Fresh Start

1. experience academic difficulty of such severity in their initial period of enrollment at Fayetteville State University that it is highly unlikely that they can attain their educational goals by exercising the Course Repeat policy; and
2. seek to resume their studies after a period of non-enrollment, during which time they have made significant improvements in their circumstances, basic skills, and/or level of maturity.

Fayetteville State University students who have not been enrolled for at least two academic years may request academic fresh start. If academic fresh start is granted, all credits earned at Fayetteville State University prior to the date of reenrollment will be treated as transfer credits; courses with a grade of C or higher will be used to fulfill degree requirements, but will be excluded in the GPA calculation. All course work will remain on the transcript with the following notation: “Academic Fresh Start.” If a student earns credits at another institution during the period of non-enrollment at FSU, the student may be awarded transfer credits.

Academic fresh start does not eliminate attempted hours from a student’s record, and, hence, hours covered by academic fresh start will be used in determining whether a student must pay the tuition surcharge. A student will be granted academic fresh start only one time.

Requests for Academic Fresh Start must be submitted in writing no later than the end of the first year of re-enrollment. The letter should be addressed to:

Chair, Appeals Committee
c/o Office of the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Fayetteville State University
Fayetteville, NC 28301-4298

the request must

1. specify the period of initial enrollment at Fayetteville State University,
2. the period of non-enrollment,
3. the conditions that led to the academic difficulty during the initial period of enrollment at Fayetteville State University, and
4. the actions the student has taken to improve these conditions and circumstances.

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