Readmission of Returning U of A Students

When to Apply

Application deadlines: Applications and required transcripts must be received in the Office of Admissions by the following deadlines:

Fall-August 15
Spring-January 1

Applicants who do not meet the above deadlines will be denied admission for that term, and will be considered for admission the following term.

Residency: Students who were classified as non-residents for fee purposes during their last attendance and claim to be Arkansas residents upon readmission will be required to submit appropriate documentation and a request for reclassification to the Office of the Registrar. (See Student Residences Status for Tuition and Fee Purposes on page 515.)

Requirements:

1. Students must be academically eligible to return to the University, and are readmitted with the same academic status as held during their last attendance. Students on academic probation will be readmitted with the same probationary status. Course work taken at another institution will not affect your probationary status or UA grade-point average. Students with a probationary status are readmitted into the college of last enrollment. Permission to change colleges can only be granted by the college you wish to enter. Students who have not satisfied their initial provisions of admission (but are still eligible to return) will be required to satisfy those conditions and/or high school course deficiencies upon their return.
2. Students with transfer work: Students who have attended another institution while away from the University return as transfer students, and must meet the same requirements as transfer students, including either a 2.00 grade-point average on all college work attempted and/or a 2.00 on all course work attempted since last UA attendance. Official transcripts of all course work attempted since last attendance at the University must be submitted. (See Admission of Transfer Students on earlier pages.)
3. Former special students: Students who previously attended the University as special students and wish to return as degree-seeking candidates must apply for admission as freshmen or transfer students, furnishing all appropriate admission credentials, including any required test scores. All requirements for admission to regular status must be met. (See appropriate section of this catalog for requirements.)
4. Former students who are submitting petitions to either the Academic Standards Committee or the Committee on Admissions and Transfer of Credit to request readmission must have an application for admission and complete transcripts on file with the Office of Admissions by the application deadlines. See the Schedule of Classes for deadlines for submitting petitions.

1. Must have previously been enrolled at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, as an undergraduate student and be returning as an undergraduate student.
2. Must not have been enrolled at the University during the previous five years.
3. Students who have attended another institution since their last attendance at the University must meet requirements for admission of transfer students (2.00 on all course work attempted more than five years after last enrollment at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville) to be eligible for readmission to the University.
4. Must submit an application for readmission and official transcripts of all college work attempted since last attendance at the University of Arkansas by the application deadlines and submit a "Declaration of Academic Bankruptcy" form (available from the Office of Admissions or academic dean's office).

1. Students will forfeit all credit hours previously awarded by the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. This includes course work completed at the University (regardless of grades earned), courses accepted in transfer, credit by examination, and any correspondence course work awarded.
2. A new calculation of grade-point average and credit hours will begin when the student returns to the University.
3. The transcript will reflect the studentŐs complete record (including all previous college work) with an added notation of "Academic Bankruptcy Declared."
4. Courses taken at another institution within five years of the last UofA enrollment will not be accepted in transfer. Course work completed more than five years after last UofA enrollment may be accepted in transfer, subject to UofA transfer credit policies. For purposes of this policy, UofA correspondence course work will be treated in the same manner as transfer work.
5. In order for the University to provide appropriate advising and (as required by Arkansas Act 1052) appropriate assessment, a student will be required to submit ACT scores prior to registration for classes if, as a result of academic bankruptcy, that student is returning to the University as a freshman with fewer than 24 transfer hours.