Undergraduate students who received a failing grade in a Brooklyn College course for the Fall 1984 semester or thereafter, and who in the Fall 1990 semester or thereafter retook that course at Brooklyn College and earned a grade of "C-" or better, may have the failing grade deleted from the calculation of the scholastic index and replaced by the passing grade.

This policy also applies to transfer students from another CUNY college who failed a course in the Fall 1984 semester or thereafter and who successfully completed the same course at the same college (Fall 1990 or thereafter). Transfer students must apply to their former college to have this change made and then must have an official copy of their updated transcript mailed to the Office of Transfer Student Services (306 West Quad).

• The original failing grade will remain on the transcript, but a special note will indicate that it is not used in the computation of the Scholastic Index.
• The number of failing credits that can be replaced in calculating the Scholastic Index shall be limited to a total of 16 (sixteen) for the duration of the student’s undergraduate career in any of the institutions of the City University of New York.
• Students may not replace failing grades earned before September 1, 1984.
• A failing grade may not be partially deleted from the calculation of the Scholastic Index. For example, a student who has used 14 credits of the 16 credit total may only replace a two credit course.
• In order for the grade of "C-" of better to replace a failing grade in the calculation of the Scholastic Index, repetition of the course must take place at the same college where the failing grade was originally received.