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ACADEMIC STANDING POLICY


Students in the Rutgers Business School-New Brunswick (RBS-NB) are expected to maintain the highest level of academic performance.

Probation:

Should a student’s cumulative GPA or RBS GPA (compilation of all school 33/business-specific courses) fall below 2.5 at any point during their academic career, they will be placed on academic probation.

Dismissal:

A student on academic probation will be academically dismissed from RBS-New Brunswick if their cumulative GPA or RBS GPA falls below 2.0.

Dismissed Students and the Transition Semester

Students dismissed from RBS-NB will be granted one transition semester, during which they should work on improving their GPA in order to transfer to a different school, either inside or outside of Rutgers University.

During the transition semester students must either apply for a school-to-school transfer to another school at Rutgers University or transfer out of Rutgers University. Failure to apply for and secure such a transfer by the end of the transition semester will mean dismissal from Rutgers University.

Students in this transition semester will be allowed to continue their registration at RBS-NB for one semester but will not be permitted to declare a Business major or take business (school 33) courses at RBS-NB.

At the end of the transition semester, students will not be enrolled in Rutgers Business School Undergraduate-NB or at any other Rutgers University school unless they have successfully transferred to another Rutgers school.

The timing of a student's transition semester is not at the discretion of the student; the semester is pre-determined by the RBS Office of Undergraduate Programs.

Dismissed Appeal Process

Rutgers Business School students who have completed 60 or more credits may petition the Academic Standing Committee for reconsideration of the dismissal if there are extenuating circumstances that account for their poor academic performance.

While the acceptance of an appeal is not guaranteed, if your appeal is accepted, you will be readmitted and placed on continued probation for the following term of enrollment and a note of academic dismissal will remain in your academic file.

The appeal must be written by the student and should be comprehensive: elaborating on non-academic problems such as financial, medical, and personal hardships that affected his/her performance during the term. Presenting false or intentionally misleading information in the appeal may result in immediate dismissal of the appeal and/or judicial charges.

Appeals that arrive after the deadline may be reviewed during the following academic standing cycle. The decision of the Academic Standing Committee is final. If reinstated, any further academic dismissal from RBS-NB is permanent and may not be appealed.

Appeal may include:

  • The circumstances that negatively impacted your academic performance during the semester of the dismissal.

  • What you did to address these issues or what you are doing if these circumstances are still ongoing?

  • Any contact that you made with any other RBS-NB, Rutgers University, or outside office(s) to address these issues. What has changed since you contacted these offices?

  • Describe an academic and personal action plan that you will implement if reinstated to RBS-NB.

  • Attached documentation to verify the problem(s) you experienced.