Financial Aid Appeals

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)评估学生的需求为基础的经济援助，如奖学金, grants, loans, and work-study. 

Your eligibility for scholarships, grants, and other types of financial assistance may be adjusted if you make changes in your enrollment or housing status or there are updates in the information on your FAFSA. 

The FAFSA is based upon a past year’s income and assets that do not reflect their current financial circumstances for some students and families. 出于这个原因和以下列出的重大减刑情况的例子, the university provides the opportunity for students to submit additional pertinent information (and documentation) of financial hardship to the Office of Financial Aid for consideration via the applicable appeal application.

• Financial hardship resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic
• The student’s major illness or injury
• Major illness or injury in the student’s immediate family
• Student’s spouse’s major illness or injury
• Student’s loss of employment
• Student’s parent’s loss of employment
• Student’s spouse’s loss of employment
• Student’s separation or divorce
• Student’s parent’s separation or divorce
• Death in the student’s immediate family
• Student’s spouse’s death
• The student’s deployment to active duty
• The student’s spouse’s deployment to active duty
• The student’s parent’s deployment to active duty
• Natural disaster affecting the student
• Natural disaster affecting the student’s parent(s)
• Natural disaster affecting the student’s spouse

Does submitting an appeal mean that I am guaranteed to receive funding?

The appeal team carefully reviews each application to determine if the student is eligible and has requested funding for educational costs and/or emergency expenses related to the pandemic. Expenses for non-educational costs such as home repair cannot be considered. That said, the team works to approve as many appeals as possible.

我需要多长时间才能收到财务援助小组的回复?

The appeal team meets weekly or as needed. Generally, students should expect to receive a response or a request for additional information within 10 – 14 days of submitting their appeal.

Should I ask for a larger amount than I need?

Students should thoughtfully consider the amounts they will need to cover the costs they are unable to pay due to their financial hardship. For example, stating that you need help to pay your tuition and then asking for thousands of dollars more than you owe to the university is likely to result in an outright denial of any funds.

The appeal team reviews your FAFSA, student account, 在你的COA中估计的当前经济援助金额和教育费用. 要求比你的缺口多出数百或数千美元很可能导致上诉被拒绝.

Please be aware that by appealing you are applying to be considered for federal/state and or institutional financial aid funds and must answer all questions in the application truthfully and honestly. Significantly inflating the amount of your request is not truthful.

If I receive additional financial assistance for this year, will I receive the same amount for every year of my enrollment?

每年大学用来支付学生费用的资源都不一样. Any funding that is provided via the appeal process must be understood to be a single-year non-renewable award solely for the academic year for which you are applying. 如果你的经济困难仍然存在，你可能会被考虑通过上诉程序为下一年的资助.

I am not sure which type of appeal to submit. Will I get more money if I submit multiple appeal applications?

学生不得通过多个门户网站同时提交一份以上的申诉. 如果你不确定提交哪种类型的上诉，请联系财政援助办公室的指导. 同时提交多个上诉会延迟对您的情况的审查，并且不会导致额外的资金.

If a student’s financial hardship persists and they are in need of additional funding after receiving the response to their first application, they are permitted to submit a second appeal.

Am I required to submit documentation with my appeal application?

Please be aware that by appealing you are applying to be considered for federal/state and or institutional financial aid funds and must answer all questions in the application truthfully and honestly. 虽然你不需要在提交上诉时提供文件, the information that you provide is subject to verification, 这意味着你可能需要提交补充文件来确认和/或解释你的答案和陈述. 

Am I required to accept my student loans before I can receive grant money?

Federal student loans are a valuable resource and personal investment for funding both undergraduate and graduate tuition and other educational expenses. 然而，上诉小组的批准并不主要基于学生是否接受了他们的贷款, it is a factor in the decision as to how much is awarded. 

Depending upon their circumstances, (especially if their student account balance is fully covered) students may be able to accept their loans to provide a buffer against unexpected expenses during the year.

由于前所未有的COVID-19大流行和其他挑战，许多学生及其家庭面临经济困难. The Office of Financial Aid has limited funding available for eligible students who need assistance in meeting expenses such as tuition, housing, food, books, and/or technology.

符合条件的学生有资格获得为期一年的不可续期的缺口资助, additional federal Pell, FSEOG, or institutional grants, loans, 和/或勤工俭学来帮助他们支付学年的入学费用.

Appeals are need-based, 这意味着学生必须有经济资格才能获得额外的资助. Generally, students must have filed a FAFSA 而且必须先借了学生贷款，学校才会考虑给他们提供额外的助学金.   

国际学生在入学时可以获得奖学金. Students who are seeking additional funding may wish to explore loan options, which may or may not require a U.S. citizen as a cosigner. 

该大学的上诉决定基于可记录的博彩平台网址大全排名，如失业, major illness, divorce, and other serious life-altering financial changes.  

Please note:

Applications for additional assistance are downloaded for review on Mondays. 如果您在周日午夜之前开始但未完成并提交申请，则不完整的申请将被存档. You will then be required to create and submit a new application.

