Students often drop out of the university after a semester or more of poor academic performance.
Some of them wish to resume their education at a later date, but find their previous academic performance hinders admission to programs, application for scholarships, and overall grade point average. Academic amnesty seeks to respond to those students who want an opportunity to start over with a clean slate. Academic amnesty may be requested for no more than two semesters of work. Academic amnesty does not apply to individual courses. Academic amnesty does not apply to course work from other post-secondary institutions.