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Undergraduate Programs 33Academic SuspensionStudents who are on probation will be suspended by the College at the end of any fall or spring semester during which theircurrent semester GPA is lower than 2.0 and the cumulative GPA falls below the following standards:Student ClassificationCumulative GPAfirst semester freshmenno suspensioncontinuing freshmen & sophomores 1.75juniors & seniors 2.00Suspension under these conditions will be automatic, and the student will be notified accordingly. Pre-enrollment for anyfuture terms will be automatically canceled. The first academic suspension will be for one semester (fall or spring). The secondsuspension will be permanent. All students returning from a period of academic suspension will be continued on academicprobation. For removal of probation refer to the earlier section entitled “Academic Probation.”Reinstatement Following First SuspensionFall semester suspensions: A student who has been placed on his or her first academic suspension at the end of the fallsemester may appeal to the Student Admission and Retention Committee (SAR) for permission to enroll on probation for coursesthe subsequent spring term. Such written appeal must be submitted to the Office of Records and Registration by the stateddeadline and shall be based solely upon an error or extenuating circumstance that the student believes affected his or her academicperformance and warrants immediate return to WSC. The SAR Committee reserves the right to require a personal interview withthe student prior to ruling on the suspension appeal. In cases where the appeal is approved, such approval does not remove theacademic suspension from the permanent record.Spring semester suspensions: A student who has been placed on his or her first academic suspension at the end of the springsemester may appeal to the Student Admission and Retention Committee for permission to enroll on probation for courses thesubsequent fall term. An appeal shall be based solely upon an error or extenuating circumstances that the student believes affectedhis or her academic performance and warrants retention at WSC. The SAR Committee reserves the right to require a personalinterview with the student prior to ruling on the suspension appeal. In cases where the appeal is approved, such approval does notremove the academic suspension from the permanent record.Students suspended at the end of the spring semester will be allowed to enroll in any summer school sessions that may assistthem in immediate reinstatement for the ensuing fall term. Reinstatement will be based upon the cumulative GPA. Changes insuspension status will not be made for any student until final July session grades have been processed. All summer courseworkwill be considered in determining fall semester academic standing. In order to ensure due process prior to the fall term, studentsmust appeal the spring suspension by the appropriate early summer deadline.Reinstatement Following Second SuspensionNo student will be allowed to return to WSC after a second suspension (except to attend one or all of the summer sessionsimmediately following a spring semester exclusion) without approval of the Student Admission and Retention Committee. Anappeal to this committee shall be based solely upon an error or extenuating circumstances that the student believes affected his orher academic performance and warrants retention at WSC. If an appeal for reinstatement is granted after a second suspension, butthe student officially withdraws from that term of reinstatement, the student must go through the appeal process again to requestany future readmission.Error shall mean an error in the posting of a grade(s) or a miscalculation of a student’s GPA or academic standing.Extenuating circumstance shall mean conditions which are more than ordinary such as an accident, unusual factors, orthe occurrence of an event or set of events beyond the student’s control that directly contributed to the student being placed onacademic suspension by WSC.For information concerning the filing of an appeal contact the Office of Records and Registration, Hahn 105.Graduate Students Satisfactory ProgressGraduate students working on a graduate degree must maintain an overall GPA of 3.0 to continue in good standing. Graduatestudents who do not maintain an overall GPA of 3.0 will be placed on probation for the next 6 credit hours. If they fail to raisetheir GPA to a 3.0, they will be removed from their program. Appeals may be made to the Graduate Council through the GraduateOffice. See Student Appeals Process in the Graduate section of this catalog.International Student Satisfactory Progress PolicyInternational students attending WSC must meet the same institutional academic satisfactory progress standards as otherWSC students. International students should contact the International Student Advisor for information concerning INS regulationspertaining to study in the United States.Academic AmnestyUndergraduate students may remove one (1) or two (2) complete terms of undergraduate course work from their cumulativeGPA and undergraduate degree consideration. Application for academic amnesty must be made in the Office of Records &