probation

leaving from probation station

Hi Aska!

This semester I’ve been dealing with depression and other horrible family?issues, unfortunately its led to me doing horribly in school and having to?drop down to two classes. I’m in first year and I was just wondering how?academic probation works, if i do well next semester after doing horribly?this semester will i be in good standing? Or will i have to be put on?academic probation?

Thanks!

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hey there,

i’m sorry to hear you’ve been going through some tough times. as for academic probation, everything you need to know can be found here. basically, if your CGPA (that’s cumulative GPA: in your case, that’s your GPA from Fall 2013 and Winter 2014) by the end of Winter 2014 is at least a 1.50, then you’ll be in good academic standing and will not be put on probation. that’s because the next time your marks will be assessed is in April, meaning you couldn’t get put on probation by next term.

if your marks by April are below a 1.50, however, you’ll be put on probation and you’ll have one more term (Fall 2014 or Summer 2014 if you decide to take a summer term) to get your CGPA above a 1.50. so do your best on getting your GPA above 1.50 by the end of next term, and then you’ll be in good standing.

best of luck,

aska

P.S. i realize this explanation is kind of confusing, so if you’re a VISUAL LEARNER, here’s a handy graph made by uoft to explain:?

(credit for where i stole that from:?http://www.artsandscience.utoronto.ca/ofr/calendar/academicstanding.jpg)

2 Comments

  • Anonymous

    I’m confused. Isn’t academic standing calculated twice? At the end of the winter session and summer? Why is fall session involved? Thanks!

  • aska

    hey, you’re right, it’s not calculated at the end of the fall term. the only reason i mentioned fall term was because it’s most likely the next term the person will be taking. So if by the end of Winter 2014 they haven’t gotten their CGPA above 1.50, they have one more term – their next term, which will probably be the fall term – to bring it up. I hope that clears things up!

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