If you were first admitted to ASU in fall 2008 through today, you can repeat any ASU course in which you have a “D” or “E” grade up to 12 hours. You can replace both upper- and lower-division grades, but only up to 12 hours of attempted repeats. For more information about repeating courses, please consult the ASU Academic Catalog.
Undergraduate courses in which grades of "D" or "E" (including EU, EN, and XE) are received may be repeated only once. Generally, students may not repeat an undergraduate course for credit when a grade of "C" or higher is earned. Graduate students see the ASU Graduate Policies and Procedures.
An undergraduate course taken by undergraduate students at ASU may be repeated for credit if the grade or mark of "D", "E", (including EU, EN, and XE) "W", "X" is received. To be eligible for the deletion of "D" or "E" grades from calculations of the GPA, the course must be repeated at ASU.
You can replace both upper- and lower-division grades, but only up to 12 hours of attempted repeats. For more information about repeating courses, please consult the ASU Academic Catalog. If you were first admitted to ASU before the fall of 2008, you can repeat any ASU course in which you have a “D” or “E” grade.
College students can retake a class a maximum of 3 times, most of the time. If they want to retake it a fourth time, they have to write a special letter to the school. It might not be worth it to redo a class so many times, as you would graduate late.
The general rules for repetition of courses are as follows (see exceptions below in Courses Repeatable for Credit): You may not repeat a class in which you earned a grade of C or better. You are allowed up to two repeats to earn credit for a class when the previous grades you earned were substandard (D, F, W, NP).
If you do not participate in a class and do not withdraw, you will receive a failing grade. Federal and institutional rules require ASU to review your financial aid eligibility if you receive any EN (Failure Due to Never Participating) grades.
Retaking a course may raise your student's GPA (grade point average). In many schools, if a student retakes a course, the most recent grade will replace the lower grade in the student's GPA. The earlier, lower grade will remain on the transcript, but will not be included in the GPA.
Even if you do fail, you can retake the class and ask for help. Although it will negatively impact your GPA and could affect your financial obligations, you can bounce back. Start by asking for more help and studying differently or harder if you retake the course. Most importantly, don't give up.
It, however, does not look bad in most cases. Suppose you retake the course and perform the same or get a lower grade, making retaking look horrible. It shows that you have a poor understanding of the unit. However, if your second attempt shows a significant and higher performance, then your decision seems worth it.
If you were first admitted to ASU in fall 2008 through today, you can repeat any ASU course in which you have a “D” or “E” grade up to 12 hours. You can replace both upper- and lower-division grades, but only up to 12 hours of attempted repeats.
You will only be allowed 4 total, so if you have already used 2, you will have only 2 more. If you don't want to have a course repeat automatically processed as a grade exclusion, you must complete a form before the end of the Drop/Add period for the term (1st five days in fall/spring; 1st or 2nd day in summer).
Any course in which a grade of C- or below or a No Pass (NP) is earned can be repeated once.
The second grade always replaces the first grade. However, you can retake a class and get a worse grade. For example, if you have a D (a passing grade) and retake a course and receive an F (a failing grade), you now have a failing grade in the course and will have to take the class for a third time.
Is a 2.5 GPA good? The answer is No. The national average for a GPA is around 3.0 and a 2.5 GPA puts you below that average. A 2.5 GPA means that you've gotten only C-s and D+s in your high school classes so far.
A 3.0 GPA implies performing well in all classes and that's a great place to start the college application process. Admissions officers from a number of schools will see that GPA and recognize that it meets their criteria for enrollment.
If a student retakes a course that is no longer eligible for financial aid, the units are excluded from the total enrollment calculated for financial aid and the student's financial aid will be adjusted to exclude these units. Grade adjustments will be processed automatically after the grades are reported each term.
The semester hour is the unit on which credit is computed. It represents one 50-minute class exercise per week per semester. To obtain credit, a student must be properly registered and must pay fees for the course.
A mark of "I" (incomplete) is given by the instructor when you are otherwise doing acceptable work but are unable to complete the course because of illness or other conditions beyond your control. You are required to arrange with the instructor for the completion of the course requirements.
A "P" grade should only be assigned when an individual student receives permission to take a course as pass/fail. Permission is recorded on the Pass/Fail Enrollment form. If the course only awards pass/fail grades, the "Y" grade should be utilized to indicate successful completion of the course.
The "X" is not included in earned hours and is not computed in the GPA. Satisfactory (Y) The "Y" grade is generally used as a grade for successfully completed internships, projects, readings and conference, research, seminars, theses, dissertations, and workshops.
Some courses, such as continued registration, do not earn credit and the "Z" grade will remain on your transcript. The grade of "EN" denotes failure due to the student never participating in a course and is treated the same as an "E" for the purposes of GPA, course repeatability, and academic standing determination.
To allow an undergraduate student to earn and have reflected in his or her academic record an improved grade for an undergraduate course in which a “D” or “E” grade was originally received
An undergraduate student who received a “D” or “E” grade in a course may repeat that course only once to attempt to earn an improved grade.
For students admitted prior to the fall 2008 semester, the grade received through repeating the course will be reflected in the academic records based on the course level and is detailed in the first policy listed below.
For information about petitioning to take a course for the third time, see SSM 201–13 , “Petition to Take a Course for the Third Time.”