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It is crucial that students experiencing academic difficulty engage actively with advisors and others in the Penn community who can help them.
During their regular monthly meetings with their advisor, students on probation should reflect on the difficulties encountered in previous courses that led to low grades and follow the advisor's suggestions on ways to remedy such troubles.
Students on probation should also take advantage of support services such as those offered by the Weingarten Learning Resources Center and the Tutoring Center.
Academic Probation
The College expects all of its students to maintain good academic standing, which is defined as follows:
- • The student must maintain a term and cumulative g.p.a. of 2.00 or higher.
- • The student may not earn more than one Incomplete or F in a given semester.
- • The student must complete at least a total of 6 c.u. over a period of two consecutive semesters (summers not included).
Students who do not fulfill these criteria will be placed on Academic Probation or may be Dropped from the University rolls at the discretion of the Committee on Undergraduate Academic Standing. Students who earn more than one F may be dropped immediately even if previously in good standing.
There are several categories of probation:
- • General Probation: Student has not met the criteria for good standing.
- • Deferred Drop Probation: Student has fallen far short of criteria for good standing and will be dropped if improvement is not achieved.
- • Incompletes Probation: Student has multiple Incompletes.
- • Students who accrue multiple Incompletes may also be placed on a mandatory leave of absence.
Students who fail to return to good standing within one semester, may be placed on Deferred Drop Probation or Dropped from the University rolls at the discretion of the Committee on Undergraduate Academic Standing.
Students are responsible for having accurate, updated contact information on Penn InTouch so they can be reached about their academic status in a timely fashion.
