UNDERGRADUATE CATALOG - Mercy College

66 / Academic Regulations and Procedures
Academic Dismissal
A matriculated student who after being placed on Academic Probation, fails to achieve
good academic standing will be dismissed from Mercy College and will not thereafter
be allowed to register for any courses at Mercy College.
A student who has been academically dismissed for the first time has the right to make
a formal appeal to the Committee on Academic Standing. If the student is readmitted
he/she is placed on one-semester probation during which time he/she must meet the
conditions specified by the Committee or be subject to final dismissal.
Academic Eligibility for Financial Aid
In order to maintain their eligibility for financial aid all students who receive financial
aid from the federal and/or state government are required to meet specific standards of
academic progress (total number of credits passed and the student’s GPA in a specific
semester). The Office of Student Services maintains current records on all students
receiving financial aid and thereby monitors their ongoing eligibility for such aid. More
detailed information about these standards is available through the Office of Student
Services and the Office of Academic Advising.
Scholastic Index
The scholastic index shows the average grade attained in a set of completed courses. The
scholastic index for a given set of courses is determined by dividing the total number
of quality points earned in those courses by the total number of credits that would be
conferred by the successful completion of those courses. The number of quality points
earned through completion of a given course is determined by multiplying the number
of academic credits the course may confer by the coefficient corresponding to the grade
received. The scale of coefficients is as follows:
A ........................4.0 C+ .........................2.33
A- ........................3.67 C .........................2.0
B+ ........................3.33 C- .........................1.67
B ........................3.0 D .........................1.0
B- ........................2.67 F .........................0.0
Example: If a student completes five courses, each conferring three credits, grades
“A”, “B+”, “C+”, “C”, he/she can compute his/her scholastic index as follows:
Credits Coefficient Quality Points
3 X 4.0 (A) = 12.00
3 X 3.33 (B+) = 9.99
3 X 2.33 (C+) = 6.99
3 X 2.33 (C+) = 6.99
3 X 2.0 (C) = 6.00__
41.97
Scholastic index = 41.97 = 2.798
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Courses taken under the Pass/No Credit system, courses for which a student has received
a “W", and courses taken at other colleges do not affect the student’s scholastic index.