Are these good reasons for financial aid appeal?

Question

i dropped to many classes since i was going through personal problems like coming out to my parents, them no longer wanting me in the house and harassing me, being in an abusive relationship and having going through therapy/counseling in order to deal with my eating disorders and the health problems it caused me.I ended up cracking because of the pressure and subsequently withdrew from the fall semester and not going to winter. its been a very hard year lets just say. the real question is, are these reasons good enough for them to continue my financial aid if i appeal? I have dealt with my problems and right now I am solely focused on my studies. Has anyone else been in my situation? any advice?

thanks

Answer 1

Yes, these are good reasons to appeal. Just know that if you put stuff like you having to go to therapy, you will need to provide documentation to back it up.

Generally, the financial aid office will approve appeals a couple of times before you have to pay for a quarter/semester on your own. So, dont worry about it too much if it is your first offense.

Just be really detailed in your letter, state how you have over come these obstacles and how you will be successful in future classes.

Make sure you do not owe any money back also, if you withdrew from all of your classes before the 35 class day you may owe money back.

Answer 2

just do what is right. have a goal in life and make it as your inspiration or experience in life. like me i choose to be a cadet so that i can help my parents. it is your own choice how you can aid the financial appeal. impress your family and have a goal in life.

Answer 3

Be careful that you do not have to repay funds.  If you owe the govt. money, you will have to pay it back before you can receive aid.  They usually take into account your circumstances, but often they put you on probation first and you don't need to appeal.  But, if you have lost your aid completely, they might want you to take a long semester of at least 6 hours and pay for it yourself in order to show them you can pass your classes.  They will normally reinstate you after that.  If this is a local community college, you might want to consider going to a university.  As long as you don't owe the government the money, your financial aid suspension does not follow you to other schools.  It only goes to schools that are in a connected system...like a cities community colleges, or different campuses of a same college.  I worked in financial aid for a while, and they will often times work with you.