Academic Bankruptcy
Academic Bankruptcy
A student must complete a request for Academic Bankruptcy listing the courses he/she wishes to bankrupt. This form which is located on the College’s website at www.trenholmstate.edu must be signed by the Director of Records/College Registrar and a Financial Aid Official. A student may declare academic bankruptcy only once. Implementation of academic bankruptcy at the College does not guarantee that other college/universities will approve such action. This determination will be made by the respective transfer college/university. A student may declare academic bankruptcy under the following conditions:
- If fewer than three (3) calendar years have lapsed since the term for which the student wishes to declare bankruptcy, the student may declare academic bankruptcy on all coursework taken during the one semester, provided he/she has taken a minimum of 12 semester credit hours since the bankruptcy term occurred. All coursework taken, even hours completed satisfactorily during the term for which academic bankruptcy is declared, will be disregarded in the cumulative grade point average.
- If three (3) or more calendar years have lapsed since the most recent semester for which the student wishes to declare bankruptcy, he/she may declare academic bankruptcy on all coursework taken prior to 12 semester credit hours of coursework since the bankruptcy term occurred. All coursework taken, even hours completed satisfactorily, during semester(s) for which academic bankruptcy is declared will be disregarded in the cumulative grade point average.
- When academic bankruptcy is declared, the term “ACADEMIC BANKRUPTCY” will be reflected on the transcript for each semester affected. The transcript will be stamped “ACADEMIC BANKRUPTCY IMPLEMENTED.” All individual courses and grades will remain on the permanent transcript. Academic Bankruptcy cannot be considered by the Financial Aid Office when calculating Satisfactory Academic Progress.