金融援助 Information 和 Forms

Here the 财政援助办公室 provides such resources as 金融援助 applications 和 verification forms.

How to Submit 金融援助 Verification Documentation

Students may submit verification documentation by mail, fax (401-456-8686) or by using our new Secure Electronic Drop Box at securefinaid@icnci.net.* For security 和 confidentiality purposes, you must use your RIC 电子邮件 account to send your documentation. If you don’t have a RIC 电子邮件 please contact the ITS帮助中心.

*Please Note: This is not an 电子邮件 address; it is only meant for sending documents securely to the 金融援助 Office.

金融援助 Applications, Verification Forms, 和 Additional Resources

Federal regulations require all institutions which administer Title IV student assistance programs to monitor the academic progress towards a degree or certificate of students applying for funds. All students who have completed a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) 和 wish to be considered for Title IV federal aid such as federal Pell grants, 直接贷款, 和 SEOG grants as well as other types of assistance must meet the criteria stated in the policy.

Please Note: Regulations require the financial aid policy to be at least as strict as the institution’s academic st和ing policy 和 therefore these st和ards have recently been updated to be consistent with recent changes in the college’s Academic St和ing Policy. The new st和ards are effective for all aid applicants for the 2022 – 2023 financial aid year 和 beyond.

援助的资格

Your financial aid eligibility is based on the Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) st和ards that the Rhode Isl和 College’s 金融援助 Office is 美国所要求的.S. 教育部 to establish, publish, 和 apply. The 金融援助 Office measures your academic performance 和 enforces SAP st和ards to ensure that you, as a financial aid recipient, 毕业进度. If you fail to meet these st和ards, you become ineligible to receive financial aid until you meet all requirements.

Financial aid recipients will be reviewed for satisfactory progress at the end of the spring semester after grades are posted. A student who does not meet the satisfactory academic progress st和ards will be terminated from financial aid assistance. An aid-terminated student is ineligible for any further financial aid, 包括学生贷款, until satisfactory academic progress is re-established. Readmission to a program or removal from academic probation does not automatically constitute eligibility for federal aid.

St和ards of Measuring Academic Progress at Rhode Isl和 College

  1. 定性的组件: Students must meet minimum cumulative G.P.A. requirements as more credits are attempted (see chart below).
  2. 定量组件: The quantitative component requires you to complete your degree within a maximum timeframe. You are eligible to receive financial aid for a maximum timeframe of 150 percent of the published degree credits required to complete your program. Since an undergraduate degree program at Rhode Isl和 College requires 120 degree credits, you are eligible for financial aid up to 180 attempted credits.
    • The ratio between attempted 和 completed credits determines your credit completion ratio. Students are required to meet the completion ratio as outlined in the chart below.
    • Incompletes, Withdrawals, ESL credits, remedial credits 和 Repeats all count toward completion percentage as attempted credits. "I" (Incomplete) grades are not considered passing grades.
    • 转移学分 are counted in the total number of attempted 和 completed credits.
  3. Both components apply to double majors, or students who change majors

Students 应用ing for the 2022 – 2023 Aid Year 和 Beyond

These students will be evaluated in accordance with this schedule:

学分未遂 Required Successful Completion 最小累积G.P.A.
0 to 12 ----- -----
13​ to 36 60% 1.80
37 to 180 67% 2.0

上诉过程

  1. 学生必须完成 吸引力的形式 和 follow the instructions on the form. Appeals should be based on personal injury, 疾病, 家庭困难, 亲属死亡, or other extenuating circumstances beyond the student’s control.

  2. If more than one semester is needed to comply with the SAP policy as detailed above, it is recommended that your appeal include an advisor-approved academic plan that if followed will ensure you will be able to meet SAP requirements by the end of the specified semester.

  3. 如果你的上诉被批准, you will be 的地方d on “financial aid probation” 和 as long as you meet all requirements of the approval letter, follow your academic plan (if applicable) 和 maintain your degree status, you may continue to receive financial aid.

  4. The Deadline for appeals is no later than four weeks prior to the end of the semester for which aid is desired.

Appeal Notification Process

  1. Students will be notified of the appeal decision via an 电子邮件 sent to your RIC 电子邮件 address. Allow up to three weeks for processing appeals.

  2. Subsequent appeals of the same nature are not permitted.

  3. All appeal decisions are final.

Reinstatement of Eligibility

When a student has made satisfactory progress as outlined above for a particular semester without the benefit of student financial aid, the student must contact the Office of Student 金融援助 和 request a Satisfactory Academic Progress re-evaluation. The student will then be reinstated to an eligible status for the subsequent term.​​

Federal regulations require that students borrowing from the Federal Direct Loan 和/or Graduate PLUS programs receive loan counseling at two points in the borrowing cycle. 入学咨询 is required prior to the first disbursement of a loan, 和 出口咨询 is required at the time that a student graduates, drops below half-time status or leaves the College.

Entrance 和 Exit counseling may be completed on-line by clicking on the link below.  The link will bring you to an interactive federal website.  入学咨询 will be found under the "Complete Aid Process" tab, 和 出口咨询 is listed under the "Manage Loan" tab. You will need your federal FSA ID to log in.  The FSA ID has re的地方d the federal PIN.  Instructions for creating an FSA ID are provided at the website link below. Please find more information from Federal Student Aid on 入学咨询出口咨询.

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