The Academic Standing Committee may allow a first-year student to declare academic bankruptcy by repeating the fall or spring semester, or the entire first year. The grades from the bankrupted semester or year will not be included in the cumulative average (though a record of the semester's or year's work will remain on the transcript). Application must be made within 10 days of the end of the semester or year for which bankruptcy is sought. All repeated courses must be taken at Villanova.
Interested students must complete the Repeat First-Year Request Form. The form can be found on the Current Engineering Undergraduate Students Intranet site.