Academic Fresh Start
Texas residents may apply for admission to UT Permian Basin under the Academic Fresh Start statute (Texas Education Code, Sec.51.931). Applicants seeking admission under the Academic Fresh Start statute must, at the time of application, inform the Office of Admissions in writing of their intent and confer with an admission representative about the impact on the overall credits and grades being considered. Under this program, residents are permitted to apply for admission and enroll as undergraduate students and academic course credits or grades earned 10 or more years prior to the semester for which the student seeks enrollment are not considered for admission purposes. In addition, an applicant who makes the election to apply under this statute will not receive any course credit for courses taken 10 or more years prior to enrollment under Academic Fresh Start. Other standard admissions criteria generally applied to persons seeking admission to the University is not affected by this plan.
If a student who enrolls under this program completes a prescribed course of study, earns a baccalaureate degree, and applies for admission to a postgraduate or professional program offered by a public institution of higher education, the admitting institution will consider only the grade-point average of the applicant established by the course work completed after the student enrolled under this plan (along with other criteria the institution normally uses to evaluate applicants for admission).