Application for Academic Forgiveness (Effective Fall 2011)
Name ______________________________________________
Banner ID ______________________
Definition: The Academic Forgiveness Policy allows all grades of C-, D+, D, F, NF, SF, M or U, and their
associated credit hours, earned in previous undergraduate coursework at Kent State University to be
excluded from the grade point average (GPA) calculation. Please note, forgiven courses will remain on
the transcript but the credit hours will be deducted from the total earned hours. Please see the points
marked with an * under Exceptions/Explanations.
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_______________ Student initials and date
Eligibility: The Academic Forgiveness Policy is available to any Kent State University student who has not
been enrolled for a period of at least one calendar year (12 months).
Beginning with the semester in which the student completes the 12th graded credit hour since returning
to Kent State with a GPA of at least 2.0, the student may apply for academic forgiveness.
• If the student fails to maintain a 2.0 GPA for the first 12 semester hours of graded coursework
following return to the university, the eligibility period shall be extended through the term
which encompasses the 24th semester hour of graded academic coursework.
• If after completing 24 graded semester hours, the returning student has not achieved a 2.0 GPA,
eligibility for academic forgiveness will have expired.
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_______________ Student initials and date
Procedures: The following steps must be followed:
• Completion of this form with a college/campus advisor.
• Consideration of the impact:
a. of the lower-division course repeat policy
b. on graduation requirements
c. on class standing (freshman, sophomore, junior, senior)
d. of current financial aid requirements
e. on veterans benefits, if appropriate, and/or
f. on immigration status and benefits, if appropriate.
• Students must contact their advising office once they have met the eligibility criteria to have the
Academic Forgiveness Policy applied.
• Provided the student has met the eligibility criteria for academic forgiveness as outlined above,
the request to have it applied to their academic record may be submitted at any time prior to
graduation.
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_______________ Student initials and date
Exceptions/Explanations:
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The Academic Forgiveness Policy is non-selective. It applies to all grades below C (2.0), with the
exception of courses taken on a pass/fail basis that were earned in the previous period of Kent
State University enrollment.
Academic forgiveness will not be applied to courses used from a previously completed Associate
Degree and/or Certificate.
If a required course for a student’s program is forgiven, it must be repeated unless a
substitution is approved by the Dean of the College.
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* All courses in which grades of C-, D+, D, F, NF, SF, M or U were received in the previous period
of Kent State enrollment will remain on the academic transcript with the notation of an “E” in
the repeat column, which denotes courses excluded from GPA calculation, and the official grade
will be changed to “X*” (e.g., XC-, XD+ et cetera), which denotes academic forgiveness.
* The original GPA (unadjusted by the application of the Academic Forgiveness Policy) will be
used in determining eligibility for university, collegial, departmental or professional honors or
other recognition based upon the entirety of the student’s undergraduate career and record of
academic performance.
* Many graduate programs will review a student’s complete undergraduate record (unadjusted
by the application of the Academic Forgiveness Policy) when making admissions decisions.
Academic forgiveness may be applied to a student’s record only once and may not be reversed.
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_______________ Student initials and date
Step 1 - Acknowledgement:
I understand and accept the definition, eligibility, procedures and exceptions/explanations for the
Academic Forgiveness Policy as outlined above.
I understand that in order to implement the Academic Forgiveness Policy I must return and complete
Step 2.
Student Printed Name ________________________________________
Student Signature ____________________________________________
Date ___________________
Advisor Printed Name _________________________________________
Advisor Signature_____________________________________________
Date ___________________
Please provide the student with a copy of the completed form and retain a copy in the student’s
advising file.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Step 2 - Application to Have the Academic Forgiveness Applied to My Record:
I have met the eligibility criteria for academic forgiveness and want it applied to my record.
Student Printed Name ________________________________________
Student Signature ____________________________________________
Date ___________________
College/Independent School/Campus Approval – The signature below verifies the student and
College/Independent School/Campus request that the Academic Forgiveness Policy be applied to the
student’s academic record.
Dean’s Office Printed Name ____________________________________
Dean’s Office Signature ________________________________________ Date ___________________
Registrar’s Office Approval Printed Name
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Registrar’s Office Approval Signature _____________________________ Date ___________________
Student notified by the Registrar’s Office via KSU email with the advising office copied.
___________________________________________________________ Date ___________________
(September 1, 2011)