Credits and Academic Standards
After your financial aid applications have been completed and awards determined, your financial aid is based on the following each semester.
Academic Standards
Student’s must meet these minimum academic standards each semester to qualify for financial aid.
Satisfactory Academic Standards (SAP)
Credits
Students can only receive financial aid for credits that are degree applicable. The Student Outcome Tracking (SOT) process runs to determine if the coursework you enroll in degree applicable.
Student Outcome Tracking process
Below are charts showing what financial aid you could qualify for based on degree applicable credits per semester.
Fall & Spring Semesters | ||||
1-5.5 Credits |
6-8.5 Credits |
9-11.5 Credits |
12 + ( Full time) |
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Federal Aid |
Pell Grant (1/4 full time award) |
Pell Grant (1/2 full time award) |
Pell Grant (3/4 full time award) |
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State Aid |
Aid for Part-Time Study |
Aid for Part-Time Study or Part Time TAP | ||
Scholarships |
Scholarships | |||
ADA students can receive Part Time TAP at 4 or more credits and can receive Excelsior Scholarship funding on a part time basis. | ||||
Winter Semester: Federal and State Financial aid is not available.
Summer Semester | ||||
1-5.5 Credits |
6-8.5 Credits |
9-11.5 Credits |
12 + ( Full time) |
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Federal Aid
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Pell Grant (1/4 full time award) |
Pell Grant (1/2 full time award) |
Pell Grant (3/4 full time award) |
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State Aid
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Excelsior Scholarship funding is not available in the summer. There is no additional Student Loan funding for summer. If you choose to use loan funding in Summer it reduces the amount of loan funding available in Fall/ Spring. Summer accelerated NYS TAP funding: Students qualify for 8 semesters worth of Full Time TAP funding towards their undergraduate degree. Using NYS TAP funding in Summer is the equivalent of 1/2 semester and will reduce your final TAP payment in your Undergraduate degree. | ||||