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ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE & FINANCIAL AID ELIGIBILITY
All federal and state financial aid programs require that every recipient register for and maintain enrollment in their classes in order to receive financial aid awards. Students are expected to make satisfactory academic progress toward their degree in order to keep receiving their awards.

The enrollment requirements and minimum academic performance standards for the federal and state financial aid programs differ from one another and exist separately from the College's own enrollment and retention requirements.

For example, students might be charged as full-time students by the College but not qualify for full-time financial assistance due to failing to meet one or more of the enrollment requirements listed below. Likewise, students might be in good academic standing according the College's own retention standard but fail one or more of the financial aid satisfactory progress requirements listed below and therefore not qualify for certain grant or loan programs.

The following table summarizes the enrollment and academic performance requirements for the federal and state financial aid programs. You may click on the blue pointers [] below to read more about each requirement.

ENROLLMENT REQUIREMENTS [GETTING YOUR AID]
Basic Enrollment Conditions
Federal Pell Grant: You must establish and maintain enrollment in 1 to 18 credits or equated credits per semester. Pell $ amounts are pro-rated to your enrollment status at the end of the add/drop period. Pell Award Schedule New York State Tuition Assistance Progam (TAP): You must enroll full-time in a minimum of 12 credits or equated credits per semester. TAP Enrollment Requirements

Federal Loans, Work-Study & Supplemental Grant: You must establish and maintain enrollment in at least 6 credits or equated credits. Direct Loan Enrollment Requirements Work-Study Enrollment Requirements FSEOG Enrollment Requirements Perkins Loan Enrollment Requirements

Part-Time TAP (PTAP): You must enroll part-time in a minimum of 6 to 11 credits or equated credits per semester. You must have earned 24 credits in the year preceding your first PTAP award. TAP Enrollment Requirements
  NYS Aid for Part-Time Study (APTS): You must enroll part-time in at least 6 to 11 credits or equated credits per semester. (APTS is available to part-time students not receiving PTAP.) APTS Enrollment Requirements
Additional Enrollment Conditions
All Federal Aid Programs: There is a 30 hour limit on payments for remedial [non-ESL] classes. Remedial Coursework & Federal Aid Eligibility TAP: You must include in your full-time course load at least 3 degree credits the 1st semester you receive an award and 6 degree credits every semester thereafter. TAP Enrollment Requirements
  APTS: You must have at least 3 degree credits each semester. APTS Enrollment Requirements
 

TAP: You are limited to 6 full-time semesters or the equivalent of full-time assistance as an associate degree student. TAP/PTAP Enrollment Requirements

All Federal Aid Programs: Courses taken should count toward the degree. All NYS Programs (TAP or APTS): All courses MUST count towards the degree to be counted toward the minimum full-time/part-time enrollment requirement.
REPEATED COURSE REQUIREMENTS
Repeating Failed Courses
All Federal Aid Programs: Payments are available for repeating failed courses subject to maintaining the federal satisfactory academic progress requirements described below. BMCC Grading Policies
All NYS Aid Programs: Payments are available for repeating failed courses subject to maintaining the NYS satisfactory academic progress requirements described below.BMCC Grading Policies
Repeating Previously Passed Courses
All Federal Aid Programs: Payments are available for a one-time repeat of any course previously passed. All NYS Aid Programs: Payments are NOT AVAILABLE for repeating any course previously passed and accepted for the degree.
ACADEMIC PROGRESS REQUIREMENTS [KEEPING YOUR AID]
When Academic Progress Is Measured
All Federal Aid Programs: Measured once a year after the spring term.Federal Satisfactory Academic Progress Standard
All NYS Aid Programs: Measured after every term including summer.TAP Progress Chart
Pursuit of Program Conditions

All Federal Aid Programs: You may attempt no more than 150% of the courses needed for your current degree (that is, you may attempt no more than 90 credits to earn 60).Federal Satisfactory Academic Progress Standard

>All NYS Aid Programs: You must complete a certain % of coursework each semester you receive a NYS payment: TAP Progress Chart

Semester
1
2
3
4
5
6
% to complete
50%
50%
75%
75%
100%
100%

Academic Progress Conditions

All Federal Aid Programs: You must earn a minimum number of credits toward your degree each year according to either one of the following 2 standards:
A. Regular Standard: Your earned credits must be equal to or greater than 2/3 of your attempted credits.
B. Conditional Standard: Your earned credits must be equal to or greater than your attempted credits times .875 minus 21. Federal Satisfactory Academic Progress Standard

All NYS Aid Programs: You must earn credits toward your degree and attain a minimum GPA each semester you receive NYS payment: TAP Progress Chart

Progress Chart [for students who received 1st NYS Award in 2007-08 through 2009-10]
TAP Payment #
1
2
3
4
5
6
Credits earned for degree
0
3
9
18
30
45
with Minimum GPA
0
.5
.75
1.3
2.0
2.0
Progress Chart [for students receiving their 1st NYS award in 2010-11 or thereafter]
TAP Payment #
1
2
3
4
5
6
Credits earned for degree
0
6
15
27
39
51
with Minimum GPA
0
1.3
1.5
1.8
2.0
2.0

If you are notified that you are not meeting one or more of the federal academic progress conditions, you may not receive additional payments of federal financial aid until your eligibility is restored. You may want to consider one of several options for the possible restoration of your federal eligibility including appeal, transfer or leave of absence. Federal Satisfactory Academic Progress Standard

If you are notified that you are not meeting one or more of the New York State academic progress conditions, you may not receive additional payments of NYS financial aid until your eligibility is restored. You may want to consider one of several options for the possible restoration of state eligibility including appeal, transfer or leave of absence. Restoration of State Aid Eligibility

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