Students often experience unforeseen circumstances during the semester that make it unfeasible or ill-advised for them to complete the term and they must withdraw from one or all courses.
Officially Withdrawing from one or more, but not all courses:
- You must complete a Withdrawal From Course(s) e-form by the stated deadline on the academic calendar.
- If you withdraw from courses during the drop/add period, your eligibility for financial aid and your tuition charges will be based on the number of credits for which you are registered on the last day of the drop/add period. If you withdraw from one or more courses after the drop/add period is over, your eligibility for financial aid will not change, nor will you be entitled to any refund on tuition. Please review the Office of the Bursar’s Refund Policy.
- Your eligibility for financial aid in future terms may be impacted. In order to maintain satisfactory academic progress (SAP), students must meet the criteria for “Pace” and must complete 67% of the credits that they attempt. Withdrawal from one or more courses will reduce the number and percentage of credits completed and, as a result, may impact your ability to meet the 67% requirement.
Officially Withdrawing from all courses:
- You must complete a Withdrawal From Courses e-form if you are withdrawing all of your courses, not taking a Leave of Absence and are planning to return to the University. (Note that if you are not planning on returning to the University you should complete a Total Withdrawal From the University e-form.)
- If you have borrowed federal loans, the Financial Aid Office will contact you to complete exit counseling. The counseling is done online and takes approximately 30 minutes, and is intended to remind you of your rights and responsibilities as a student loan borrower, as well as provide you with the information you will need to manage your loan obligations.
- Your eligibility for financial aid in future terms may be impacted. In order to maintain satisfactory academic progress (SAP), students must meet the criteria for “Pace” and must complete 67% of the credits that they attempt. Withdrawal from all of your courses will reduce the number and percentage of credits completed and, as a result, may impact your ability to meet the 67% requirement.
- For students who have loans and withdraw or drop to less than half-time (fewer than 6 credits), your loan repayment grace period begins effective the date of withdrawal.
- Depending on the date of withdrawal, students may or may not be entitled to a refund of tuition; students should consult with the Office of the Bursar regarding tuition refunds.
- Your financial aid may be prorated based on the number of days in the semester you attended and, as a result, some aid may be returned to the source it came from. For a more detailed explanation, review the “Financial Aid When a Student Withdraws” page.
- Students who are considering withdrawal should contact the Financial Aid Office to discuss your specific circumstances and understand how withdrawing might impact your financial aid.
- Prior to your return to the University contact the Financial Aid Office to finalize your financial aid for the semester in which you will return.
Unofficial Withdrawal
If you begin to attend class and at some point in the semester stop attending without completing a Withdraw From Courses Form or a Withdraw From the University Form you are defined as an “unofficial withdrawal”.
- At the end of each semester students who have grades that are all W, F, or I are identified as unofficial withdrawals and their last date of attendance is confirmed with the faculty member for each course. Depending on the date of withdrawal, students may or may not be entitled to a refund of tuition; students should consult with the Office of the Bursar regarding tuition refunds. Students who withdraw from all courses will also be subject to a recalculation of their financial aid. Your financial aid will be prorated based on the number of days in the semester you attended and some aid may be returned to the source it came from. For a full explanation of financial aid refunds, review our “Return of Financial Aid When a Student Withdraws” policy .
- If you have borrowed federal loans, the Financial Aid Office will contact you to complete exit counseling. The counseling is done online and takes approximately 30 minutes, and is intended to remind you of your rights and responsibilities as a student loan borrower, as well as provide you with the information you will need to manage your loan obligations.
- Your loan repayment grace period begins effective the date of withdrawal.
- Your eligibility for financial aid in future terms may be impacted. In order to maintain satisfactory academic progress (SAP), students must meet the criteria for “Pace” and must complete 67% of the credits that they attempt. Withdrawal from all of your courses will reduce the number and percentage of credits completed and, as a result, may impact your ability to meet the 67% requirement.
- If you plan to return to the University, prior to your return contact the Financial Aid Office to review your eligibility for financial aid.