BMCC Forgiveness Policy

"F/C-" and Lower Grades

The following is the current college policy regarding the retaking of courses for which a student has already received a grade of C- or below. Effective September 1, 1995, the College has adopted the following variant on the City University's policy on computing grades.

1. When an undergraduate student receives an earned academic grade of "F" or an administrative failing grade and the student subsequently retakes the course and receives a higher grade, the initial grade of "F" will no longer be computed into the grade point average. The "F" grade, however, will remain on the transcript.

2. In addition to the "F" Grade Policy, BMCC's policy provides students the option of retaking any course with a grade which carries less than 2.0 quality points; this includes C-, D+, D and D-. This policy allows any later higher grade for the retaken course to forgive the earlier grade. For example: If a student receives a D- in a course and retakes the course and receives a D+, the D+ will replace the D- in the student's GPA. However, the D- will remain on the student's transcript. (If the grade for the retaken course is the same or lower than the previous grade, then the credits will not count toward the student's degree but will count in the GPA.)

While BMCC and other colleges have initiated a variety of changes to CUNY's original policy, the number of retaken credits that can be deleted from the grade point average shall be limited to 16 for the duration of the student's undergraduate enrollment in any institution in the City University of New York. This policy is applicable to grades earned after September 1, 1984.

Students should remember that repeating a course may limit their ability to meet the satisfactory academic performance requirements for receipt of Federal and State financial aid. Also, repeated courses for which students have already received an acceptable passing grade will not be included as part of student's minimum full-time or part-time course load for State financial aid purposes.

CUNY Forgiveness Policy

Academic dismissal occurs when a student falls below minimum retention standards for two consecutive semesters. A student may not return to BMCC until an appeal is filed and approved.

The CUNY forgiveness policy offers alternative educational opportunities to those students whose academic appeal was denied.

Requirements:
Students whose appeal was denied must sit out for at least one semester in order to qualify for admission to another participating community college under the forgiveness policy.

The number of transferable credits will be determined by the respective college.

Participating Colleges:

City University of New York
Office of Admissions Services (OAS)
1114 Avenue of the Americas -- 15th floor
New York, New York 10036

Your payment must be in the form of a money order or personal check.

Pick up a transfer application from the BMCC Admissions office or from CUNY's Admission Services.