Fresh Start Policy

Any student absent from North Country Community College for three or more years may apply for consideration for Fresh Start status.  Students desiring this consideration must submit a petition detailing their rationale for this request to the Vice President for Academic Affairs.

Upon the approval of the Vice President for Academic Affairs, the student will be accorded Fresh Start status and his or her transcript will be so labeled.  The student will receive credit for all courses previously passed with a grade of "C" or above, which meet degree requirements for his or her program of study.  Grades for those courses will be listed as if they are transfer courses and will be disregarded when the Fresh Start grade-point average is calculated.  Those students who exercise the Fresh Start option will be required to earn the same minimum number of credits as transfer students.  The student will receive no credit for courses in which he or she previously received a "C-" or below, and those courses will be disregarded when the Fresh Start GPA is calculated.  All courses and grade remain on the student's record.  If the student chooses this option, the following regulations apply:

• All grades earned at NCCC will remain a part of the transcript (The ten-year rule applies in this situation).
• For purposes of determining academic status (good standing/suspension/graduation), the cumulative average is determined beginning with the course work complete after the minimum three-year absence.
• The Vice President for Academic Affairs will notify the Records Office that approval of the Fresh Start option has been granted.
• As a result of being granted the Fresh Start option, a student receives credit hours toward the total degree requirement, for only those courses taken prior to the student's three year absence from NCCC in which the student earned a grade of "C" or better.
• The Fresh Start option is extended only once during the student's enrollment at NCCC.
• Fresh start will be extended only to matriculated students.
• Fresh start will not be extended to students who are in good academic standing.
• Classes previously taken that are greater than ten years old, will need to be repeated.