Academic probation?

Graduate School
1

I was in a PhD program (obtained BS and MS in other university) and due to personal problems and discontent with the department I left in the middle of the semester, giving me 3 F’s in the 3 classes I was enrolled.

After this, I found a job whose requirement was only a Masters. Every 3 years this job requires me to take a workshop, which is actually a graduate level class in a local university (everyone taking the workshop/class must enroll in the university as a non-degree seeking). The company frequently changes which local university it uses.

I just took my first workshop/class, got an A, but when I went to see my transcript it shows the class with the A grade but underneath it says academic probation. I can only deduce there is a system in place in which universities communicate with each other.

If I continue taking classes in universities other than the one I received the 3 F’s in, will my academic probation ever go away?

2

Rather than assuming that the transcript says “probation” because of your university experience 3 years prior, why don’t you ask someone in the registrar’s office what that notation is about? Unless you notified the department/new university that you left an old PhD program 3 years ago without formally withdrawing, I think it’s quite unlikely that they put you on academic probation at the new place because of your walkout from the old place.

Ask the registrar about the “academic probation” notation. For all you know, it could be a mistake. Even if you find out it is not a mistake, they are the only ones who can tell you whether and how you can get off the probation.

3

It is highly unlikely that this has anything to do with your previous university. It could simply be a formality that any non-degree student is on “probation”. Just ask.