Special Circumstance Appeal Form
Appeal your financial aid due to a substantial change in income, expenses or circumstances by selecting the appropriate appeal type in our online special circumstance form. You must submit all required documentation before we are able to review your appeal.
This form is for undergraduate students to submit a special circumstance appeal for Fall 2025, Winter 2026, Spring 2026 or Summer 2026. Click here to access the online form using your BlueKey login.
This form is for undergraduate students to submit a special circumstance appeal for Fall 2024, Winter 2025, Spring 2025 or Summer 2025. Click here to access the online form using your BlueKey login.
Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) Appeals
If you have extenuating circumstances that prevented you from meeting the minimum SAP requirements, you may appeal for the reinstatement of your financial aid eligibility.
Only readmitted students, who were not meeting SAP prior to their absence, can appeal by submitting an online Satisfactory Academic Progress Appeal for Returning Students Form. Click here to access the online form using your BlueKey login.
Cost of Attendance Appeal
Request an adjustment of your cost of attendance by submitting the appeal form and all requested documentation to support your request.
Only submit this form if you are appealing for Fall 2025, Winter 2026, Spring 2026 and Summer 2026. If you would like to submit a special circumstance appeal, see the section above for those appeals.
Click here to access the online form using your BlueKey login.
Only submit this form if you are appealing for Fall 2024, Winter 2025, Spring 2025 and Summer 2025. If you would like to submit a special circumstance appeal, see the section above for those appeals.
Click here to access the online form using your BlueKey login.
Financial Aid Reinstatement Forms
Request the reinstatement of your financial aid if you declined or accepted a reduced amount of an offer, are returning after a Leave of Absence and your aid offers were canceled or did not meet the reinstatement requirements of your admission-based scholarship.
Click here to request the reinstatement of cancelled 2025-2026 financial aid or declined Federal Direct Student Loans. Use your BlueKey to login.
This form cannot be used to apply for summer 2026 financial aid or for Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) appeals.
Click here to request the reinstatement of cancelled 2024-2025 financial aid or declined Federal Direct Student Loans. Use your BlueKey to login.
This form cannot be used to apply for summer 2025 financial aid or for Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) appeals.
Log into DePaul Scholarship Connect using your DePaul BlueKey credentials to request a reinstatement of your undergraduate academic scholarship for the 2025-26 academic year. You can also search for the appeal form in Scholarship Connect by going to Opportunities then Ours and typing DePaul Academic Scholarship Reinstatement Appeal into the search field.
You will be required to submit a General Application and sign a Consent Statement before completing the appeal, if you have not done so for the academic year already.