Bobcats Bounce Back

Your TXST GPA is 1.99 or lower, so your academic standing was updated to show you are off course for your graduation goal. That is a university standard, not a B3 decision. It applies to first-semester students and to seniors, to people who had one rough term and people who have been working their way back for a while.

The change raises your priority for support and makes a few things required: meeting with your college academic advisor before you register for next semester, and participating in B3.

One approved engagement every four weeks. The list at the top of this page is the full set of options, and the page shows you which ones count during the period you are in right now.

The requirement is deliberately light. Most of these are things students in your situation are already planning to do.

Complete a B3 Field Note instead. It is a short guided reflection on how the semester is going and what you want to do in the next four weeks. It takes under 15 minutes and it satisfies the requirement on its own.

Invitations go out through NavigateTXST in the second week of every period. Watch your email or check the Navigate app.

We place a Bounce Back hold on your account and someone from our team reaches out. The hold is a signal to us and to partners in advising, coaching, and housing that we should check in with you. It does not restrict registration or any campus service.

Complete an approved engagement for the current period and it comes off. So does a phone call with us where you tell us you are doing all right.

No script, no checklist, no lecture. We ask how things are going and we listen. Most of these conversations end up being about life outside the classroom: work hours, money, family, health, or just feeling underwater.

Check-ins run about 10-15 minutes on average. Scheduled meetings run longer as needed. We are not academic advisors and we are not counselors. Our job is to help you figure out what is going on and connect you with a specific strategy, resource, and/or person who can help with it.

No. There is no notation, flag, or label anywhere on your record that says you participated in an academic resilience program. Your GPA and academic standing are on your transcript either way, and B3 does not change that.

B3 itself has no effect on financial aid. Aid eligibility runs on Satisfactory Academic Progress standards, which are federal policy administered by Financial Aid and Scholarships.

A GPA under 2.0 can affect your SAP status, though, so it is worth asking. Reach out if you have questions and we can help you find the answers. 

Depends on where your GPA is now and how many hours you have completed. The math surprises people in both directions: sometimes one strong semester does it, sometimes it takes two or three terms of steady work.

Book a time and we will run your actual numbers with you so you know what each scenario looks like instead of guessing.

That one belongs with your academic advisor, because it depends on your major requirements, financial aid enrollment minimums, and everything else going on in your life. Plenty of students find a lighter load lets them put more into each class, but the trade-offs are specific to you.

Yes, and most students we talk to say the same thing at the start of the conversation. A GPA reflects time, access, understanding of expectations, and circumstances that have nothing to do with how smart you are or how hard you tried.

It is one measure of one part of your college experience. It is not a verdict on you.