an academic status officially indicating that a student has not fulfilled a requirement for promotion in their program of study.
In the chemistry graduate program at Emory, students are placed on probation if their grades fall below a 2.7 (semester or overall G.P.A.) or if they fail to pass a program milestone. Probations are noted on a student transcript but in most cases they are “cleared” by the student when they successfully complete a given requirement. Transcripts are usually not a major factor for job searches post graduate school-probations are generally an internal matter. If a student fails to clear probations for a specific period (at Emory, over two full semesters) they may be terminated from their academic program.