SOE Academic Amnesty Policy

ELIGIBILITY:

• Only students with a hiatus of 5 or more consecutive years from Rutgers University and a cumulative GPA below 2.00 may apply.

• Prior to being awarded Amnesty, students must demonstrate academic proficiency by completing 12 new Rutgers degree credits with a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher (in those 12 credits), within one academic year.

CONDITIONS:

• All students, regardless of original school of enrollment within Rutgers, who will be re-enrolled in the Rutgers School of Engineering, must satisfy all SoE requirements for degree completion and comply with all SoE academic standards. Students must follow one set of SoE core course requirements and major requirements from a single Rutgers University – New Brunswick Undergraduate catalog. Students must consult with their Undergraduate Program Director in their major and the Assistant Dean overseeing Scholastic Standings to determine the appropriate catalog and program of study prior to taking new courses.  Previously suspended or dismissed students will be conditionally re-enrolled in SoE to satisfy the Amnesty proficiency requirement by which students may qualify for Amnesty and full readmission.
• Proficiency requirements must be satisfied within one academic year from the date of first amnesty-eligible re-enrollment. The proficiency GPA standard of 2.5 or higher will be based on the first 12 completed credits. Withdrawing from a semester does not increase the amount of time an Amnesty candidate has to complete the proficiency requirements. If you choose to take more than 12 credits in the first semester of your return, the committee will base their its decision on your entire semester credit load. For example, if you take 14 credits in your first semester, the committee will review your grades in all 14 credits. 
• If Academic Amnesty is awarded, regardless of previous accumulated credits, all students must complete a minimum of 30 graded degree credits in residence at Rutgers–New Brunswick for degree completion. Proficiency course work completed at Rutgers–New Brunswick may be counted toward residency.
• Once Amnesty is awarded, students will not be eligible to use the SoE Repeated Course Policy for any subsequent grades of D or F.
• Students may apply for Academic Amnesty once. Once Amnesty has been granted, students may not, later, ask for Amnesty to be rescinded or modified. For example, students granted Academic Amnesty may not later request that grades from courses taken prior to re-enrollment, with a grade of D or higher, be computed in the GPA.

IF APPROVED:

• All previous Rutgers grades of F will be E-prefixed. This indicates that no credit is earned toward the degree and no grade computed in the cumulative GPA. Credit from E-prefixed courses cannot be used to fulfill any major, minor, or general education degree requirements
• All previous grades of D or better will be J-prefixed. This indicates that those credits are earned toward the degree, but the grade is not computed in the cumulative GPA. J-prefixed courses may be used to fulfill major, minor, and general education degree requirements.
• If the student's major requires a grade of C or higher in a course where the student previously earned a D grade, the student must repeat the course. In such cases, an E-prefix will be applied to the D grade, and only the new grade will calculate into the cumulative grade point average.

IF NOT APPROVED:

Upon review of Amnesty Requirements, candidates who have not met the conditions to be approved, must still meet the scholastic standings standards of academic progress for the School of Engineering.