p></o:p></span></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;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>We are alerting the A&M-Commerce student community of the process which occurs at the end of every semester to minimize the surprise factor. For full information on the <a href="http://web.tamu-commerce.edu/admissions/tuitionCosts/financialAidandScholarships/financialAid/awardingAid/satisfactoryAcademicProgress.aspx">Financial Aid Standards of Academic Progress</a>, please visit our web site. The link is provided for your convenience; <a href="http://web.tamu-commerce.edu/admissions/tuitionCosts/financialAidandScholarships/financialAid/awardingAid/satisfactoryAcademicProgress.aspx">http://web.tamu-commerce.edu/admissions/tuitionCosts/financialAidandScholarships/financialAid/awardingAid/satisfactoryAcademicProgress.aspx</a><o:p></o:p></span></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;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The Financial Aid Office Representatives and I wish all of you the best as final exams draw near. Have a great end of fall semester.<o:p></o:p></span></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;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";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:image004.png@01CCB04A.275E1F10" 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>