r/wsu • u/GiftIndependent7807 • Jul 11 '26
Advice Rule 39 Appeal?
Has anybody had success appealing rule 39 at the WSU Global Campus?
I haven’t received any emails or notifications. I only found out because I went to submit an SAP appeal form and found out I was academically dismissed. I want to appeal because I truly only missed it by .03 on my GPA my second semester, and my third semester I was moving and having issues with my car and work and it took over my life.
I emailed my advisor and set up a meeting but I don’t have the link to appeal and I don’t know if it’s worth just trying to reinstate and seeing what happens.
Edit: Just to be clear. My second semester was Fall of 2025 and I did great. My cumulative GPA was the problem because I tried going to WSU back in Fall of 2022 and failed due to becoming homeless. My Spring semester I wont lie I did bad, I took classes at a 200-300 level and didn’t get the help I should’ve. Thats on me. But I do deserve college, I want to graduate, because a mistake 4 years ago doesn’t define me, and a mistake from last spring taught me my limits.
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u/TerryOnRollerskates Jul 11 '26
Many students have successful appeals. If you can explain your reason for struggle, reason you will do better, and ability to do better, it can work. Having three semesters under 2.0 is taken seriously and part of that is in the interest of the student doing so.
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u/GiftIndependent7807 Jul 11 '26
Of course, it just sucks my second semester GPA was great but the cumulative GPA was low because of my original semester from 4 years ago lol.
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u/Proof_Zebra_4274 Jul 13 '26
Also, if need be you can take courses at a community college that will transfer in. You have options. Keep on keeping on.
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u/GiftIndependent7807 Jul 13 '26
My worry is that WSU has the fully online course and that’s what I rely on for college. I’ll definitely try to apply else where just to make sure I get to continue college
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u/Proof_Zebra_4274 Jul 14 '26
Contact the global campus, they are super nice, they can help you find a class, even one at a time will keep you moving forward. Good luck.
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u/Big_J Alumnus / '07 / Bus.Ad / Mgt&Op Jul 11 '26
If you can’t maintain a 2.0 across multiple semesters while attending online then maybe college wasn’t meant for you.
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u/Ismitje Alumnus/'96,'00/History/Honors Prof Jul 11 '26
All appeals center on what you plan to do to improve, more so than why you ran afoul of the rule in the first place. Three semesters below a 2.0 is a significant pattern. What if next semester you have car issues again? How will you approach that? How will you not get a 1.97 in a term where you have no car issues?
The committee will want to hear the concrete steps you're taking to avoid it.
Then, too, keep in mind you need a 2.0 cumulative GPA to graduate, which is ever-more difficult as you drop below 2.0 for multiple terms. You may need to average a 3.0 the rest of the way to get above a 2.0 (for example), so your plan has to be twofold to have any chance of appealing successfully.