Undergraduate students who initially enrolled as first-year students are generally expected to complete their degrees by the conclusion of their eighth semester of full-time enrollment. Students who initially enrolled as transfer students are generally expected to complete their undergraduate degrees after enrolling for no more than four to six semesters (depending upon the number of units accepted in transfer)

Students who have completed their first bachelor’s degree (at Pacific or elsewhere) are generally only eligible for their remaining undergraduate student loan eligibility.

Most institutional scholarships (e.g.，董事，总裁，太平洋，鲍威尔，教务长，和音乐学院功绩)和助学金(e.g., athletic, housing, UOP, and UOPI grants) 最多只能收到8个学期的收据(如果你最初是作为转校生进入大学的，则为4到6个学期). 联邦和州的补助金和贷款也限制了合格的学期数.

Students who require an additional semester (or two) of enrollment and wish to appeal for an extension of their financial assistance may do so by applying to the Office of Financial Aid. Please note, if you want to appeal for an extension of your athletic grant, contact the Athletics Compliance Office.

Undergraduate students are generally required to enroll for a minimum of twelve units (full time) each semester to receive merit scholarships (e.g., Regents, Presidents, Provosts, Conservatory Merit) and other institutional aid such as the athletic, housing, UOP, and UOPI grants.

Students who require fewer than twelve units to complete their undergraduate degree or the undergraduate coursework of a combined degree program (such as the doctorate in Pharmacy) or who have extenuating circumstances such as required courses not being available, serious illness, financial hardship, or family upheaval are permitted to appeal to retain a portion of their institutional aid during a semester of part-time enrollment.

The Cost of Attendance (COA) estimates what it will cost for an undergraduate student to attend University of the Pacific for an academic year. It may vary based on your program of study and program fees. You can view the COA that the university calculated for you in your financial aid offer. Charges for tuition, housing, meals, 学费每年都在增加，以确保最高质量的教学, facilities, programs, and services.

The U.S. Congress determines the expenses that can be included in the COA. Although the Office of Financial Aid does not have the authority to include expenses in the COA that are not specified in the governing statutes, such as the cost for purchasing a vehicle, we can consider adjustments to the allowable expenses.

Indirect costs can vary significantly depending upon where students live, whether they have roommates, books and supplies needed for their program, costs for dependent care, special dietary requirements, and personal spending habits.

If your costs for housing, food, books, transportation, 和/或你的个人开支明显高于COA中的估计, 你可以上诉要求财政援助办公室考虑对你的COA进行可能的调整. COA的调整通常只会增加贷款资格, not additional institutional aid. 如果您有进一步的问题，请与您的校园经济援助办公室取得联系.

Federal and state aid as well as most institutional scholarships (e.g.，董事，总裁，太平洋，教务长，和音乐学院功绩)和助学金(e.g., athletic, housing, UOP, and UOPI grants), except the Powell Scholarship and certain other endowed awards, 如果你达到了财政援助的学业进步(SAP)标准，你是否可以续签.

简而言之，SAP规定要求学生达到最低平均绩点(GPA)。. For most students, this is a 2.00 and rate-of-credit accumulation threshold (pace), which requires that you pass a minimum of 67% of the units you attempt.

Federal, state, and institutional regulations permit students who are not in satisfactory academic standing to appeal their status to receive financial aid funds. 大学允许SAP申请联邦、州和机构的财政援助. Students who are not in satisfactory academic standing may appeal their status by accessing the University’s SAP appeal process and presenting their documented extenuating circumstances.

All students, except those eligible to request a recalculation of their SAP status, who submit an appeal must also include a completed academic plan. Please note, students who are eligible for a recalculation of their SAP status may be required to submit an academic plan depending upon the outcome of the recalculation. To develop the academic plan, the student must meet with an academic advisor and adhere to all associated requirements. If the SAP appeal has been approved, 学生必须遵守相关的学术计划才能获得经济援助.

If your SAP appeal has been approved, you will be placed on probation. During any probationary semester, you are required to achieve a minimum semester (not cumulative) GPA of 2.00 and pace of 67% to be eligible for financial aid the following semester.

如果你的学术成绩不理想，并且经历了重大的情有可原的情况, you may wish to submit a SAP appeal.

博彩平台网址大全的大多数本科生都依赖于经济援助资格, which means that they must provide their parent(s)’ information on the FAFSA. 学生是独立还是依赖取决于他们在第三步的回答, questions 45 – 57 of the FAFSA.

有时，一个被认为是依赖的学生经历了家庭动荡，比如父母的遗弃, or a parent(s) who is absent, ill, abusive, incarcerated, debilitated, or otherwise does not function as a parent. In such circumstances, 经济援助办公室可以在不使用家长信息的情况下考虑学生的援助. 考虑没有家长信息的学生被称为依赖覆盖.

由于家庭环境的敏感性，可能需要撤销依赖关系, the financial aid office offers students confidential, caring attention.

如果您认为您的家庭情况可能使您有资格获得依赖关系覆盖, please begin by talking to one of the counselors in the financial aid office.

After you speak with a counselor, your next step might be to submit a dependency override application.