Drops and Withdrawals
Students must complete a drop form to withdraw from a course. Withdrawal from a course or from the School will count from the date that formal written notice has been filed with the Office of the Registrar. Absence from class or notice to the instructor does not constitute withdrawal. A grade of DW (dropped without permission) will be assigned to unauthorized withdrawals and a grade point of zero applied.
Students may withdraw from a course without an assigned grade through the fourth week of the quad. That course will not appear on the student’s permanent record.
After the beginning of the fifth week of the quad, a dropped course is assigned a grade of W (Withdraw) and is listed on the student’s permanent record but is not used in the calculation of the student’s GPA. After this week, students will be assigned grades that are used in the calculation of their GPA.
The last day to withdraw from a course with a grade of W depends on the length of the term:
| Course Length |
Drop without an assigned grade* |
Drop with an assigned grade of W** |
| 16 week |
End of 4th week |
5th-12th week |
| 7 ½ week |
End of 4th week |
5th-6th week |
| 9 week (summer term) |
End of 4th week |
5th-7th week |
| 4 ½ week (summer term) |
End of 2th week |
End of 3rd week |
| 3 week (May mini term) |
End of 1st week |
End of 2nd week |
After these dates, students will be assigned grades that are used in the calculation of their grade point average.