PLACED ON PROBATION

If at the time of the review you do not have the required 2.0 minimum GPA, you will be placed on academic probation. This can occur at any point academically; after one quarter or after several years.

CONTINUED ON PROBATION

If you are already on probation, you may be allowed to continue at the University until the next review if, in the opinion of your dean, you are making adequate progress toward attaining a 2.0 accumulative GPA. A continuance can be granted a maximum of three times. Thus, there is a limit of four consecutive quarters on academic probation if you are a full-time student; there is the initial quarter that you are placed, followed by a maximum of three continuances: continued-1, continued-2, and continued-3.

Normally, adequate progress is based on reducing (or at least not increasing) the number of deficiency points you have by earning a term GPA greater than 2.0 

REMOVED FROM PROBATION

Removal from probation is automatic when your accumulative GPA reaches 2.0 or above. 

DROPPED FOR INCREASING DEFICIENCY POINTS

You will be dropped from the University if, in the opinion of your dean, you are not making adequate progress toward attaining a 2.0 accumulative GPA (i.e. if you increase your deficiency points). 

DROPPED AT THE LIMIT

You will be dropped from the University if you have reached the limit of four probation quarters and still have not attained a 2.0 accumulative GPA.

DROP STATUS

If you are dropped, you are not able to enroll for regular courses on any Ohio University campus. You may, with the permission of your dean, enroll for credit at other institutions or pursue credit through Ohio University’s Independent and Distance Learning options: Courses by Correspondence or Course Credit by Examination.

REINSTATEMENT

If you are dropped, you may petition the dean of your college for reinstatement, but normally reinstatement will not be granted until at least 12 months after your dismissal. If you have been dropped from the University a second time, reinstatement is possible only under extraordinary circumstances and usually is not granted until at least 24 months after the second dismissal.

COLLEGE STANDARDS FOR PERFORMANCE

You should be aware that some colleges in the University maintain higher than 2.0 standards of performance for continuance and graduation in the major (e.g. Business 2.5, Education 2.75).