Monroe Community College expects students to remain in good academic standing which means that students must make satisfactory academic progress (SAP) towards completing their degree. MCC reviews satisfactory academic progress by term (fall, spring, summer).
Specifically:
A student who falls below satisfactory academic progress standards will be placed on Academic Warning. If a student on Academic Warning fails to meet SAP expectations, it will result in the student being placed on Academic Restriction. Students on Restriction who successfully appeal may be placed on Academic Probation.
The College calculates academic standing at the end of fall, spring, and summer terms based upon the student’s progress towards degree completion.
A student's progress is indicated in the e-mail he or she receives. A student placed on Academic Warning or Restriction at the end of the semester is notified through MCC email by the Office of the Provost.
Evaluation for Satisfactory Academic Progress:
SAP looks at your cumulative SAP grade point average (GPA), not your semester GPA. Also, be aware that your SAP GPA includes developmental courses.
In order to meet this standard for SAP, you must have successfully completed 2/3 of the courses you registered for, excluding developmental courses. Any course that does not carry college credit will not count toward this rate of completion.
Courses that carry imputed, but not college credits like TRS or ESOL, count in your cumulative GPA. However, they do not count in the 67% completion. This means if you have a cumulative GPA of 2.5, but in one semester you are taking three developmental courses and one course with college credit, and you withdrew from the credit bearing course, then you would not have met the 67% requirement.
A grade of W (withdrawn) does not count in your cumulative GPA, but it does count as an attempted credit in determining if you were successful in 67% or more of your courses. Note that withdrawing from a course can be the right option even if it places you on Academic Warning. You just need to be aware that withdrawing from courses in multiple semesters can lead to being placed on Academic Restriction.
This means that if the published length of your program is 60 credits, then you need to complete it in 90 credits.
Students who have been placed on Academic Warning are allowed to continue as full-time students; however, failure to improve SAP will result in being placed on Academic Restriction which will impact financial aid. Students who are placed on Academic Restriction are restricted from full time study, are not eligible for financial aid, and are limited to eight (8) credits maximum while on academic restriction.
When students fail to meet SAP, they are placed on Academic Warning for a period of one semester. Students placed on Academic Warning are directed to receive academic advisement prior to registering for the next semester. Academic advisement support is documented on an academic improvement plan completed by an advisor. It is to students’ advantage to repeat a course(s) in which they received a "D" or "F" in order to raise their cumulative GPA. Graduation at MCC is based on an overall 2.0 GPA of MCC credits. After the warning semester, the warning status is removed if students successfully meet SAP. If students fail to meet SAP after the warning period, they will be placed on Academic Restriction.
If a student fails to meet SAP after the warning period (or warning semester), they will be placed on Academic Restriction. Students on Academic Restriction will be limited to 8 credits, will not be eligible for financial aid, and will need to submit an appeal in order to be considered for full time study and/or financial aid.
Students who have been placed on Academic Restriction have two options for continuing their studies at Monroe Community College:
The online SAP Appeal Form must be submitted for review to determine if you can regain eligibility for aid. You must include the following items in order for your appeal to be considered as complete:
Students who successfully appeal Academic Restriction are placed on Academic Probation. They are directed to meet with an advisor prior to registration and to create an academic improvement plan for progress. If the student fails to meet the requirements of SAP after the probation period on appeal, the student will be placed on Academic Restriction again.
Yes. All students are assessed for SAP each term. If you are not doing well, we want to be able to provide you with the resources you need to be successful.