Academic Standing and Probation

What it Means: you are meeting the University’s academic standard of maintaining a semester and cumulative GPA of 2.0 or greater and are making steady progress toward graduation

What to do: continue the strategies and habits that you have been using

To Maintain Good Standing: continue to earn a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or greater

What it Means: “heads up”, your cumulative GPA remains 2.0 or greater, but your semester GPA was less than 2.0

What to do:

• Read the academic standing email from the Registrar
• Meet with your Student Success Advisor to figure out which obstacles impacted your learning; identify action steps to take to return to Good Standing
• Consider if SUU 1060: Academic Wellness might be a helpful support

To Return to Good Standing:  activate your support network of resources and use the strategies you’ve used in previous successful semesters to earn a semester GPA that helps you maintain your cumulative GPA of 2.0 or greater

What it Means: “heads up, there’s a trend”, your cumulative GPA remains 2.0 or greater, but your semester GPA has been less than 2.0 for two semesters in a row

• Read the academic standing email from the Registrar
• Meet with your Student Success Advisor to figure out which obstacles impacted your learning and identify action steps to take to return to Good Standing
• Consider if SUU 1060: Academic Wellness might be a helpful support

To Return to Good Standing:  activate your support network of resources and use the strategies you’ve used in previous successful semesters to earn a semester GPA that helps you maintain your cumulative GPA of 2.0 or greater

What it Means: your cumulative GPA is less than 2.0

• Read the academic standing email from the Registrar
• Meet with your Student Success Advisor
• Register for the required 2-credit support class, SUU 1060: Academic Wellness

To Return to Good Standing: activate your support network of resources; use SUU 1060 and its associated instructor and peer coaching opportunities to earn a semester GPA that brings your cumulative GPA back to 2.0 or greater

What it Means: your cumulative GPA has been less than 2.0 for two semesters in a row

• Read the academic standing email from the Registrar
• Meet with your Student Success Advisor to make sure you are registered for no more than 14 credits
• Consider if SUU 1060: Academic Wellness might be a helpful support
• Stay in communication with your SSA or the COMPASS & Academic Recovery team to make sure your strategies are working and that you are connected to the campus supports you need

To remain enrolled in future semesters: earn a semester GPA of 2.0 or greater

To Return to Good Standing:  earn a semester GPA that brings your cumulative GPA back to 2.0 or greater

What it Means:  during the semester in which your academic standing was Probation 2, you earned a semester GPA of 2.0 or greater, but your cumulative GPA is not yet 2.0 or greater

• Read the academic standing email from the Registrar
• Meet with your Student Success Advisor to make sure you are registered for no more than 14 credits
• Register for General Education courses and retakes
• Stay in communication with your SSA or the COMPASS & Academic Recovery team to make sure your strategies are working and that you are connected to the campus supports you need

To remain enrolled in future semesters: stick with the strategies and habits that helped you make great progress last semester; continue to earn a *semester GPA* of 2.0 or greater

To return to Good Standing: earn a semester GPA that brings your cumulative GPA back to 2.0 or greater

What it Means:  during the semester in which your academic standing was Probation 2 or Probation 3, you earned a semester GPA of less than 2.0; you are not making steady progress toward graduation, so all courses for future semesters are dropped (this is also called Academic Suspension)

What to do:

• Meet with your SSA or the COMPASS & Academic Recovery team to make a plan for how best to use your time away from SUU
• You may appeal in writing to the Academic Standards & Admission Committee within 10 days of receiving your “Required to Withdraw” notification email from the Registrar

Have questions about any of the information above? Please review this academic standing chart and contact any member of our COMPASS & Academic Recovery staff -- we’re here to help.

SUU is committed to your academic success and to your steady progress toward graduation. “Academic Standing” is one system that SUU uses to help you and the University monitor this progress. At the end of each semester, the Registrar compares each student’s cumulative GPA to the University’s academic standard of maintaining a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or greater. This comparison generates a temporary academic standing for every student each semester. You can think of an academic standing level as one way SUU gives you feedback so you can monitor your own progress and make any needed adjustments to stay on course to graduation.

Academic Probation is an academic standing that is generated when a student’s cumulative GPA is temporarily below 2.0. As you noticed in the table above, there are three levels of Academic Probation: Probation 1, Probation 2, and Probation 3. Each level has its own set of required and recommended supports.

Possibly. Please call or visit the Financial Aid Office to clarify your particular situation.

A student’s cumulative GPA can impact their financial aid because the student needs to demonstrate measurable progress toward their degree to continue receiving federal financial aid. Satisfactory Academic Progress, which is monitored through the Financial Aid Office, is a separate system from Academic Standing. If you have concerns about how your GPA might be impacting your financial aid, the Financial Aid Office and Financial Wellness Office are ready to help answer your questions and guide you through the appeal process, if necessary.

The terms “Financial Aid Warning”, “Financial Aid Probation”, and “Financial Aid Suspension” are associated with the Satisfactory Academic Progress system.