General Information

To remain eligible for federal, state and institutional financial aid, students must be meeting the standards for academic performance and progress as defined by NJIT’s Satisfactory Academic Progress Policy (hereinafter referenced as SAP). 

NJIT is required by federal and state regulations and institutional policy to determine whether a student is meeting SAP requirements according to the standard of measurements in the QUALITATIVE, QUANTITATIVE, and MAXIMUM TIMEFRAME components. SAP evaluation occurs once a year at the end of the spring semester payment period.

When calculating SAP, the student’s entire academic history must be considered regardless if the student received financial aid or not. This includes Advance Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) credits (for undergraduates), as well as transfer credits that reflect on the student’s academic transcript as courses that may apply to an NJIT degree.

New students (including first-time transfer students) enrolling for the first time will be considered initially to be meeting SAP.

For more information, please consult the following documents:

  Undergraduate Students - Satisfactory Academic Progress Policy

  Graduate Students - Satisfactory Academic Progress Policy

Appeal Procedure

If a student fails one or more of the three measures (QUALITATIVE, QUANTITATIVE and MAXIMUM TIME FRAME), the student is not eligible for federal, state, or institutional financial aid, which includes grants, scholarships, work-study and loans.

However, students failing SAP standards who have had mitigating circumstances (i.e., death in the family, illness, involuntary military leave) may request reinstatement of their financial aid eligibility by completing the SAP Appeal for Financial Aid Reinstatement Form and submitting it to the Financial Aid SAP Appeals Committee, c/o Office of Student Financial Aid Services.  The SAP Appeal for Financial Aid Reinstatement Form is available at http://www.njit.edu/financialaid/downloadable-forms.

The Office of Student Financial Aid Services will send a notification to impacted students and the correspondence will include a copy of the appeal form.

Appeal Deadlines (2011-2012 Academic Year)

CAPE Workshops

Among other requirements, undergraduate students who are placed on probation must attend two CAPE Workshops within the first six weeks of the probation semester.

After registering for a workshop, the student will receive a confirmation email. A reminder email will be sent the day before the workshop. 

Each workshop is capped at 20 students.