Academic Fresh Start

If you have not attended an institution of higher learning for at least three (3) years, you may be enrolled in the Academic Fresh Start program upon re-enrollment. Academic Fresh Start shall be granted when the following conditions are met:

• Complete a minimum of twelve (12) hours of coursework for which a letter grade is earned over two (2) consecutive semesters.
• Achieve satisfactory academic progress standards as measured by the GPA of the twelve (12) credit hours of coursework enrolled in after entering the Academic Fresh Start Program.

Upon the granting of Academic Fresh Start, your permanent record will note the date a Fresh Start was made, and your grade point average and credit totals will be based only on work beginning with that date and work successfully completed previously. Academic Fresh Start will be granted only once. If you do not successfully complete the process described above, you will not be granted an academic fresh start.

Academic Fresh Start is a Three Rivers procedure and may not be recognized by another college upon transfer. Academic Fresh Start has no impact on financial status.

Go to trcc.edu/about/policies-and-regulations/ for more information.