When you want to remove yourself from a course, you may be eligible for a drop or a withdrawal depending on the date. A drop and a withdrawal act differently.
Dropping a course
- Before the term (not the course) starts, a dropped course may be eligible for a 100% reversal of tuition and fees.
- During the add/drop period (see the Academic Schedule), a dropped course may be eligible for a 70% reversal of tuition and fees.
- U-Passes are only reversed for future months when you drop all registered courses in a term.
- A dropped course is removed from the student record/official transcript.
Withdrawing from a course
- After the add/drop period (see the Academic Schedule), a course may be withdrawn from. There is no tuition or fee reversal for a withdrawn course.
- U-Passes are only reversed for future months when you withdraw from all registered courses in a term.
- Health and dental fees are not reversed for withdrawn courses.
- A withdrawn course remains on the student record/official transcript; the course is notated with a W. The W is not included in the term or cumulative GPAs.
What is the deadline to drop or withdraw?
First determine if you are in a full term course, an intersession course, or a non-standard course to determine the add/drop and withdrawal deadlines appropriately. A full term course runs for four months: Fall is September to December, Spring is January to April, and Summer is May to August (see Full Semester dates in the Academic Schedule). An intersession course will only run for either the first two months (Session One) of a full term, or the last two months (Session Two) of a full term (see Intersession Dates in the Academic Schedule). Note that intersession ELS courses may have different deadlines; see the Academic Schedule). Non-standard term courses are any courses that are neither full term or interssions (see Spring 2018 Non-Standard Add, Drop and Withdrawal Deadlines).
The Academic Schedule lists the add/drop deadline as the "Last day to register"; and the withdrawal deadline as the "Last day to withdraw."
We have compiled a list of full semester and intersession deadlines below; for non-standard deadlines, see .
Note: Deadlines are subject to change without notice.
| September 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Last day to drop a Full Term or Session One course for 100% fee reversal | Full Term & Session One |
| 5 | Fall term starts | Full Term & Session One |
| 6 | Session One Add/Drop Deadline; last day to drop a Session One course for 70% fee reversal | Session One & Session One ELS |
| 7 | Session One Withdrawal period commences; no fee reversals for Session One courses | Session One & Session One ELS |
| 11 | Full term Add/Drop Deadline; last day to drop a Full Term course for 70% fee reversal | Full Term |
| 12 | Full term Withdrawal period commences; no fee reversals for Full Term courses | Full Term |
| 19 | Fee payment deadline (late penalties will be applied to payments not received by the deadline) | All terms |
| October 2017 | ||
| 2 | Session One Withdrawal Deadline; last day to withdraw from a Session One course. No fee reversals | Session One |
| 4 | Session One ELS Withdrawal Deadline; last day to withdraw from a Session One ELS course. No fee reversals | Session One ELS |
| 29 | Last day to drop a Session Two course for 100% fee reversal | Session Two |
| 30 | Session Two starts | Session Two & Session Two ELS |
| 31 | Session Two Add/Drop Deadline; last day to drop a Session Two course for 70% fee reversal | Session Two |
| November 2017 | ||
| 1 | Session Two Withdrawal period commences; no fee reversals for Session Two courses | Session Two |
| 2 | Full Term Withdrawal Deadline; last day to withdraw from a Full Term course. No fee reversals | Full Term |
| 27 | Session Two Withdrawal period commences; no fee reversals for Session Two courses | Session Two |
| 30 | Session Two ELS Withdrawal Deadline; last day to withdraw from a Session Two ELS course. No fee reversals | Session Two ELS |
Note: Campuses will usually be closed on Saturday when a statutory holiday falls on a Saturday.