Office of Financial Aid | Christopher Newport University

Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP): Students must be making Satisfactory Academic Progress in order to continue receiving financial aid, including student loans.

Academic Year: Full-time enrollment for two semesters equals one academic year. The academic year is prorated for less than full-time students. Important Note: The number of hours a student is enrolled in at the end of the first week of classes will be used to determine full-time or part-time enrollment status for evaluating academic progress.
Academic Work Evaluated: The above table applies to all academic work taken, not just the terms for which financial aid was received.
Transfer Students: The amount of time given a transfer student to complete his or her degree program is prorated based on the number of credit hours that are transferred to CNU.
Academic Good Standing: Students on academic probation for a second term are not eligible to receive financial aid. Students who lost their eligibility due to a lack of academic good standing may regain their eligibility by raising their GPA to the level where they are no longer on academic probation.
Appeals: Students with extenuating circumstances may appeal their case to the Director of Financial Aid. A successful appeal requires the identification of a specific problem that prevented the satisfactory academic progress or academic good standing and evidence that the problem has been eliminated.
Complete Policy: This is a synopsis of the complete policy that is on file in the Office of Financial Aid.