Policy on

Academic Status

Academic Status

A student is in Satisfactory Academic Status if the student has maintained passing grades in all courses and has met all academic and professionalism requirements or has met criteria for academic status to be changed from Monitored Academic Status. 

A student is in Serious Academic Status if the student has: 

  1. Received one or more final grade(s) of Fail; 
  2. Met criteria to repeat a year of the curriculum; 
  3. Received a failure on USMLE Step 1; or 
  4. Received a Conditional Pass while in Monitored Academic Status. 

Students in Serious Academic Status may be reviewed by the Student Advancement Committee. A student in Serious Academic Status for the first time will remain in Serious Academic Status until all deficiencies have been remediated, and subsequently will be changed to Monitored Academic Status for at least four full semesters. If a student is in Serious Academic Status a second time, the student will remain in Serious Academic Status until the end of the academic program. A student in Serious Academic Status is subject to specific sanctions, described below in the section on sanctions. 

A  student is in Monitored Academic Status if the student has met criteria for  academic status to be changed from Serious Academic Status. Students will  remain in Monitored Academic Status for at least four full semesters. A student  in Monitored Academic Status is subject to specific sanctions, described below  in the section on sanctions.

Sanctions based on Academic Status 

Serious Academic Status 

Students in Serious Academic Status should maintain regular follow-up appointments with the Offices of Academic Success and Student Affairs and may be required to relinquish school leadership roles. 
The academic record of students in Serious Academic Status may be fed forward to the academic support team. 

A student in Serious Academic Status who earns a grade of Fail or a designation of Conditional Pass in any subsequent courses may meet the criteria to: 

  1. remediate (repeat and pass) the courses failed and 
  2. and/or be considered for dismissal 

If a student in Serious Academic Status earns a fail on USMLE Step 1, the student will be considered for dismissal by the Student Advancement Committee.
A student in Serious Academic Status who fails to meet the professionalism standards of the school may be considered for dismissal from the School of Medicine. 

Monitored Academic Status 

A student in Monitored Academic Status who earns a designation of Conditional Pass will be changed to Serious Academic Status. If a student in Monitored Academic Status earns a course grade of Fail, the student will be considered for dismissal by the Student Advancement Committee. 
The academic record of students in Monitored Academic Status may be fed forward to the academic support team. 
If a student in Monitored Academic Status earns a fail on USMLE Step 1, the student will be considered for dismissal by the Student Advancement Committee. 

References to Regulations and/or Other Related Policies:
Policy on Academic Advancement and Graduation
Policy on Dismissal
Policy on Federal Satisfactory Academic Progress
Policies on Grading
Policy on Reassessment
Statement of Professionalism
Transcript Guidelines

 

Last Updated: September 2022