Academic Amnesty

A student who has previously attended NCC and is admitted at a later time, may be eligible for Academic Amnesty, which provides for the following:

  1. All grades taken during the student’s previous time at the College will no longer be used to calculate the student’s new cumulative GPA. However, grades C- and above taken during the student’s previous time at the Institute/College will be used to meet course requirements (where appropriate), subject to the approval of the Vice President of Academic Affairs.
  2. Even though previous grades will not be used to calculate the new cumulative GPA, all previous grades will remain on the student’s transcript.

In order to be eligible for Academic Amnesty, a student must meet all of the following conditions:

  1. The student has not taken any courses at NCC for a period of at least three years from the last semester of attendance.
  2. The student applies for Academic Amnesty before the start of his/her second semester after readmission.
  3. The student has never before received Academic Amnesty.
  4. The student achieved a cumulative GPA below 1.7 during previous attendance.

Please be aware that while you have been granted academic amnesty your previous grades are not used to calculate your new grade point average, they will however be used to evaluate “satisfactory academic progress” for financial aid purposes in accordance with Federal Financial Aid Regulations.