TAP
(Tuition Assistance Program)

• For a first TAP award, enroll for at least 12 equated credits that meet the requirements of your curriculum/major; include at least three non-remedial college credits in this coursework.
• For a second or later TAP award, enroll for at least 12 equated credits that meet the requirements of your curriculum/major; include at least six non-remedial college credits in this coursework.
• For a summer term, enroll for at least six college credits that meet the requirements of your curriculum/major. The award is granted only if you were a TAP recipient in the prior spring term or will be in the subsequent fall term.
• If you received your first TAP award after July 1981 but before July 2006, you must meet the academic requirements shown in the TAP/APTS PROGRESS AND PURSUIT CHART A (see lines 1 and 2 for TAP; lines 1 and 3 for APTS). Before you can receive a third or later TAP award, you must accumulate a minimum number of CREDITS (see line 4, e.g., six credits before third award, 18 credits before fourth award, etc.), and you must achieve a minimum GPA (see line 5 on CHART A, e.g., 1.00 GPA before third award, 1.20 before fourth award, etc.).
• If you received your first TAP award after July 2006 and are matriculated in a baccalaureate degree program, you must meet the academic requirements shown in the TAP/APTS BACCALAUREATE PROGRESS/PURSUIT CHART B (lines 1 and 2 for TAP; lines 1 and 3 for APTS). Before you can receive a second or later TAP award, you must accumulate a minimum number of CREDITS (see line 2, e.g., three credits before second award, 9 credits before third award, etc.), and you must achieve a minimum GPA (see line 3, e.g., 1.1 GPA before second award, 1.2 before third award, etc.).
• If you received your first TAP award after July 2006 and are matriculated in an associate degree program, you must meet the academic requirements shown in the TAP/APTS ASSOCIATE PROGRESS/PURSUIT CHART C (lines 1 and 2 for TAP; lines 1 and 3 for APTS). Before you can receive a second or later TAP award, you must accumulate a minimum number of CREDITS (see line 2, e.g., three credits before second award, 9 credits before third award, etc.), and you must achieve a minimum GPA (see line 3, e.g., 0.5 GPA before second award, 0.75 before third award, etc.).

Students who received their first TAP award prior to July 1981 and officially or unofficially withdraw from all courses during a semester in which TAP is awarded lose future TAP eligibility. Eligibility may be reinstated for a student who applies for and is granted a TAP waiver under the criteria listed below.

Questions about the information contained in the progress/pursuit charts should be directed to the Office of the Registrar, North Administration Building (2A), Room 110. Students who fail to meet applicable standards may apply for a TAP waiver. Applications for this TAP waiver are available from and should be submitted to the Office of the Registrar.

Conditions/restrictions for the waiver are:

• Must have a good overall record with academic difficulties concentrated in one term.
• An appeal must be based on circumstances outside the College, such as a car accident or an eviction.
• The reason must be extenuating, extraordinary, or unusual. Normal family responsibilities, work, fear of failing a class do not meet this standard.
• Documentation MUST be provided to support a waiver
  request.

A student who received his/her first TAP award after July 1981 is restricted to one waiver as an undergraduate student and one waiver as a graduate student. A student may apply for multiple waivers of the “C” average requirement.

Part-Time TAP
(Undergraduates)

If funded:

• Enrolled as a first-time freshman during the 1998-1999 academic year or thereafter at CUNY;
• Has earned at least 24 credits at CUNY by the time of the award;
• Has a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.00
• Is enrolled for at least six but less than 12 credits per semester.
• Awards will be calculated as a percentage of the full-time award for which the student would be eligible if enrolled full-time.
• The state requires that you carry at least three degree credits for your first semester of TAP and at least six degree credits for every subsequent semester of TAP, and you must meet the TAP/APTS PROGRESS AND PURSUIT* standards.

APTS
(Aid for Part-Time Study)

A grant program for part-time students who are NY State residents attending college in NYS.
Awarded by the University for the fall and spring semesters.
To be considered a student must:

• be working toward an undergraduate degree as a part-time student enrolled for six to 11 equated credits;
• retain good academic standing;
• be either a U.S. citizen, permanent resident alien, or refugee;
• meet the income limits;
• not have used up Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) or other NYS student financial aid eligibility for full-time study;
• The C-average requirement listed under TAP applies to APTS.
• The state requires that you carry at least three degree credits for your first semester of TAP/APTS and at least six degree credits for every subsequent semester of TAP/APTS and meet the TAP/APTS PROGRESS AND PURSUIT standards.

Federal Satisfactory Progress Guidelines
Undergraduate Students

In order to be making satisfactory progress toward a degree, for purposes of receipt of Title IV Federal Student Assistance, an undergraduate student must achieve at least the GPA required for probationary status at CSI; after two years of enrollment at the College, at least C average, or its equivalent, or academic standing consistent with the requirements for graduation; and accumulate credits toward the degree according to the following standards;

1. Attempted credits are not more than 150% of the credits normally required for completion of the degree.
   and
2. Accumulated credits are equal to or greater than two-thirds the cumulative credits attempted at the institution,
   or
3. For baccalaureate programs; accumulated credits are equal to or greater than ([.75* cumulative credits attempted]-18) or for associate degree programs; accumulated credits equal to or greater than ([8.75* credits attempted]-21).

Students will be measured against the satisfactory progress standard at the end of the spring term to determine eligibility for receipt of the Title IV student financial assistance for the upcoming year.

Graduate Students
In order to be making satisfactory academic progress toward a degree, for purpose of receipt of the Title IV Federal Student Assistance, a graduate student must meet at least the GPA required for good academic standing at the institution and;

1. Accumulate credits toward the degree greater than or equal to two-thirds the cumulative credits attempted at the institution.
2. Not have attempted more than 150% of the credits normally required for completion of the degree.

Students will be measured against the satisfactory academic progress standard at the end of the spring term to determine eligibility for the receipt of the Title IV student financial assistance for the upcoming year.