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A matriculated student is one who has been admitted to and has declared a particular degree or certificate program at Onondaga Community College (OCC).
Matriculated students who have discontinued enrollment for a period of two consecutive years will be placed on inactive status. Inactive students who wish to regain active status should complete a returning student application form. Students must rematriculate into the current academic year’s catalog. Students who wish to attend with non-matriculated status should contact Student Central.
B. Academic Forgiveness
Students who change their academic program or return to the college after an absence of at least two years may apply for one-time grade forgiveness. This forgiveness, if approved, applies to the cumulative GPA.
A student may submit a petition for grade forgiveness for prior courses with grades of D and F that are not applicable to the new program. For example, if a student was in MUS and changes to NUR, all MUS courses with grades of D or F will be forgiven. Extra liberal arts electives that could potentially still be applied to the current program may remain in the cumulative GPA and cannot be forgiven. If approved, forgiven courses with grades of D and F will be made non-applicable to the cumulative GPA. The grades will be annotated by an FG on the official records kept by the College, but will not be reflected on the transcript or count towards graduation requirements.
A student may submit a petition for grade forgiveness after earning a term GPA of at least 2.0 in 12 or more credits. Petition forms are available by request at the Office of Registration and Records. Students must submit the petition along with a letter explaining the circumstances that warrant grade forgiveness. Petitions are at the discretion of the Office of Registration and Records and the Scholastic Standards committee.
Greater consideration will be given to candidates demonstrating a significant disparity between prior and current academic performance. Students will be granted only one grade forgiveness petition during their academic career at Onondaga Community College and must petition no later than four weeks after the completion of 12 credits.
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