Minimum GPA for Retention

Both degree and non-degree graduate students must maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 to remain at Hunter College. Students whose grades fall below this standard are required to raise their GPAs to at least 3.0 within one semester.

After the posting of grades, the Office of the Registrar will notify graduate advisers of students whose GPA has fallen below 3.0. Those students will receive warning notices

that they have one probationary semester in which to raise their GPAs. Students who fail to raise their averages sufficiently will be dropped from their programs.

Students are placed on probation and are dismissed at the end of each fall and spring semester.

Appeals Procedure for Students on Probation

1. Student appeals shall be made in writing to the dean of the appropriate school, who will forward copies to the appropriate graduate adviser. Appeals must be received no later than the first day of classes of the following semester.
    
2. Upon receipt of this written letter of appeal, the dean shall convene a probation appeals committee composed of representatives from the graduate programs in the appropriate school, to include the graduate adviser from the appropriate program or a comparable program representative.
    
3. The specifically constituted probation appeals committee shall meet to review each case and shall produce a written report stating the grounds for its decision. Copies of this report shall be sent to the student, to the dean, and to the student’s file. The decision of this committee is final. If the appeal is successful, the committee shall send official notification to the registrar that the student will be retained on probation and allowed to register.
    

Student appeals which are received by the first day of classes shall be handled with dispatch in order that the student may register within the period of late registration without payment of late registration fee.