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Location: Montebello Complex A-203
Phone: 443.885.3170
Fax: 443.885.8272
Director: Mr. Reginald Cureton
finaid@morgan.edu
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Fill out appropriate forms and send all forms in by the
deadline.
To avoid processing delays:
- File the FAFSA no later than mid-February before a Fall semester. It
takes four to six weeks to process this form.
- Complete the financial application forms according to directions, making
certain that all items are legible and completed accurately.
- Contact the Financial Aid Office if you have questions about how to
complete forms
- Make sure that all necessary signatures and dates have been furnished;
and
- Submit at the same time all required documents to the Financial Aid
Office.
- Notification
The following notification schedule will be observed:
- The Financial Aid Office will acknowledge receipt of all documents.
Students should retain copies of receipts and documents.
- Offers of awards will be made when all required information has been
received and grades and other necessary information become available.
- Students must confirm acceptance of award offers by signing and returning the award notification within 10 days after receipt of the notification.
- Calculation of Financial Aid.
The award offer is based upon a review of the student's financial need as
determined by an analysis of the FAFSA by an approved federal processor.
Once the student's contribution has been determined and the cost of attending
Morgan (including books, transportation and personal expenses) has been considered,
the financial aid award offer will be made based on the availability of funds.
Due to limitations of funds and the large number of eligible aid applicants,
the university is usually unable to meet 100% of the student's need. The student
should expect to contribute to the costs of his/her education.
- Changes in Financial Circumstances.
If financial circumstances change after an award offer is made, students must
notify the Financial Aid Office immediately.
Documented changes may result in a re-evaluation of eligibility status and/or
the amount of financial aid offered. Changes which result in a higher income
must also be reported.
- Disbursement of
Funds.
- The award offer is for one academic year. Awards are usually disbursed
in two equal installments: one half the yearly award for the Fall semester,
and the other half for the Spring semester.
- Funds for direct expenses (tuition, fees, campus room and board) will
be credited to the student's account at the beginning of each semester.
- Book coupons based on financial aid available may be obtained from the
Office of the Bursar.
- Refunds when due are processed by the Office of the Bursar. The student
must file a "Request for Refund" form with the Office of the Bursar. Six
to eight weeks usually elapse before the refund is available. Students
are responsible for managing their aid during the semester.
- Satisfactory Academic progress standards for financial
aid.
Disbursement of financial aid usually is dependent upon the students' meeting
satisfactory academic progress standards.
Academic records may be reviewed at the end of each semester. Students who
do not meet standards indicated below may lose financial aid until the minimum
requirement is reached. Students whose award offers are based on full-time
status must register for and retain at least 12 credits or financial aid will
be reduced accordingly.
SATISFACTORY ACADEMIC PROGRESS SCALE (effective July 1998)(Full-Time Students)
| School Year |
Minimum Credits to be Earned |
Cumulative G.P.A |
| 1st |
20 (min.20)
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1.8
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| 2nd |
42 (min 22)
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2.0
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| 3rd |
66 (min 24)
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2.0
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| 4th |
90 (min 24)
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2.0
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| 5th* |
114 (min 24)
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2.0
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| 6th* |
138 (min 24)
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2.0
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*Students pursuing standard four-year offerings are allowed five and one-half
years to complete degree requirements.
**Students pursuing the School of Engineering offerings are allowed six years
to complete degree requirements. (This is based on the July and August, 1988
prospectuses of the School of Engineering).
- Full-Time Students:
Full-time students are those who register for 12 or more credits per semester and who are expected to earn no less than the minimum credits and cumulative averages for the years indicated above. Students pursuing standard four-year offerings are allowed five and one-half years to complete degree requirements. - Three-Quarter Time Students:
Students must earn no less than 18 credits per year. Cumulative averages for the first one
and one-half years must be no less than 1.8 and 2.0 or better for each succeeding year.
Under this scale, students are expected to complete requirements in seven years, except
that Engineering majors are allowed up to 8 years.
- Half-Time Students:
One-half-time students are expected to register for no less than six credits and to make
progress at the rate of 12 credits per school year, with no less than a 1.8 average for
each of the first two academic years and a 2.0 average or better for all succeeding years.
Students under this scale must complete requirements in 10 years, except that Engineering
students are allowed up to 12 years for completion.
- Engineering Students:
Full-time Engineering students are allowed six years to complete degree requirements.
- Transfer Students:
Time frames for transfer students will be established at the time of the students' entry to Morgan State University. Students will be expected to progress in accordance with the time frame.
- Withdrawals.
Students are allowed one official withdrawal from all classes without a financial aid penalty, if they
were otherwise making satisfactory progress in the period immediately preceding the withdrawal.
Unofficial withdrawals will be evaluated as if all courses were failed for the term. The students may be
penalized by loss of financial aid.
- Incompletes, Non-Credit Courses, Repeats and Remediation.
Students will not be penalized for repeating courses, taking non-credit or remedial courses, or receiving
incompletes as long as they earn the required number of credits and grade point average to amintain
satisfactory academic progress.
- Appeals.
Students who become ineligible for aid because of unsatisfactory academic progress may appeal in writing to
the Financial Aid Review Committee no later than three weeks prior to the subseuent semester. Supportive
documentation must be submitted with the appeal.
- Probation.
Students whose appeals are approved will be granted a semester of financial aid probation during which a
minimum of 12 semester hours must be rursued and earned with at least a 2.0 semester average. Generally,
only one semester of financial aid probation will be granted
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