What if I am an undergraduate student and my GPA is below the 2.0 requirement? (Undergraduate) (2024)

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What if I am an undergraduate student and my GPA is below the 2.0 requirement? (Undergraduate)? ›

If your cumulative GPA falls below a 2.0, you are placed on academic warning. If, during the semester on warning, your cumulative GPA remains below 2.0, you are placed on probation.

Colleges set a minimum GPA for good academic standing. At most schools, this means earning above a 2.0 GPA. When a student's cumulative GPA drops below 2.0, the institution can put them on academic probation. Academic probation means students risk losing financial aid and even being dropped from college.

Unofficially, 2.0 is the lowest GPA accepted into a standard college, so while there's a chance that college admission is possible, it's not likely at more than a few institutions.

If your cumulative GPA drops below 2.0 or if you've dropped/withdrawn from several classes, you may not be meeting a requirement called Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP). If you don't meet SAP, you may not be eligible for financial aid for the upcoming term.

When your cumulative GPA falls below 2.0 for the first time you will be placed on Academic Warning.

A 2.5 GPA corresponds to a C average, making it a common starting GPA for many colleges and universities, even some more competitive institutions — though acceptance at that level would be a long shot.

With a 2.2 GPA, college options are very limited. A 2.0 GPA is the unofficial lowest GPA for acceptance so it's conceivable to get into a few schools, but a 2.2 won't improve the odds too much. Increasing your GPA by even a few tenths will lead to more options.

If you don't meet your minimum academic progress requirements, you may be placed on an academic progress status such as academic notice, academic probation, or academic suspension. This process is meant to help you identify where and why you may be experiencing difficulties, and determine how best to address them.

Typically, colleges will not accept a GPA below 2.0 to a four-year program, but there are options for students with a GPA lower than this to succeed in being accepted.

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Grade Point Average Requirement (Qualitative Standards)

Once you have attempted 21 - 29 credit hours, you must have a 1.8 minimum cumulative GPA. Once you have attempted 30+ credit hours, you must have a 2.0 minimum cumulative GPA.

One of the many requirements you need to meet to keep your financial aid is maintaining a certain GPA set by your school. If your grades dip below that or you have an incomplete class or withdrawal, it could cause you to lose access to all financial aid, including federal loans.

Students who drop below a minimum GPA, often 2.0, typically receive academic probation. If students fail to make progress or continue to receive low grades, the college can expel them. Schools generally avoid expelling undergraduates for one failing grade or even one semester with low grades.

A course may be repeated once for grade forgiveness. Although the original grade(s) shall remain on the transcript, only the most recent grade will be used in calculating grade point averages. Courses taken in summer term and courses taken through Open University will be counted for grade forgiveness.

The national average for a GPA is around 3.0 and a 2.0 GPA puts you below that average. A 2.0 GPA means that you've gotten only C-s and D+s in your high school classes so far. Since this GPA is significantly below a 2.0, it will make things very difficult for you in the college application process.

A student with a cumulative grade point average of 2.00 or higher is in satisfactory academic standing.

Is a 2.4 GPA Good? A 2.4 GPA signals to a college or university that a student has earned average scores within the B- and C+ range. A 2.4 is a hair away from the 2.5 range, which opens up eligibility for a number of colleges, but is still below the competitive benchmark for college applications of 3.0.