I’m at risk of getting kicked out of my major in the biological sciences program as a general bio major. I know the policy is that you must get a 2.0 gpa or you get kicked out and can’t reapply. If I get below a 2.0, will I be able to reapply to the program just another major or will I have to consider a whole other lep program???
You have to look at your specific college policy.
But I am afraid you will be kicked out of the college if your GPA is below 2.0.
It’s my first semester so I won’t be kicked out of college
Ask your university.
I feel like many schools would respond to the “maintaining” semantics argument with “Well, you still got below a 2.0, so…”
I can’t really answer your question. You probably need to talk to your department. I am guessing that most LEPs will frown on a less than 2.0 GPA.
Why were you kicked out of the bio major?
For getting a 1.9 gpa
You need to talk to your school’s department/program. What’s the use in asking here?
@Purple205 you probably won’t get kicked out of college this or next semester, but a sub-2.0 GPA calls for immediate changes in your work/study habits, etc. Otherwise, the university may either expel you, or at the very least, force you to take a leave of 1 or 2 semesters before reapplying. Either case is not a good position.
As for reapplying, you’ll have to read through the university and/or department policies. From what I’ve seen, you usually can reapply after a certain amount of time, but only if you’ve shown that you made the changes and are capable.
So explain something to me: Is the 1.9 your fall semester freshman GPA or are you later in your studies and that’s an overall GPA for x semesters? Is that 1.9 GPA in science classes or is that 1.9 what you got in non-science classes? And what is it that you’ll be doing differently next semester so you don’t get expelled? Because picking a major/career is the least of your troubles right now.
Yep, this is why I asked. I suspected it was going to be something like this, and N’s mom is spot on. What you major in is inconsequential to getting that GPA up. The fact that getting booted from a major for having that low a GPA only triggers questions of “what major should I do now for med school/backup careers” and not “holy bleep, how do I get my GPA up” is troubling.
First you should figure out why you got possibly less than a 2.0.
Did you go to classes?
Did you read the chapters?
Did you do the homework?
If you got a bad grade on something, did you go back and learn the material?
Did you go to professors office hours?
Did you get a tutor?
Did you form a study group?
How much time out of class were you studying/doing homework?
What were you doing instead?
If you were studying and doing the homework and still got a bad grade, this might not be the major for you.
If not…what is your goal in life?
Which LEP?
Biological Sciences
Actually, I think you would get dismissed from your major…the way I read/understand the rules is that once you are admitted to a LEP, you must maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.0 at all times. Note that is a cumulative, so that if you just completed your first semester as a freshman, and earned less than 2.0, you will likely be dismissed from the major in addition to being put on academic probation for the university. If, however, you are third semester and just had a really bad semester of less than 2.0, but you cumulative GPA is still at least a 2.0, you are ok for now.
The note about 45 credits has to do with not just maintaining an overall GPA, but completing a specified set of classes with a “satisfactory” grade. So, even if your semester or cumulative GPA is 2.0, but you earned a C- in one of the classes that is required by your LEP where satisfactory is defined as a C, you will likely be dropped from the major.
The info below was found at this link http://lep.umd.edu
"Limited Enrollment Programs at the University of Maryland
Certain majors are very popular and require a limit on the number of students they can accommodate and are designated Limited Enrollment Programs (LEP). Students in an LEP major must successfully complete a specific set of courses, or “gateway” requirements by the semester in which they earn 45 credits. All students may apply for Limited Enrollment Programs. See the individual links below for specific requirements.
The following guidelines pertain to all Limited Enrollment Programs:
Only one gateway or performance review course may be repeated to earn the required grade and that course may only be repeated once. When more than one course can satisfy a gateway requirement, taking a second course from the list will count as a repeat. (Please note that a grade of “W” is considered an attempt and must be repeated).
Students may apply only once to an LEP.
Students who were directly admitted and fail to meet the performance review criteria will be dismissed from the major and may not reapply.
Students must maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.00 after admission to an LEP. Failure to do so will result in dismissal from the major.
Direct Admits: Direct Admits are students admitted to an LEP as first-time freshmen. In order to continue in the LEP major, students must successfully complete a 45-credit review. If a student is not directly admitted to an LEP, he/she will be assigned to Letters and Sciences. Students in Letters and Sciences wishing to major in an LEP will apply as internal transfer students.
Internal or External Transfer Admits: Internal transfers are students already at the University of Maryland who would like to change majors to an LEP. External transfers are students applying to the University of Maryland who would like to major in an LEP. The admissions requirements for Internal and External Transfers are the same.
External transfer students from other institutions apply to LEP’s through the general application for admission to the University by indicating the major(s) of interest. Students are first admitted to the University and then to Limited Enrollment Program majors based on LEP standards.
For more information, please contact LEP@umd.edu."
Hope this helps…I would definitely use that email address to confirm my interpretation because I could be mistaken, or if you have extenuating circumstances, there may be an opportunity to work with them. Best of luck.
It says that students must have a cumulative of 2.0 in all courses at the 45 credit review
Yes…how is that different than what I said? I was just clarifying that at 45 credit review point you need a cumulative of 2.0 plus “satisfactory” grades in the classes required for your LEP. It assumes that you will have taken classes other than what the LEP requires, which could help raise your cumulative gpa. In biology, it seems satisfactory is defined as minimum C- in specific gateway classes. However, it is possible to get a D in a class but still have a cumulative gpa of 2.0 if you earned a higher grade in other classes.
That clarification aside, in addition to having 2.0 at the 45 credit review, you have to maintain 2.0 in general. There is a specific line that says you must maintain 2.00 after admission to the LEP. If you are in your first semester as a freshman and did not get 2.0, that means u did not meet that 2.00 minimum requirement, which would result in dismissal.
As already mentioned, you need to ask your school’s department or program. However, if you cannot get > 2.0 (C average) in your major, you might want to re-evaluate your situation - perhaps you should be studying something else. Maybe there is another area where you could really shine.
What’s the point of worrying about medical school when you clearly are teetering on the edge of not making it through college?
Way to be harsh to a freshman who’s had a rough time transitioning to college… Everyone fails at some point in their lives. I’m going to make it through college