Appealing Financial Aid Denial

Hi, I have not heard of ur situation, but I have known people to get denied financial aid & appeal it. They usually ended up getting it. I am sure after going through a ton of hoops they will probably give u some of the money @ least. Why not go for an accelerated BSN, the loans r available?

I was in the same situation as you. I have a previous bachelors and went back to get my ADN. I was denied financial aid at first because they said I was over the maximum amount of credits allowed. I appealed and had to meet with a academic advisor so they could write out my academic plan and plot out how many credits I needed to complete the ADN and how long it would take. I was then awarded financial aid based on that timeline and number of credits.

I had the same problem. I started the nursing program at MCC in August 2007, and I hit the 90 credit hr max just as the January 08 semester was starting. I went throught the appeals process and was approved for that semester, but I had to go through the appeals process again when the 2008-2009 school year was starting...I was approved for those semesters too. MCC is pretty good about working with you when you are so close to being done with your program. The only restriction is that the financial aid can ONLY be used for classes that are required for the nursing program, so you can't slip in a extra class towards BSN pre-reqs that will put you at a full-time 12+ credit hour status.

It can be aggrivating wading through the red-tape but it's worth it...I graduate in 6 days!Hope you find this helpful!