Hey yorkulife :) Bless your souls for helping us especially during these really weird times. I have a question about academic probation and if theres anything I can do to avoid problems for the upcoming Fall 2020 OSAP funding. I just dropped to part-time recently (summer 2020) and I know this means I'm probably going to be on probation. But given the unusual times I'm wondering if you think they'll be more lenient especially because its my very first time doing this :(
Hello sadzone101,
Thank you, we’re doing the best we can under the circumstances. :)
How do you know for sure if you’ll be on probation? From what I understand OSAP usually puts you on probation if you drop too many courses, or if you fail to meet GPA requirements. If you’re only dropping one course, then how does that result in probation?
Also, there is no way to get out of OSAP probation for the second time as far as I’m aware. They are only leninent if it happens for the first time, and usually require an explanation of your academic progress. If you’re put on OSAP probation for the second time, then they stop funding for 1 year. Having said that, I have no idea how OSAP will be responding to the impact on students due to COVID-19, only they can answer that.
Another thing I’ll add is that, academic warning and OSAP probation are two different things. Academic warning is given by the university based on GPA, and OSAP probation is given by OSAP.
— H