When a student earns less than a 2.00 grade-point average, academic progress statuses are applied. These statuses include academic warning, academic suspension, and academic dismissal.
学术警告
If you have been notified that you are in 学术警告 status:
- 完成 学术行动计划 form.
- Submit your responses to the 学术行动计划 (the form is emailed to the adviser).
- Discuss your situation/学术行动计划 with your adviser in person or via Zoom.
- LionPATH hold will be released.
- Maintain contact with your adviser regarding your academic progress.
- 获得2分.0 or higher semester GPA to continue to take classes while raising your cumulative GPA to a 2.0 or better to be removed from 学术警告 status.
学术悬挂
Procedure for 学术悬挂 Students:
- While in academic suspension, students wait two semesters before returning to take classes (summer is classified as a semester).
- 完成 学术行动计划 while in academic suspension status or when ready to re-enroll to resume taking classes.
- Discuss your situation/responses to the 学术行动计划 with your adviser in person or via Zoom.
- 完成 re-enrollment form prior to the deadline for the semester you want to return.
- Register for classes after the re-enrollment process has been completed.
- Maintain contact with your adviser regarding your academic progress. Note: you are returning on academic warning status.
- 获得2分.0 or higher semester GPA to continue to take classes while raising your cumulative GPA to 2.0 or better to be removed from academic warning status. Note: If your semester GPA is below 2.0, you will move to academic dismissal and must wait four years before being eligible to return to Penn State.
学术解雇
A petition may be used to request an exception to a policy and/or to request a retroactive procedure. Strong, documented justification must be provided to establish the circumstances that warrant an exception. The most common petitions are retroactive withdrawals and retroactive late drops.
- While in academic dismissal, students wait 4 calendar years before returning to take classes.
- 完成 re-enrollment form before the deadline for the semester you want to return.
- Register for classes after the re-enrollment process has been completed.
- Maintain contact with your adviser regarding your academic progress.
With strong justification, a petition may be used to appeal academic suspension or dismissal. Students need 15 or fewer recovery points to begin the petition process. Recovery points are calculated by using this formula:
Recovery points = GPA units x [2 - gpa]