What happens if my grade point average (GPA) falls below 2.0?
Academic Progress Review: Each semester, students have, effectively, two GPAs: a semester GPA that reflects the average of only grades earned for that given semester, and a cumulative GPA that is the overall average for all grades earned throughout a student’s history at SUNY Plattsburgh (grades earned at other institutions do not calculate into a Plattsburgh GPA). For a first semester transfer or freshman, the semester and cumulative GPA will be the same. At the end of a semester, the College conducts an academic progress review of all students’ records based on their cumulative GPAs. Students who have cumulative GPAs below 2.0 fall under academic progress review. This review is essentially the College’s way of insuring that students meet our minimum academic standards and make timely progress toward degree completion (e.g., graduate within four years). Even though students might see their grades on Banner within a week of the end of the semester, students are not notified that they a
