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Standards of Satisfactory
Academic Progress and Eligibility
Lutheran Medical Center School of Nursing has established qualitative and quantitative measures to evaluate the efforts of all students, including financial aid recipients, to achieve a diploma. Assessment of these efforts will occur each term, defined as a semester, fall, spring, and/or summer session.
All students must demonstrate eligibility through the Federal Need Analysis System, carry a minimum requirements for financial aid are maintained (this usually means six (6) credit hours a semester or twelve (12) in a borrow based year), be enrolled as a regular student, and be maintaining satisfactory academic progress to qualify for financial aid.
Students will be expected to maintain satisfactory grades in order to remain eligible for aid as described in the Scholastic Standards: Chapter Four of the Student Handbook. Grades of “F”, “W-F”, “N/C”, or “Z” are not acceptable toward these requirements.
Progress will be assessed at the end of each term. A student placed on probation may still receive financial aid for the subsequent term as long as a minimum of six (6) credit hours in a semester or twelve (12) in an academic year is carried. Any student who withdraws or takes a leave of absence must reapply for financial aid through the Financial Aid Coordinator.
If a student fails a course and re-enrolls in the course, the student must make an appointment with the Financial Aid Coordinator to determine eligibility for the use of financial aid and Title IV Funds for repeat courses. There will be no appeals accepted for the discontinuing of financial aid for course work repeated more than once.
Students will be expected to make satisfactory progress towards completion of their certificate. Level I students must complete 50% of all attempted hours. Level II students must complete 67% of all attempted hours. This cumulative standard continues to accrue from the time that a student enters the school. In this equation hours attempted are the hours that a student has completed, withdrawn from or failed. A student enrolled in the RN Generic program may not attempt more than 112 hours. A student enrolled in the LPN-RN Bridge program may not attempt more than 84 hours. For transfer students (students with transfer credit for nursing or non-nursing courses) a student may not attempt more than one and a half times the number of hours of the program to be completed on campus.
Students are expected to maintain a cumulative 2.0 grade point average at Lutheran School of Nursing excluding grades for courses taken at other schools.
A student who fails to meet the scholastic standards and/or is dismissed from the total program is ineligible to continue financial aid. A student who is granted a leave of absence for more than 60 days or chooses to withdraw from the total program will have to reapply for financial aid. If a student returns from a leave of absence within 60 days, the financial aid will not be uninterrupted.
When a student interrupts education because of dismissal or leave of absence, reinstatement of financial aid will be determined by the Financial Aid Office. The Financial Aid Coordinator will determine eligibility based on Federal requirements for the new enrollment period. The student will initiate the process by making an appointment to talk with the Financial Aid Coordinator. A student can receive Federal Title IV Financial Aid for each level of the program, for any repeat course, provided they qualify for funding according to the rules and regulations for Title IV programs.
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