What GPA puts me on scholastic probation at UT?

When does the status change?

UT checks standing at an official grade-reporting period. The 2026–27 academic warning policy says a cumulative University GPA below 2.00 triggers warning and the status appears on your permanent transcript.

The calculation uses letter-graded UT work, including correspondence and extension. Transfer grades and symbols such as Q, W, and CR don’t add UT grade points. Credit by exam has earned CR since September 2006, so today’s exam credit doesn’t affect your GPA.

A later replacement for an X can change the number, but UT says standing does not change until the next official grade-reporting period in which you are enrolled.

What happens next?

Contact your academic adviser as soon as you receive notice. Your college may require meetings, an academic plan, a registration hold, or other steps; those local steps are not identical across UT, so follow the message from your own college.

For fall and spring, the university rule requires at least 12 semester hours unless your dean approves a reduced load in writing before registration. Summer has no university minimum for a student on warning.

Could I be dismissed after the next term?

At the end of fall or spring, UT compares your cumulative GPA with a dismissal floor based on all college hours undertaken, including transfer and failed hours. Meeting the floor can keep you enrolled on warning even if your cumulative UT GPA is still below 2.00. Summer normally doesn’t trigger dismissal unless your dean has already imposed that condition.

There are two important exceptions in UT’s policy: a beginning student who fails 12 or more hours in the first fall or spring can face dismissal without prior warning; a student already on warning who withdraws after the first four weeks faces dismissal unless the dean approves an exception.

What should I do before registration?

1. Read the notice and book your college’s required advising appointment.
2. Check your grade report and use UT’s grade-point values to understand the cumulative GPA.
3. Ask which course load and college conditions apply to you.
4. Build a schedule you can complete, then get written approval before registering below 12 fall or spring hours.
5. Use tutoring, instructor office hours, health support, and financial-aid advice early rather than waiting for final grades.

What result gets me off warning?

You leave warning after an official grade-reporting period in which you are registered and your cumulative UT GPA reaches at least 2.00. The catalog also says colleges may require a higher GPA to continue in a particular program.

Choose next term’s load with your adviser around the grades you can realistically earn, not the fastest possible recovery on paper. The immediate decision is a sustainable schedule that meets your written conditions and moves the cumulative GPA upward.