A student readmitted to Gateway Community College after an absence of four or more consecutive semesters may choose to return without the handicap of a poor prior academic record (below 2.0). If the student wishes to invoke the Fresh Start Option, credit is received for all courses passed with grades of "P" and "C" or above completed at the college.
The student receives no credit for courses with a grade below "C." All courses and grades remain on the student's record with the additional notation of "Fresh Start Option invoked." The student may use the Fresh Start Option only at the time of readmission or during the first semester of readmission. Students readmitted prior to Fall 1994 can be retroactively considered for the purpose of invoking the Fresh Start Option. However, Gateway Community College is an open admission/selective placement college and use of the Fresh Start Option does not preclude future readmission(s) of the student. The Fresh Start Option can be used only once within the college.
Applications for the Fresh Start Option may be made to the Counseling Center and recommendations must be forwarded to the Registrar in the Records Office at the Long Wharf campus.