Approved by Faculty Senate June 4, 2007 and the Provost on June 11, 2007.

Amended by the Faculty Senate November 2, 2009

Approved by the Provost November 2, 2009

An undergraduate student who re-enrolls in the university after an absence of three or more years may request the university to recalculate the cumulative grade point average and hours earned during the period of previous residency. This application must be made through the dean or director of the student's enrollment unit.

If the application is approved, all courses taken remain on the permanent record; however, only those courses with grades of A, B, C, or P are counted for credit. No other grades are counted for credit as hours toward graduation or as meeting either university general education requirements or program requirements.

If the application is approved, the student resumes an academic program with no cumulative grade point average for the period to which the Fresh Start applies. For the purposes of scholastic action and advising, however, the student initially is assigned to the same scholastic standing as when he/she last attended the university. Thereafter, the student is subject to the conditions of probation and dismissal that govern all students.

Under the provisions of this rule, a student must be re-enrolled before graduation for a minimum of forty-five quarter credit hours and three academic quarters after the Fresh Start has been applied to the academic record.   For associate degree seeking students only, a student must be re-enrolled before graduation for a minimum of twenty-four quarter credit hours and two academic quarters after the Fresh Start has been
applied to the academic record.

All courses ever taken at the university will be used in the calculation of the cumulative point-hour ratio required for the purpose of determining graduation with Honors.

A student is eligible for only one Fresh Start at the undergraduate level.

Students who have earned a baccalaureate or an associate degree from Wright State University are not eligible for the Fresh Start at the undergraduate level.