Admissions Students transferring from other institutions who are on probation will be admitted on probation for their first semester at the college. Transfer Evaluation Transfer credit evaluations will be completed for all students applying to a certificate or degree program and wishing to have college credits accepted that were taken at other regionally accredited colleges and universities. Transcripts will be evaluated once the student has been admitted to a degree or certificate program. Only transcripts from regionally accredited institutions declared at the time of admission are considered for transfer evaluation. Only transfer courses that have a grade of C or better will be considered at IỊisaġvik College. Transfer credits do not count toward a student’s GPA at IỊisaġvik. NOTIFICATION OF ADMISSIONS Qualified applicants receive a letter of acceptance once the application requirements are met. Upon acceptance into a program, students will be assigned a faculty advisor. Acceptance into a program does not guarantee acceptance into the residential center. See the Residential Services section of this catalog for more information on campus housing. Provisional Admission Provisional admission may be granted to an applicant while awaiting receipt of his/her transcript. Provisional admission may also be granted if admission requirements for the college have been met, but the applicant still needs to complete one or more programspecific requirements. Declaration and Change of Program If a student who has been formally admitted to a program wishes to transfer from one program to another, he or she may do so by filing a Change-Add of Program Form with the Registrar’s Office. This form may be obtained from the Registrar. Students must meet the specific admissions requirements of their new program. Acceptance into the new program is on a space-available basis and, when accepted, students will be assigned an advisor from that program. Students are advised to contact the faculty advisor for the new program at the earliest opportunity for further information about
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the program’s special requirements and for guidance in selecting appropriate preparatory classes. REQUIREMENTS FOR SECOND DEGREE To receive a second Associate of Arts, Associate of Science or Associate of Applied Science degree, students must earn at least 12 credit hours beyond the first degree and complete all requirements for the second degree program. Students may pursue additional degrees as long as they have formally applied and been accepted to each program. CONTINUING ENROLLMENT Students who drop their enrollment at IỊisaġvik for a period greater than twelve consecutive months will be required to reapply to the college for admission. They will be expected to meet admission requirements in existence at the time of re-admission. FRESH START Fresh Start can offer a new beginning for students who previously performed poorly at IỊisaġvik College (or other colleges and universities). Those who withdrew from school or were dismissed for academic reasons may apply for re-admission under this program and have their entire prior academic record disregarded. Those who apply on this basis begin their college study anew with no credits attempted or earned and no quality points reflected in future GPA calculations. Fresh Start may be used only once. Fresh Start application forms are available at the Registrar’s Office. Admission on this basis requires that at least two years have elapsed since the end of the last semester the applicant attended a college full time. Prior academic records remain part of a student’s overall academic record and appear on transcripts, but none of the previously earned credits can be used in a new program, nor may they be counted for the purposes of GPA with the exception of calculating honors at graduation. A student admitted under Fresh Start may be allowed advanced standing or a waiver of requirements just as any other student, but will not be allowed credit by exam for courses lost in Fresh Start.
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