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There are many distractions from college academia: friends, social events and jobs. Students often find trouble managing time for everything they want to do. Sometimes grades suffer and colleges put students on academic probation.
Considerations
Most colleges have some policy regarding academic probation, but the specific situations that put a student on academic probation will vary from college to college.
Identification
Academic probation usually means that the student has not attained the minimum Grade Point Average for either a single semester or their cumulative GPA is below a certain point. Colleges often use a 2.0 on a 4.0 scale as the minimum GPA requirement, according to University of California at Berkeley.
Features
Most colleges have a policy in which the student has the next semester to bring their cumulative or semester GPA above a 2.0 or face further consequences, according to Iowa State University.
Effects
Probation usually serves as a warning that if the student fails to bring their GPA up to 2.0 or has another semester with an average GPA below 2.0, then they will likely face expulsion from the university.
Tips
University of Minnesota Duluth suggests that students always attend class, see a tutor if they are struggling in classes and plan to study two to three times as much outside of class as they spend actually going to class.
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