Students admitted to a degree program at University College who left Rutgers five or more years ago with a cumulative grade-point average below 2.0 can request "academic amnesty," whereby none of their previous Rutgers grades will be calculated in the grade-point average. In other words, the previous college work of these students will be treated as if they transferred from colleges outside Rutgers.
To be eligible for amnesty, a student must first be admitted to University College after having met all regular admissions requirements. This may include completion of 12 transferable credits at another regionally accredited college/university with a grade-point average of 2.5 or above. However, under no circumstances is a former student readmitted if he or she has been dismissed more than once from Rutgers University for academic reasons.
If amnesty is approved, previous Rutgers grades of F and D will be "E-credited"-i.e., credits will not be counted toward the degree and grades will not be counted in the grade-point average. Courses in which a grade of C or better were received will be "J-credited"-i.e., credits will be counted toward the degree but not toward the grade-point average. After receiving amnesty, the student must complete a minimum of 30 graded credits at University College in order to graduate.
A student can apply for amnesty only once; once amnesty has been allowed, the student cannot at a later time ask for the amnesty to be rescinded or modified. For example, once a student has been allowed academic amnesty, he or she cannot at a later time request degree credit for E-credited courses or request that grades from J-credited courses be computed in the grade-point average.
