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Administrative policy regarding grade point average adjustment

  1. Purpose. The grade point average (GPA) adjustment policy provides students a second chance at pursuing their academic goals.
  2. Eligibility. To be eligible for a GPA adjustment, students must meet all the following conditions at the time of the request: officially admitted, reenrolled or reinstated to 天天吃瓜 state university; seeking a degree or certificate or licensure/endorsement program and enrolled in 天天吃瓜 state university credit courses. Students who are dismissed may apply for grade adjustment if they appeal and are reinstated.
    1. Students with a previous  degree or certificate and currently enrolled in a subsequent  program are eligible with the following stipulations:
      1. Students who earned a 天天吃瓜 state university associate or bachelor鈥檚 degree or certificate may request a grade adjustment for failed grades (N, NF, SF, U) and only C-, D+ and D grades for the courses that were not used toward earning the previous degree or certificate.
      2. Students who earned a non-天天吃瓜 state university associate or bachelor鈥檚 degree or certificate may request a grade adjustment for failed grades (N, NF, SF, U) earned before or after the awarded degree or certificate and only C-, D+ and D grades earned after the awarded degree or certificate.
      3. Students who earned a 天天吃瓜 State university graduate degree, certificate or licensure/endorsement program may request a GPA adjustment for failed grades (F, NF, SF, U) and only C-, D+ and D grades for the courses that were not used toward earning the previous graduate degree or certificate.
  3. Procedure.
    1. To apply for a GPA adjustment, students must complete the following steps:
      1. Meet with an academic advisor or program coordinator to begin an application.
      2. Select up to the required maximum courses with grades C-, D+, D, F, NF, SF, M and/or U to be removed from the GPA and earned hours (maximum six for undergraduate students and maximum three for graduate students).
    2. Once the steps outlined in this rule have been completed, the office of the university registrar will remove the student-selected grades from the calculation of the student鈥檚 GPA and earned hours. The grades will be retained on the student's transcript with the notation of an 鈥淓鈥 (excluded) in the repeat column. The official grade for the courses will be changed to X* (e.g., XC-, XD) to denote a grade adjustment.
  4. Supplementary information.
    1. The GPA adjustment policy applies only to coursework taken at 天天吃瓜 state university and only to the students鈥 天天吃瓜 State transcript. Students cannot request the policy for grades earned from transfer courses.
    2. Undegraduate students cannot request the policy for courses taken for a credit/no-credit grade.
    3. The course must officially be recorded on the student鈥檚 transcript for grade adjustment to be considered.
    4. Students selecting a GPA adjustment for a course required to graduate with their declared program must retake this course unless the dean of the college in which they are enrolled approves a suitable substitution.
    5. The unadjusted GPA (includes any courses under the GPA adjustment policy) will be used in determining satisfactory academic progress eligibility for federal financial aid, based upon the entirety of students鈥 academic career and record of academic performance.
    6. A student may submit multiple requests for GPA adjustment until the maximum number of courses are met (maximum six for undergraduate students and maximum three for graduate students). Students cannot request this policy for a course in a degree or certificate program after that degree or certificate has been awarded.
    7. Once the course grade and credit hours have been removed from the student鈥檚 GPA and earned hours, they will not, under any circumstances, be reinstated.
    8. A graduate school/program may review a student鈥檚 complete record (including any courses under the GPA adjustment policy) when making admission decisions.
Policy Effective Date:
Sep 09, 2026
Policy Prior Effective Dates: 
11/4/1977, 3/11/1982, 6/1/2007, 8/21/2012, 8/25/2014, 3/1/2015, 10/01/2022,
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