If your cumulative enrollment grade-point average falls below 2.0, you will be placed on academic probation (applicable only to students enrolled in a degree- or certificate-granting major). An academic review will determine the conditions you must fulfill to continue your enrollment at Penn College.
* Your cumulative enrollment grade-point average is calculated using only the courses taken while enrolled in a given major. If you switch majors, grades for courses not required by your new major are not figured into your graduation grade point average. Learn more about GPAs.
If you are not a student in good academic standing at the end of a semester, you will receive a letter explaining your academic status (probation, repeated course attempts, academic suspension, or academic dismissal). The letter will outline specific conditions related to your continued enrollment, suspension, or dismissal.
You may repeat any developmental course (MTH004 and MTH005) just one time. If you take a developmental course twice without earning a passing grade, you will be academically suspended from the College until the course requirement is satisfied with an equivalent course at another institution or until you change your major to one that does not require the repeated course.
You may repeat a non-developmental course two times. If you take a non-developmental course three times without earning a passing grade, you will be academically suspended from the College until the course requirement is satisfied with an equivalent course at another institution or until you change your major to one that does not require the repeated course.
You will be academically suspended from the College if your cumulative enrollment grade-point average is below a 1.0 at the end of your first semester* (after attempting at least six credits). This suspension cannot be appealed. An administrative exception can be requested ONLY in cases in which there are extenuating circumstances. Otherwise, you can appeal to re-enroll after one semester’s absence (not including summer) from the College.
*Coursework completed in the summer prior to the first regular semester is not considered in this calculation.
You will be academically suspended from the College if your cumulative enrollment grade-point average is lower than 2.0 in ANY three semesters, sequential or otherwise (applicable to students who entered Penn College in Fall 2004 or later). This suspension cannot be appealed. An administrative exception can be requested ONLY in cases in which there are extenuating circumstances. Otherwise, you can appeal to re-enroll after one year’s absence (not including summer) from the College.
In cases in which extenuating circumstances exist, academically suspended students may request an administrative exception. Requests for an administrative exception are thoroughly reviewed. Exceptions are granted only when performance was affected by circumstances beyond a student’s control, e.g., death of an immediate family member, significant traumatic event. Students should be prepared to provide documentation* that corroborates the circumstances on which the request is based. Requests for an administrative exception must be submitted using the Administrative Exception Request Form.
Granted requests may be accompanied by special requirements (e.g., credit limitations, GPA requirements, mandatory major change). Failure to satisfy these requirements will result in academic suspension from the College. Upon a second academic suspension from the College, the student will be subject to the Academic Renewal process explained below.
If you have been academically suspended, you may be eligible to appeal to re-enroll. Students who have been academically suspended are only eligible to appeal to re-enroll upon the expiration of their designated suspension period.
To appeal to re-enroll, you must complete the Reenrollment Request Form.
If your appeal is successful, special requirements (e.g., credit limitations, GPA requirements, mandatory major change) may be imposed. Failure to satisfy these requirements will result in academic suspension from the College. Upon a second academic suspension from the College, you will be subject to the Academic Renewal process if you wish to return to Penn College.
Upon a second academic suspension from the College, you will be eligible for Academic Renewal after a minimum of four academic years have passed since any for-credit coursework has been attempted/completed at Penn College.
Anyone wishing to return to the College after a four-year suspension will be required to submit the following to Academic Operations:
To learn more about Academic Probation, Suspension, or Renewal, contact Academic Operations at 570.320.8019 or via email at academicoperations@pct.edu. Students can access full details in Section IV of the College's Policy & Procedure Manual, available electronically on myPCT; a printed Policy & Procedure Manual is available for review in the Madigan Library.