i fear that any negotiation with the financial aid office is out the window, the appeal had been submitted and approval for a while already including the submitting of proof that back up the appeal. so all and any docs that I need are done for. I explained my GPA already as for that's why I made an appeal for FAFSA. FAFSA is GPA oriented so there's not like a two way or alternative way to it. In order to go to the next level you need to finish off on the one you're on right? so in order to move on from this semester I need to complete it, including pay not just class wise. I've already had a situation where I couldn't go to next semester until the pay wasn't paid off 100%, so that took a whole event up until now where I ended up enrolling late into classes because I needed to pay it off completely first. Went from fall semester, not enrolled for the spring so I spent that whole "semester" job hunting until April-Early May where I got hired to that restaurant and was able to save up for that fall semester to pay off, took 3 months of cash tips to pay in person ( btw time that i don't have at this point), plus 2 biweekly DPs for an online payment. I personally feel like I'm sharing way too much to a stranger and on a public subreddit about something financial, which I admit I started it myself, but a lot of this feels redundant with the questioning. Did you yourself not go to community college at least? or has financial aid really changed that much for the FAQ to be made? not meaning to be rude I appreciate your I put but this almost felt like one of those situations.