Students may be dismissed for subsequent failure to meet grade-point average standards after receiving a previous suspension. Dismissed students are not ordinarily eligible to return to the School of Arts and Sciences. This policy is designed to prevent students from continuing to pay tuition when, mathematically, they cannot achieve a 2.0 GPA within the 120 credits required for graduation.
Ordinarily, a student will be subject to academic suspension or dismissal from the School of Arts and Sciences (SAS) when the cumulative grade-point average is less than the figure given below:
at the end of the second semester*
1.500
at the end of the fourth semester*
1.700
at the end of the sixth semester*
1.900
at the end of the eighth or higher semester*
2.000
*Semesters completed at Rutgers University and at other postsecondary institutions are included in the calculation of semesters attended. However, attendance during Winter and Summer Sessions is not counted as an additional semester in attendance. For SAS students officially designated as having nontraditional status, 12 credits on the transcript (earned or attempted) count as one semester for the purposes of these requirements.
Students must have had at least one semester of academic warning before receiving a suspension. As such, January admitted first-year and transfer students are not subject to suspension after their first semester, even when the cumulative grade-point average is below the specified standard for their class year.
Notification of suspension or dismissal is sent to the student's official Rutgers email address as soon as possible after spring semester grades are calculated.
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