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EMORY UNIVERSITY
Office of the Registrar – Internal Policy
Retroactive Academic Relief
Policy Description
Students who have bona fide reasons, namely, medical need, family emergency, death in the
immediate family or other significant circumstance resulting in unforeseen hardship for the student
(see /Withdrawal Policy,
http://ctalog.college.emory.edu/2011/04/academic/policy/withdrawal.html) and who provide
appropriate support documentation that would lead to approval of a total withdrawal without
academic penalty in the course of the semester, but who do not come forward to obtain a total
withdrawal during the semester, may petition the Committee on Academic Standards for Retroactive
Academic Relief. Normally, retroactive academic relief may be applied for and received for one
semester only during the student’s Emory College of Arts and Sciences career.
Applicability
This policy applies to all Emory University, Emory College of Arts & Sciences (ONLY)
Policy Details
If the Committee on Academic Standards grants the petition, the student’s letter grades for the
relevant term will be converted to Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grades. The term will not count
towards the GPA. A notation will be made on the official student transcript indicating the student
was granted academic relief for that term due to extenuating circumstances. In addition, the term
will not count towards the College’s continuation/promotion requirements. Courses in which the
student receives a “Satisfactory” grade will count as elective credit toward the 128 hour academic
credit requirement for graduation. Students who receive academic relief from any term are
prohibited from petitioning the Committee on Academic Standards to have any of the courses with a
“Satisfactory” grade count in the General Education Requirements (GERs) of the College. In no
instance may these “Satisfactory” grades fulfill a GER except as specified in the General Stipulations
regarding Area IX: Physical Education.
Transcript Note:
Student approved for academic relief during this term based on extenuating circumstances
There is no time limit but it does get more difficult for students to present valid and sufficient
documentation of need for relief as time goes by. The usual period of relief is one semester though there
are some exceptions to this—but only if the circumstances are severe (like a student whose mother was
dying one semester and then she was in an intense period of grief another semester). The guidance on
how to apply for relief is on the CAS website but the committee operates by precedent.
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