Rights & Responsibilities of Financial Aid Recipients

You have a right to:

  • Accept, reject, or seek adjustment to your financial aid award without prejudice.
  • Know how much aid you will receive each semester and when it will be disbursed.
  • Know the terms of any employment program award you are offered.
  • Know the interest rate, amount, and repayment starting date for any loans offered to you.
  • Meet with a financial aid counselor and review your financial aid record.
  • Request a financial aid counselor to review any decision you feel warrants consideration due to an emergency or circumstance beyond your control.
  • Receive answers to any questions you have about financial aid.

You have a responsibility to:

  • Apply annually for each year you wish to receive financial aid following the procedures and deadlines listed in the application and notification material.
  • Provide complete and accurate information.
  • Notify the Medical School Financial Aid Office of changes in your enrollment status, financial status, scholarship awards, or graduate assistantship appointment and the Office of the Registrar if your name and/or address changes.
  • Report to your University employer and the Medical School Financial Aid Office if you cancel from classes or terminate your studies.
  • Attend an entrance & exit interview and repay all loans according to the terms of your truth-in-lending and promissory note forms.
  • Refrain from disorderly conduct as defined in the Student Conduct Code.
  • Read all information published by the Medical School Financial Aid Office.

Satisfactory Academic Progress Policy

Students are in good academic standing when they obtain a passing grade in each course in the curriculum and make satisfactory academic progress toward degree completion. In order to make satisfactory academic progress, students must adhere to the established Medical School schedule for degree completion within four years of the beginning date of enrollment, including satisfactory completion of the established curriculum in each successive term. The COSSS may modify this schedule by giving a student permission for a leave of absence, part-time status, or other modified program. Even with modifications approved by the COSSS, students will be expected to complete Years One and Two curriculum and USMLE Step 1 within four years of the beginning date of enrollment, and the Years Three and Four curriculum and USMLE Step 2 within a three-year period, not to exceed seven years total from the beginning date of enrollment, with the exception of those enrolled in the MD/PhD or other dual degree program. (From the Medical School's Committee on Student Scholastic Standing policy: Academic Standing and Satisfactory Academic Progress)