Understanding your Academic Standing
The journey to conditional reinstatement is a process and it is important for CORE students to understand how they came to be on conditional reinstatement, and also how their academic standing can be impacted moving forward.
After each fall and spring semester, there is an academic review to determine if students are in good academic standing or not. The University defines good academic standing as earning a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or higher.
| Academic Standing Status | What does this mean? |
| Good Academic Standing | Students who earn at least a 2.0 cumulative GPA and are not on academic warning are in good academic standing. |
| Notice | Continuing students in good academic standing who earn less than a 2.0 semester GPA are placed on notice. |
| First Semester Warning | Students who earn less than a 2.0 cumulative GPA at the end of their first semester are placed on first-semester warning. |
| Warning | Continuing students in good academic standing who earn less than a 2.0 semester GPA for two or more consecutive semesters are placed on warning. |
| Probation (for students on first-semester warning) | Students on first-semester warning who earn less than a 2.0 cumulative GPA in their second semester, but at least a 2.0 second-semester GPA are placed on probation. |
| Probation (for continuing students) | Continuing students in good academic standing who earn less than a 2.0 cumulative GPA are placed on probation. |
| Suspension (for first-semester warning students) |
Students on first semester warning who earn less than a 2.0 cumulative GPA in their second semester AND less than a 2.0 second semester GPA are placed on suspension. Students who earn a 1.0-1.99 second semester GPA may petition for immediate reinstatement. Students who earn less than a 1.0 second semester GPA are not eligible to petition for immediate reinstatement. Suspended students are not eligible to enroll in subsequent semesters at Stony Brook until they successfully petition for conditional reinstatement. |
| Suspension (for students on academic probation) |
Students on probation who earn less than a 2.0 cumulative GPA are suspended. Students who earn at least a 2.0 semester GPA may petition for immediate reinstatement. Students who earn less than a 2.0 semester GPA are not eligible to petition for immediate reinstatement. Suspended students are not eligible to enroll in subsequent semesters at Stony Brook until they successfully petition for conditional reinstatement. |
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Conditional Reinstatement *You are here* |
Students who have been suspended and successfully petition for reinstatement are placed on conditional reinstatement. Reinstated students are required to sign a contract agreeing to conditions for reinstatement, including regular meetings with an academic advisor as well as expectations regarding minimum grade point average and credit completion. Contract details are determined on an individual basis, but most students are required to earn at least a 2.5 semester GPA and 12 credits. |
| Dismissal | Academic records for students on conditional reinstatement are reviewed at the end of each fall and spring semester. Students who fail to meet the conditions for reinstatement are dismissed from the University. |