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Procedure: Probation and Dismissal
Department: Registration and Records
Contact: reginfo@isu.edu
At the end of any fall/spring semester or summer session, undergraduate students may be placed on probation if the ISU grade point average does not meet minimum requirements. To maintain "academic satisfactory progress" and avoid probation and/or academic dismissal, a student who has completed up to 25 credits (including transfer credits) must maintain a minimum ISU GPA of 1.75. However, a student with 26 or more credits must maintain an ISU GPA of 2.0.
| Scholastic Probation Scale | |
|---|---|
| Credits Attempted (Including Transfer Credits) | Minimum ISU GPA |
| 1-25 | 1.75 |
| 26 + | 2.00 |
- Students on scholastic probation who attain a cumulative GPA higher than the minimum required on the scholastic probation scale are automatically removed from probation.
- Students on scholastic probation who attain a GPA of 2.0 or higher during the next or subsequent semester after being placed on probation, but whose cumulative GPA is still below the minimum required for their class level, will be on "continued probation."
- A student on probation will be dismissed at the end of any probationary semester in which the student obtains a GPA of less than 2.0 unless the student is a freshman and has not accumulated a total of 12 credits.
- A student on probation who attends Summer session, but does not earn a 2.00 GPA and does not achieve the appropriate ISU GPA, will be on continued probation.
- A student who has been academically dismissed under scholastic probation rules may take courses for credit at Idaho State University only during a Summer Session. If the grades earned during the Summer Session are sufficient to bring the ISU GPA above a 2.00 the student will be allowed to attend Fall Semester.
- If a student on dismissal attends during summer and does not earn a 2.00 GPA, that student will be placed on "continued dismissal" and must fulfill the previously assigned layout period during the Fall and/or Spring semester(s).
- A student may also petition to audit courses with approval of the instructor and academic dean, or petition the Readmission Review Board for fall or spring enrollment.
- A dismissed student must lay out one semester for a first dismissal and 2 semesters after a second (or subsequent) dismissal. To petition the layout, students must submit an appeal to the Readmission Review Board, located in the Academic Advising Center (AAC), Room 316, Administration Building.
- Students will be notified at mid-semester as to whether they are doing D or F work in any class. The students' advisors will also receive this information so they may work with the students to try to prevent probationary status.
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