You can attempt each Humber course exam up to three times within an 18-month window. The first attempt is included in your tuition. Each subsequent rewrite costs roughly $100-$150 in additional fees, paid directly to Humber before scheduling.
Between attempts, there is a mandatory 30-day waiting period. The waiting period exists so you can study and address weaknesses, not as a punitive delay. Many students fail because they re-attempt too quickly without adjusting their study approach.
If you fail three attempts on the same course, your only path forward is to restart that course from the beginning with full re-tuition. RECO does not allow further extensions or appeals on this rule. The rule applies independently to each course — failing Course 1 three times doesn't affect your standing in Course 2.
The 18-month window starts the day you first registered for that course. If your three attempts span beyond 18 months, you also restart with full re-tuition.
In practice, fewer than 5% of students hit the three-strike rule. The students who do almost always share one trait: they relied on rereading the textbook between attempts instead of switching to exam-style practice. Drilling 200+ exam-format questions between attempts has a much higher success rate than reading.