ACADEMIC FORGIVENESS POLICY

Academic Forgiveness Application

The Academic Forgiveness Policy is designed to allow students, under specific conditions, to have grades earned in previous academic terms excluded from the overall calculation of their cumulative grade point average (GPA).  This gives students some input over how their previous academic records impact meeting graduation requirements for our certificates, diploma or associate degrees.  Interested students should contact Student Records for more information and an application.

While Academic Forgiveness is open to all students, certain guidelines/qualifiers apply:

1. The semester(s)/quarter(s) requested for forgiveness must be at least five (5)
   years prior to the date of the written petition (application).
   
2. There is a limit of two (2) consecutive semesters/quarters that a student can
   petition for exclusion. The consecutive semesters/quarters may or may not include the summer term.
   
3. A student can only petition for exclusion one (1) time during their academic career at Greenville Tech.
   
4. All courses completed during the requested semester(s)/quarter(s) will be excluded from the cumulative grade point average calculation. There is no
   option to include some courses and exclude others during the specific semester(s)/quarter(s). Exclusion of the semester(s)/quarter(s) courses
   means that the courses cannot be counted towards completion of a certificate,
   diploma or associate degree.
   
5. Students may not petition to exclude a semester(s)’/quarter(s)’ grades if any |
   of those courses were already utilized in the completion of a certificate,
   diploma or Associate degree.
   
6. Courses, once excluded, cannot be transferred to another institution for credit.
   
7. Exclusion of the semester(s)/quarter(s) courses cannot be reversed.
   
8. A copy of the student’s petition will be maintained in the student’s permanent
   records.
   
9. Excluded courses and grades will still appear on the student’s transcript, but
   they will appear with a strike through on the course information and grades.
   
10. This local policy does not supersede any State or Federal policies related to
    determination of scholarships, student financial aid, or other matters related
    to student cumulative grade point average.