My son was placed on academic warning(not probation) due to withdrawing from 2 classes. he plans on?

Question

transferring to another school in the fall, and has 3.7GPA and was already accepted to the other school. Should he bother appealing the academic warning? he withdrew due to medical reasons, so he should win an appeal. will he have problems with financial aid at the new school if we don't appeal the status at the old school?

Answer 1

If he's already accepted it shouldn't matter in the least, although I suppose "if" the other school finds out they may ask for an explanation. If you are really concerned, it would be best to ask representatives of the new school.

Answer 2

Let it be.

Answer 3

I think you need to do a little further investigation as to what his situation is.  First of all, he wouldn't have been put on academic probation (or warning - whatever they call it) with a GPA of 3.7.  He was probably put on financial aid probation (i.e.-warning).

These are totally different, and he would have to meet different requirements to fulfill the requirements and keep him from being in trouble. It will ONLY have repercussions to him at the new school if he doesn't meet *whatever* the school is requiring he do to get out of the fin aid warning.  

(For example: he dropped two classes financial aid paid for him to attend.  Therefore he has 1 semester to "make up" those two classes (he could still get fin aid during this semester) besides taking the regular 12 hour semester.  Making it necessary for him to enroll in 18 hours the following semester. If he does not do this an pass (without dropping more classes) he would have his fin aid taken away.  Or if the next semester was a summer semester, they could require him to take 6 hours without fin aid to fulfil the requirements of the warning. (This would be done without fin aid assistance).

  

If he fillfils the requiements at the old school, he'd be fine at the new one.  Or, if he leaves the old school without taking the two extra classes, the school would simply stop him from getting fin aid at the new school until he paid the old school back for the dropped two classes last semester.  (all the schools are tied together and know who is awarded what).

These are just examples of what COULD happen.  You really need to know the situation and the resulting consequences for his withdrawing.  Every school is different and the policies may change from time to time.

PS : any withdrawing from classes (medical or not) still will come back to haunt him.  Even if he does appeal and have it awarded all schools track "attempted hours".  Once he gets to a certain point and still hasn't earned his degree, they'll cut off his fin aid.  Be sure he's healthy enough to finish the semester before he enrolls so this doesn't happen to him again.

Good LUCK hope it helps.