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deadlines for appealing may be obtained from the Office of Academic Affairs. Readmission after one regular semester (fall or spring) has elapsed will be considered on the merits of the individual case. Suspended students can be readmitted only one time. If a student is suspended a second time, he or she must attend another institution and raise the overall (retention/ graduation) GPA before readmission to OSU can be considered. A student with 90 or more hours in a specified degree program who has been academically suspended may enroll, at the discretion of the institution, in up to 15 additional credit hours in a further attempt to achieve the requirements for retention. During these 15 hours of enrollment, the student must achieve a minimum 2.00 current term (semester) GPA at the end of each term or must raise the overall (retention) GPA to 2.00 or above to avoid suspension. This senior suspension exception must be approved by the Director of Student Academic Services or Associate Dean for Instruction in the student's college in the form of a letter to the Registrar. This option can be exercised only once per student. A student suspended from OSU at the end of the spring semester may continue in the summer semester at OSU if this spring suspension was the student's first suspension. The student must complete a minimum of six hours and must achieve a 2.00 current term (summer semester) GPA, or raise the overall (retention/graduation) GPA to the OSRHE standard, in order to continue in the subsequent fall semester. The student should contact his or her dean's office for additional information and restrictions. (See also Academic Regulation 1.7 Academic Suspension.) 1.9 Readmission An undergraduate student who has attended OSU but was not enrolled during the immediate past semester (except the summer session) must submit an updated Application for Admission and current application fee. A student who has enrolled in another college or university since last attending OSU must submit a transcript from each school. Admission status will be determined after an evaluation of the previous work has been made. 1.10 Cancelling Enrollment and Withdrawing from the University Enrollment cancellation occurs when a student drops all classes before classes begin, that is, before the applicable semester or session begins. Student requests to cancel enrollment must be received by the Office of the Registrar before the first day of classes for the term. Enrollment changes, such as cancelling enrollment or withdrawing from the University are the responsibility of the student. Failure to attend classes or nonpayment of tuition and fees does not constitute notice of cancellation. Withdrawing from the University occurs when a student drops all classes after classes begin, that is, after the applicable semester or session begins. The withdrawal process is initiated with the student’s academic adviser or in the student’s academic student services office. International students must also consult with International Students and Scholars (ISS) before dropping courses or withdrawing for the semester. Under reporting regulations required by the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS), dropping below full-time can put a student’s visa status in jeopardy. General cancellation and withdrawal periods are provided in the table below. The Academic Calendar provides specific dates for each term. Exceptions to these deadlines may be considered by petition

due to documented extraordinary circumstances and committee approval. The Retroactive Drop/Withdraw Petition and the Petition for a Refund of Tuition and Fees are available on the Registrar website (registrar.okstate.edu (http://registrar.okstate.edu)). Cancellation/Withdrawal Periods for Full-Semester (16-week) Courses Semester Time Period Course Grade Course-Related Tuition/ Fee Refund Before term begins (cancellation) No transcript records 100% refund First 6 days No transcript record 100% refund Day 7-10 "W" Partial refund Weeks 3-12 "W" No refund Weeks 13-14 "W" or "F" as assigned by instructor No refund Weeks 15-16 Final grade as assigned by instructor No refund Summer courses, intersession courses, and other courses that do not extend through the entire 16-week semester follow proportionate cancellation/withdrawal/refund periods. 2. Student Status 2.1 Classification of Students Undergraduate classification is determined by the criteria below:

Freshman

fewer than 30 semester credit hours earned 30 to 59 semester credit hours earned 60 to 89 semester credit hours earned 90 or more semester credit hours earned

Sophomore

Junior

Senior

These hours are calculated based on overall (retention) hours earned. 2.2 Full-Time Students Undergraduate students who are enrolled in 12 or more semester credit hours (six or more for the summer session) are classified as "full-time" students. Graduate students enrolled in nine or more semester credit hours (three or more for the summer session) are classified as "full-time." Credit hours offered through correspondence study are not counted toward full-time status, unless the course is independent study taken through regular enrollment. Students engaged in an internship or cooperative education program assignment that requires full-time work on the assignment are regarded as full-time students when they are enrolled in the number of credit hours deemed appropriate for the academic credit they receive for the assignment. A student holding a 0.50 FTE Graduate Teaching/Research Associate/ Assistant (GTA or GRA) appointment who is enrolled in a minimum of six hours during the fall or spring semester and two hours during the summer semester will be certified as a full-time graduate student. Any FTE appointment less than 0.50 requires nine hours of enrollment for the fall or spring semester and three hours of enrollment for the summer semester in order for the student to be classified as a full-time student.