SAP Appeal Forms

Appeal Form Availability and Deadlines

The appeal deadline for students with a Financial Aid Disqualification hold on Campus Connection is:

  • 2025 Summer Semester: July 18
  • 2025 Fall Semester: September 26
    • If you are NOT enrolled in the 2025 summer semester, you may submit the appeal form now for the 2025 fall semester.
    • If you ARE enrolled in the 2025 summer semester and wish to appeal for the 2025 fall semester, you may do so after August 8th.

Students with an INFO status on Campus Connection (nearing the maximum attempted credit limit but not yet on Disqualification) may submit a Maximum Attempted Credits/Time Frame Appeal Form as late as two weeks prior to the last day of the semester.

If you are not enrolled in the 2025 spring semester, you may submit this form now to appeal for the 2025 summer semester.

Submit this appeal form if you have been disqualified from financial aid for:

  • Grade Point Average (GPA) less than 2.0 (or 3.0 for graduate students)
  • Successful completion of Attempted Credits less than 67

Financial Aid Disqualification Appeal Form

Complete the Maximum Attempted Credits/Time Frame Appeal form if either status below applies:

  • Financial Aid Disqualification due to exceeding the maximum attempted credits/time frame limit.
  • Financial Aid INFO status for nearing the maximum attempted credits/time frame limit.

Students appealing disqualification for exceeding the maximum attempted credits/time frame or INFO status and another disqualifying criteria such as cumulative GPA or 67% successful completion of credits, must submit BOTH forms.

​Maximum Attempted Credits/Time Frame Appeal

  • Submit the Financial Aid Disqualification Appeal Form for:
    • Cumulative grade point average (GPA) below 2.0 (or 3.0 for graduate students)
    • Successful cumulative completion of Attempted Credits less than 67%
  • Submit the Maximum Attempted Credits/Time Frame Appeal Form for:
    • Exceeding the Maximum Attempted Credits for the declared major in an undergraduate degree program
    • Exceeding the Maximum Time Frame/number of semesters needed to complete a masters, or doctorate degree
    • On Financial Aid INFO status and will not graduate at the end of the next semester of enrollment.
  • If the student is disqualified due to both 1 and 2, both appeal forms must be submitted.

PLEASE NOTE: All NDSU employees who receive a report of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, or sexual misconduct involving a student must document the report and contact the Equity Office in accordance with the mandatory reporting requirements of all NDSU employees (except employees of the Counseling Center, Student Health Service, or the Sexual Assault prevention and Advocacy Coordinator). Please see the NDSU Discrimination, Harassment, and Retaliation Complaint Procedures policy or contact the Equity Office Staff at ndsu.eoaa@ndsu.edu for further information.

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