Rising Sophomores (or students who have completed two full-time semesters (or equivalent) of college enrollment (including transfer student-athletes)
To be considered for provisional eligibility a student-athlete shall meet with the school eligibility officer to discuss the academic deficiency and to develop an Academic Enhancement Plan (AEP) which shall record the plan for academic improvement and agreed upon conditions of provisional eligibility between the student-athlete and the school. The student-athlete shall then review the AEP with the Assistant Director of Athletics for Academic Services who may add additional stipulations. Following these two meetings, the student-athlete shall acquire signatures (in sequence) endorsing the AEP from the sport’s head coach and DRIA compliance coordinator.
o A minimum of 4.5 of the 6 course units must be for academic work completed in the first two full-time semesters (excluding summer).
· Minimum total number of awarded course unit credit is 6 CUs.
· Minimum cumulative GPA for provisional eligibility consideration is 1.85.
If by the beginning of the third full-time semester a student-athlete satisfies all of the above requirements except for the cumulative GPA of at least 2.00 and/or eight (8) awarded course units on the transcript, the student-athlete may be considered for provisional eligibility.
Provisional Eligibility –After two full-time semesters.
o Have 3 course units of transfer credit that is Penn degree applicable per term of full-time enrollment from the two-year college previously attended. Transfer credits must be displayed on transcript at time of eligibility evaluation.
o A minimum of 18 of the 24 credit hours must be for academic work completed in the first two full-time semesters (excluding summer), and/or
· Have been awarded 24 credit hours of course work (equivalent of 6 Penn course units) at your former school.
· Be a full-time student, and
New transfer students (matriculating at Penn for first time), to be academically eligible you must:
o A minimum of 1.5 course units must be for academic work completed in the previous full-time semester (excluding summer),
o A minimum of 4.5 of the 8 course units must be for academic work completed in the first two full-time semesters (excluding summer), and
· Have 8 course units (on transcript at time of eligibility evaluation),
· Have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.00, and
· Be a full-time student, and
This means if you are a sophomore, to be academically eligible you must:
By the beginning of the third semester of enrollment (start of sophomore year for most student-athletes) a student must have achieved a minimum cumulative grade-point-average of 2.00, earned a minimum of one and one half (1.5) course units for the prior academic semester (not summer term) and the student’s transcript must display a minimum of eight (8) course units as having been awarded for the period commencing with the student’s first full-time semester and ending with the second full-time semester (including applicable summers). A minimum of four and one half (4.5) of the eight (8) course units awarded must be from academic course work completed in the first two full-time semesters (at Penn or elsewhere). Additional course units may be awarded from the first two full-time semesters and/or from any of the following: advanced placement credit, Penn’s Pre-Frosh Program credit, summer and/or transfer credit, all of which must be displayed on the student’s transcript at the time of eligibility evaluation.
Rising Sophomores (or students who have completed two full-time semesters (or equivalent) of college enrollment (including transfer student-athletes):
