You will receive a dismissal letter.

1. If the letter is from your department program and NOT the Graduate School, you may:

• apply to another program of study on campus for which you have met the admission criteria.
  
  
• apply using the Enrollment Change Form and submit a new personal statement relevant to the new program. There is no application fee.

2. If the letter is from the Graduate School, you may appeal the dismissal by:

• meeting with your graduate advisor to develop a plan for raising your GPA and completing your program of study
  
  
• submitting a letter to the Associate Dean requesting reinstatement.

The letter should include:

the cause(s) of your academic problems

modifications/changes you have made to resolve these problems

your plans to raise your GPA to get off probation

your proposed plans/timeline for completing your program of study

3. The Associate Dean will arrange a hearing for you before the Dismissal Appeals Board within 30 days of receiving your letter. Your advisor should accompany you to this meeting.

4. Within five working days, the Dismissal Appeals Board will communicate its decision to the Associate Dean, who will contact you within five working days of receiving the decision.

5. If reinstated, you will be returned to a probationary status and will follow the proposed plan to improve your GPA to above a 3.0 and complete your program of study.