how do you stay eligible for pell grants 
in order to continue receiving pell grants or other federal financial aid students and their parents must fill out a new fafsa every year students must also show that they are making satisfactory academic progress toward their degree or other education goal such as a certificate satisfactory academic progress is defined by the school and may involve maintaining a minimum grade point average taking a certain number of credits or other requirements students may lose eligibility for pell grants at least temporarily if they default on a student loan 1314