Probationary Admission Status is assigned to a student whose unweighted high school or college GPA is between 2.00 and 2.49.

Students on Probationary Admission Status at the time of the program application deadline will not be considered for admission to a degree or certificate programs. Probationary Admission Status allows a student up to two trimesters to improve his or her GPA while taking general education courses at ADU.

Students must achieve the following within the first trimester:

• Successfully complete six college-level credit hours
• Achieve a cumulative GPA of 2.50

Students have two trimesters (including the first trimester) to complete the following:

• Successfully complete twelve college-level credit hours
• Achieve a cumulative GPA of 2.50

The student must achieve all requirements to within two trimesters to be granted Regular Admission Status. If the student’s GPA has not improved by this time, he or she may be subject to dismissal.

While on Probation, a student may not take more than 12 credit hours per trimester without the permission of his or her advisor. The Academic Review Committee will consider the student’s academic progress at the end of each trimester.

Students accepted on Probation will not be eligible for the Federal Stafford or PLUS (Parent) loans during their first trimester. They will become eligible for loans in their second trimester if they have a minimum 2.00 GPA and have successfully completed 60% of the credits they have attempted. In most cases, the loans will be retroactive to the beginning of their first trimester on Probationary Admission Status.