Students Below a 2.5 Cumulative GPA
Students enrolled at Rutgers Business School: Undergraduate-Newark
(RBS) are expected to maintain the highest level of academic performance.
Students who fall below a 2.50 cumulative grade-point average (GPA) in any
given semester will be placed on academic probation or may be subject to
academic dismissal.
The purpose of academic probation is to alert the student and the
institution to problems associated with the student's academic performance and
to recommend or implement strategies for improvement:
- Students with a cumulative GPA of
2.49-2.00 will be placed on academic probation.
- Students placed on academic probation will
be limited to a maximum of 14 credits per semester, and are required to
have adviser approval of all courses during the duration of their
probation.
- Students on academic probation will be
able to continue taking RBS courses with adviser approval.
- Students placed on academic probation will
not have access to the online web registration system (WEBREG) and must
make an appointment with their academic adviser in order to register for
courses.
- Students placed on academic probation are
expected to make satisfactory progress toward graduation and continue
matriculation in RBS.
First Semester (First-Year and Transfer) Students Below a 2.0
Cumulative GPA
First-year and transfer students with a cumulative GPA below 2.0 will
not be immediately dismissed after their first semester:
- These students will be allowed to continue
their registration at RBS for one semester; they must repeat all courses
with grades of a D or an F within this time period.
- Additionally, they are not allowed to
enroll in any new business courses during this semester.
- If the student does not attain a minimum
of a 2.0 GPA at the end of the second semester, she or he will be
dismissed from RBS.
- Dismissed students are granted one
transition/carry semester for the following semester during which students
can work on improving their GPA in order to transfer to a different
school, either inside or outside of Rutgers University.
Dismissal
Any one of the following conditions will result in automatic dismissal
from RBS and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, at the end of the
second semester are later:
- Cumulative grade point average lower than
2.00 at end of second semester or later
- Three grades of D (1.00) or F (0.00)
received in eligibility courses
- Two grades of D (1.00) or F (0.00)
received in the same eligibility course
- Three grades of D (1.00) or F (0.00)
received in business courses
- Two grades of D (1.00) or F (0.00)
received in the same business course
Students dismissed from the RBS may petition the Academic Standing
Committee for reconsideration of the dismissal, if there are extenuating
circumstances that account for their poor academic performance. This must be
done in writing by the date indicated in their letter of dismissal.
While the acceptance of an appeal is not guaranteed, if the student's
appeal is accepted, the student will be readmitted and placed on continued
probation for the following semester of enrollment. A note of academic
dismissal will remain in the student's academic file.
The appeal must be written by the student and should be comprehensive:
elaborating on nonacademic problems, such as financial, medical, and personal
hardships that affected his or her performance during the semester. Presenting
false or intentionally misleading information in the appeal may result in
immediate dismissal of the appeal and/or judicial charges.
The appeal should be no more than four pages and must be received
before the deadline date outlined in the letter of dismissal.
The letter of appeal must include:
- Student's name, RUID number, current
address, and Rutgers email address
- Circumstances that negatively affected the
student's academic performance during the semester of the dismissal
- What was done to address
these issues, or what is being done if these circumstances are still
ongoing
- Any administrative contact
made with RBS, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, or any
outside office(s) to address these issues, and the outcome of these
efforts
- Appropriate supporting
documentation
- Outline of an academic and
personal action plan that will be implemented if reinstated to RBS
All appeals and supporting documentation must be submitted via
Blackboard.
The Academic Standing Committee is charged with interpreting and
applying the criteria for dismissal in the cases of individual students; the
committee constitutes the final authority in these matters.
If a student chooses not to appeal or the appeal is rejected, the
academic dismissal will be final. Dismissed students are not eligible for
readmission into RBS. Dismissed students are granted one
transition/carry semester for the following semester during which students can
work on improving their GPA in order to transfer to a different school, either
inside or outside of Rutgers University. Dismissed students will not be
permitted to declare a business major or take business (school 29) courses at
RBS. At the end of the transition/carry semester, students must either
secure a school-to-school transfer to another school at Rutgers University or
transfer out of Rutgers University. Failure to secure such a transfer by the
end of the fall 2016 semester will mean dismissal from Rutgers University.
