Welcome to the Porter College Academic Standing Website! Are you ready to run the gauntlet? You'll need access to a printer and up to thirty minutes to go through this exercise. Please read through this page carefully, so you don't miss important information about your continued enrollment at UCSC.

Have you ever been on Academic Probation or Subject to Disqualification? Whether you are a seasoned pro at academic difficulty (we hope not), or still shell-shocked from your first non-passing grade(s), we would like to make sure you are clear on what your academic standing means. Then we will look at how to repair yours. The consequences you have heard about - barred enrollment or disqualification - are serious and real, and we would like to keep you from learning this the hard way.

Here is some text from the University's Navigator, the online policy and procedure manual (feel free to click on the link and read more!):

You are placed on academic probation when you are not passing enough courses with grades at the level of C or better. In placing you on Academic Probation or Subject to Disqualification, the college is warning you that your current level of academic performance could put you in danger of disqualification from the university. While you are on academic probation, you remain eligible for most financial aid (unless you are later barred or disqualified). The fact that you are on academic probation is not permanently entered on your academic record. However, that information is recorded on your unofficial transcript and would be indicated on any official transcript that is issued while you are on academic probation.

Now that you know more about academic standing, let's explore how you ended up on academic probation. It's time to begin the Academic Standing Challenge.

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