Overview of Academic Warning
What is Academic Warning?
Maintaining adequate progress for a degree is defined by meeting a 2.00 cumulative Grade Point Average (cGPA). Students who do not maintain a 2.00 cGPA move into a status of Academic Warning. All notifications concerning the hold will be sent to your Penn State email address. While on Academic Warning, you will have a hold placed on the registration of subsequent semesters. In order to have the hold removed, you must meet the following requirements:
- Attend a meeting with the Academic Warning Adviser, Adrianne Lindeman, before the end of the first week of classes, to discuss semester schedule and potential course retakes for Grade Forgiveness
- Complete specific modules in the Academic Success Coaching course on Canvas
- Meet with your assigned Academic Adviser to complete your Academic Action Plan during the first several weeks of the semester
- Attend a Mid-Semester Meeting with either the Academic Warning Adviser or your assigned Academic Adviser before the Late Drop deadline
- Use a specific Campus Resource
Penn State Academic Standing Information
Good Standing: A student must have a cumulative grade-point average of 2.00 or higher to be considered in good standing to declare a major and to graduate from the University. A student will receive notification at the end of each semester when his/her semester grade-point average drops below a 2.00.
Academic Warning: Academic warning serves as official notification that the student has failed to earn a 2.00 cumulative grade-point average. A student placed on academic warning will have a hold placed on registration and will be required to meet with an academic adviser in order for this registration hold to be removed.
A student in academic warning status may continue to enroll for classes as long as the semester grade-point average continues at a 2.00 or higher. To remove academic warning, the cumulative grade-point average must be 2.00 or higher. A student in academic warning who fails to maintain a semester grade-point average of 2.00 or higher will be academically suspended.
Academic Suspension: Academic suspension is an official notification that a student has earned a semester grade-point average of less than 2.00 while on academic warning. A student who has been academically suspended may not enroll at the University or attend classes for two consecutive semesters (Note: Summer session is equal to one semester and includes all courses offered after Spring semester and before Fall semester).
Students with 15 or fewer recovery points may petition the Faculty Senate for a reduction in or stay of the suspension. Petitions will not be granted automatically.
A student returning from academic suspension must apply for re-enrollment and returns to the University in warning status, with the former cumulative grade-point average, and with a hold placed on the registration. The student must follow the requirements and procedures of the college for which re-enrollment as a degree candidate is sought.
Academic Dismissal: A student who has been placed on academic suspension and fails to achieve at least a 2.00 semester GPA is subject to academic dismissal and is no longer permitted to take courses at the University. After a period of four calendar years, a student who has been academically dismissed from the University may seek re-enrollment to the University by requesting academic renewal.
Read more Links to an external site. about Senate Policy 54-00 Academic Progress, 54-10 Good Standing, 54-20 Academic Warning, 54-40 Academic Suspension, and 54-50 Academic Dismissal