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SCHOLASTIC GRADING AND REQUIREMENTS 77
and must arrange his schedule of studies and limit his outside
activities' in accordance with the advice of his Dean.
2. A student is ineligible for registration: (a) if in the preceding
term he did not receive at least 60 credits; (b) if he has
already been on probation in any preceding term and did not receive
at least 80 credits in the term just completed; (c) if during
the preceding school year he did not receive 300 credits (corresponding
to an average of 100 credits per term).
3. A student ineligible for registration because of failure to
meet the requirements stated in the preceding paragraph may, if
he desires, submit immediately to the Registrar a petition for re
instatement, giving any reasons that may exist for his previous
unsatisfactory work and stating any new conditions that may
lead to better results. Each such application will be considered
on its merits. From a student so reinstated who again fails to
fulfill the scholastic requirements for registration, a second petition
for reinstatement will not be entertained.
4. For graduation a total of 1,200 credits is required (corresponding
to an average of 100 credits per term), as well as the
satisfactory completion of the work of some one Option of the
Course in Engineering or of the Course in Science, amounting to
approximately 650 units.
5. A student who is known to be exercising a harmful influence
on the student life of the Institute may be summarily dismissed,
whatever be his scholastic standing.
6. A student will be given honor standing in any term if he received
during the preceding term 145 credits, 130 of which result
from grades of 3 and 4 in non-italicized subjects; such honor
standing to entitle him to special privileges and opportunities,
such as relief from some of the more routine study and laboratory
work, and admittance to more advanced subjects and research
work. But a student in honor standing may not be admitted
to an honor section pursuing any particular subject (other
than those of the freshman year) unless he has also obtained a
grade of 3 or better in the work prerequisite to that subject.