Dean's list

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<p>Here's a general question: </p>

<p>Does Dean's list go by semester or is it cumulative? For example at son's school - Dean's list is 3.5 but with no grade below a C- - Let's say a kid failed a class 1st semester - GPA would obviously not be a 3.5, but second semester's GPA was 3.5 (all B+'s and A-'s). Would that F follow him/her the whole way through college with respect to the Dean's list and would Dean's list be on the cumlative average between 1st and 2nd semester?</p>

<p>I know in high school it is strictly by semester or term so I was assuming it would be this way in college, but something I read on son's university website made me think twice so I was wondering how other schools worked.</p>

<p>thanks in advance.</p>

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<p>I think it depends on the college. At my first college it was by semester. Here we don’t have a deans list at all.</p>

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<p>I agree, it likely depends on the school, though I haven’t heard of a cumulative dean’s list.</p>

<p>At the state college I’ve been dual enrolled in for the past couple years, the Dean’s List is by semester. It requires at least 12 credit hours with a 3.5 GPA. President’s List is 15 credit hours with a 4.0 GPA, though I haven’t heard of that at other schools.</p>

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<p>* the Dean’s List is by semester. It requires at least 12 credit hours with a 3.5 GPA. President’s List is 15 credit hours with a 4.0 GPA, though I haven’t heard of that at other schools. *</p>

<p>Same at my kids’ school.</p>

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<p>At my school it is by semester. It also depends on which college you are in within the university. For my particular college (engineering), it is a 3.75 or above; not sure about others…I think you need 36 units (slightly different system, we don’t do “credits”), or whatever the minimum is to be a full time student.</p>