Grade of F
An F grade is used for students who have been doing unsatisfactory work and who resign from a course after the tenth week of the semester. (For the exact date in any given semester, please see “Last Day to Resign without Academic Penalty” in the Academic Calendar on the John Jay website: www.jjay.cuny.edu). This grade may also be awarded for excessive absences, or for very unsatisfactory work, or for student withdrawal without official approval. The grade of F on the graduate level cannot be eliminated by retaking the course and remains permanently a part of the student’s grade point average. If the F grade was received for a required course, the student must retake the course.