In order to receive your financial aid you must meet Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) Standards

Maintain a 2.0 Cumulative GPA

Receive an average letter grade of C in all courses you have completed.

Maintain 67% Unit Completion

Complete at least 67% of your attempted units with a grade of A, B, C, D, CR, P.

Maximum Time Frame Requirement

Complete your program within 150% of the published program's required units - Comprehensive Student Educational Plan (CSEP) Instructions

Are you eligible to receive your Financial Aid?

Check your SAP status

You will receive a message through Message Center notifying you of your SAP status for the following semester. Once all of the your grades have posted for your current semester.

You are meeting the Financial Aid SAP Standards and are eligible to receive Financial Aid.

You will be placed on warning after one semester of not meeting SAP. You are still eligible to receive financial aid.

If you fail to meet SAP after one semester on warning status, you will be placed on disqualification. You will NOT be eligible to receive financial aid grants or student loans.

If disqualified, you have the opportunity to appeal by the posted deadline. If approved, you may be required to meet with a financial aid counselor to complete an academic plan.

If you have questions regarding your SAP Status, please contact the Financial Aid Office at finaid@cerritos.edu 

If you are disqualified, you can appeal your decision by following the appeal process and submitting a SAP Appeal by the posted deadline.

• Complete the appeal on Student Forms detailing your situation and reason(s) for not meeting SAP for each semester that you had non-passing grades, what has changed, and your plan to improve your progress.
  
  

• Submit your SAP Appeal Form on Student Forms by the appropriate deadline.  The link is located under your SAP Status Disqualification message, it can be found in your Message Center on MyCerritos portal in the Student Center.

• You will receive notification of the SAP appeal decision via Message Center.
  

  
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