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Grade Forgiveness

Grade forgiveness forms are available in the Registrar's Office or may be downloaded from this site. Requests must be submitted no later than the last day of Add/Drop for the term in which the student has registered for the course being repeated. Grade forgiveness is limited to two courses during the student's post-secondary career

Grade Forgiveness Policy

Effective Fall Semester, 1981, an undergraduate student may repeat a course and have the repeated grade computed in their GPA in place of the original grade. The student must, however, first understand the following conditions of the policy:

1. Grade forgiveness is limited to two courses.
2. Grade forgiveness may not be used twice for the same course.
3. Grade forgiveness will only be awarded if the original and repeated courses are taken at UCF.
4. All grades will remain on the student's official transcript. The original course grade will be annotated with a "T" to indicate that the course has subsequently been repeated and the repeat course grade will be annotated with a "R." The original grade will always appear on the transcript but only the repeated course grade will be calculated into the GPA.
5. If it is determined that the student is ineligible for the grade forgiveness, neither refunds nor automatic withdrawal from the course will be made.
6. If a student applies for grade forgiveness and later withdraws, receives an Incomplete "I" grade or no credit "NC" grade in the course, the attempt will count as one of the allotted Grade Forgiveness attempts and the GPA will calculate both grades.
7. UCF does not honor grade forgiveness granted at other institutions unless it is part of an AA degree transferred from a Florida public community college or university.
8. Due to the two-course limit, a student who has repeated two or more courses at a Florida public community college or university and included those courses in the transfer of an AA degree will not be granted any grade forgiveness at UCF.
9. Grade forgiveness awarded for repeated courses will not retroactively alter any previous academic action (i.e. academic probation or disqualification). In addition, no academic records can be altered after a student graduates.
10. Grade forgiveness is not retroactive and, therefore, may not be used for a course repeated before Fall 1981. If a student who repeated a course at UCF before 1981 and did not use the previous forgiveness policy may repeat the course again. In this case, the lower of the previous two grades will be forgiven. This special circumstance is the only one in which a student will be allowed to repeat a course more than once.
11. A student may substitute a course different from the original one with prior approval from the Dean's office in which the course is offered. This request may be approved if (1) the substitute course has been changed in prefix, number, hours or title but not in substance or (2) the substitute course replaces a course no longer offered by UCF.

NOTE: Repeated Enrollment in Same Course: Begining with Fall Term, 1997, a student enrolled in the same undergraduate college credit course more than twice shall pay matriculation at 100% of the full cost of instruction.

Grade Forgiveness Procedure

• Fill out Grade Forgiveness Form from the Registrar's Office.
• If the course is a substitution for the original course, the signature of the Dean of the college in which the course is offered is required.
• The completed form must be turned into the Registrar's Office (MH 161) no later than the last day of Add/Drop of the term the course is being repeated.
• Any questions regarding the Grade Forgiveness Policy should be directed to Registrar's Office, MH 161.

Instructions for Form

• Please type or print legibly. All required information must be completed.
• If the course is a substitution for the original one, secure the signature of the Dean of the college in which the course is offered.
• Student must provide identifying course information.
• Student must review policy and definitions of terms.
• Submit the form to the Registrar's Office, MH 161.

Contact Information

Contact: UCF Registrar's Office
Phone: 407-823-3100
E-mail: registrar@mail.ucf.edu

Form Download

Download the Grade Forgiveness form