The Off-Campus Study Board accords the privilege of studying off campus only to students who are able to meet the following standards:

1. Upper-Class Standing. First and second year students normally may not participate. Final-semester students must request a waiver of the final-semester residence requirement from the Committee on Academic Standing. Transfer students admitted as first or second-year students are eligible but those admitted as third-years are not eligible except for Grinnell College programs (GIL & GIW).

2. Good academic standing and normal progress toward graduation.

3. Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.75 achieved by the end of the fall semester of the year the Grinnell Approval Application is submitted. This GPA-level must be maintained until the period of off-campus study begins. Students with lower GPAs may petition the OCS Board for consideration of their application following guidelines available from the Director of Off-Campus Study.

4. The Off-Campus Study Board expects students to declare a major before submitting the Grinnell Approval Application to Study Off-Campus. Qualified applicants without a major will be given lower priority and will receive final approval only after declaring and after all students who declared by the deadline have been approved.

5. Completion of the prerequisite courses for participating in the off-campus program as required by Grinnell College and the program itself. For example, Grinnell may set higher language prerequisites than the program itself requires or set prerequisites in addition to those required by the program.

6. A written rationale explaining how you plan to integrate your off-campus program with your four-year plan of study, including your major, concentration and other areas of interest.

7. Strong faculty recommendations.

8. Approval of the proposed program, four-year plan, and rationale for studying off campus by your academic adviser(s), campus program adviser, and the Off-Campus Study Board.