What is College Probation and How Does It Affect Me

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What is College Probation and How Does It Affect
Me?

Based upon Back on Track by J. Gasper-Hulvat
and S. OBrien, Temple University
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Goal This is a tool for Arts and Sciences (AS)
students that have been placed on college
probation. We will examine the various College
and University probation policies and assist you
in identifying campus resources that may help you
as you work toward the completion of your degree
requirements.
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What is College Probation?
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When an AS student earns a semester grade point
average (gpa) that is lower than a 2.00, the
student is placed on college probation regardless
of their LSU and cumulative gpas.
An AS student may be placed on college
probation during a fall or spring semester only.
Fall and spring semesters are defined as
regular semesters.
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A student that earns below a 2.00 semester gpa
for two consecutive regular semesters will be
dropped from the College of Arts and Sciences for
at least one regular semester regardless of their
LSU and cumulative gpas.
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How is College Probation different from Academic
Warning, Scholastic Probation, or Scholastic Drop
as implemented at the University level?
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The Universitys Academic Warning, Scholastic
Probation, and Scholastic Drop policies are based
upon a students LSU and/ or cumulative gpas.
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What is Academic Warning?
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As defined in the LSU General Catalog, students
will be placed on academic warning status if
their gpas are one to nine quality points below a
2.00 on all work attempted or on all work
attempted in the LSU SystemStudents will remain
on academic warning until they bring their gpas
up to 2.00 or are placed on scholastic probation.
A student may be placed on Academic Warning at
the end of any semester, term, or intersession.
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What is Scholastic Probation?
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As defined in the LSU General Catalog, students
will be placed on scholastic probation if their
gpas are 10 or more quality points below a 2.00
on all work attempted or on all work attempted in
the LSU SystemStudents will remain on scholastic
probation until they have overall averages of
2.00 or higher on all college work attempted and
on all work attempted in the LSU System.
A student may only be placed on scholastic
probation at the end of a fall or spring
semester.
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What is Scholastic Drop?
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As defined in the LSU General Catalog, students
on probation will be dropped from the University
at the end of any fall or spring semester if
their averages are less than 2.00 either on all
work attempted or on all work attempted in the
LSU System that semester.
Depending upon whether or not a student has been
scholastically dropped before, they will be
required to sit out of LSU and all System
campuses for one or more regular semesters.
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For more details about the Universitys
Academic Warning, Scholastic Probation, and/or
Scholastic Drop policies, please see the LSU
General Catalog.
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As previously noted, you were placed on
college probation because of your semester gpa.
If your semester gpa is below a 2.00 in the next
regular semester in which you are enrolled at
LSU, you will be dropped from the College of Arts
and Sciences.
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• Now that I have been placed on college probation,
  what do I do?

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• To be removed from college probation, a student
  must
• Earn a 2.00 or better semester gpa
• Correct course deficiencies
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• Make satisfactory progress in their declared
  degree program.

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• Also, we strongly urge you to make an
  appointment with a counselor in our office to
  discuss your academic situation. Our goal is for
  you to be academically successful. Our college
  probation program was implemented to alert
  students to the potential long-term negative
  effects that their gpa may have on their academic
  situation. We believe that being on college
  probation will allow you the opportunity to
  assess your academic habits and re-evaluate what
  you need to do to be successful in the College of
  Arts and Sciences.

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After being dropped from the College of Arts and
Sciences, you must do the following to gain
re-entry
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• You must earn a 2.00 on your fall or spring
  semester gpa while enrolled in another academic
  college on campus during your college drop period.

2) You must meet the AS admission requirements
in place at the time of your re-entry.
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What are the current AS admission requirements?
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1. You must complete ENGL 1001 with a grade of
C or higher.
2. You must complete at least three hours of
General Education Analytical Reasoning
coursework.
3. You must have earned at least 24 credit hours.
4. You must have a minimum of 2.00 on both your
LSU and cumulative gpas for all majors
with the exception of Communication Sciences and
Disorders, Psychology, and all Secondary
Education concentrations.
5. Students pursuing a major in Communication
Sciences and Disorders, Psychology, or a
Secondary Education concentration must have a
2.50 on both their LSU and cumulative gpas.
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Failure to meet these requirements will result in
a delay in your being re-admitted to the College
of Arts and Sciences.
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Additional resources
The Center for Academic Success -B-31 Coates
Hall -225/ 578-2872
The Writing Center -B-31G Coates Hall -225/
578-4439
Office of Disability Services -111A Johnston
Hall -225/ 578-5919
Career Services -B4 Coates Hall -225/ 578-1548
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Please contact an AS staff member should you
have any questions concerning this presentation.
We are located in 119 Hodges Hall and can be
reached at 225/ 578-3141.