Withdrawal (W, WP, WF)
Students may withdraw from a course with any of the following grades: Withdraw (W), Withdraw Pass (WP), Withdraw Fail (WF).
A grade of W indicates that the student withdrew from a class with no effect to the student’s GPA. A student wishing to withdraw from a class for a grade of W may do so by completing an add/drop form and securing the signature of his or her advisor and course instructor before the appropriate deadline. If the student misses the first withdrawal deadline, a second date, set at the two thirds mark of the semester, term, or quarter, marks the deadline to apply for a WP or WF. A grade of WP indicates that a student wishing to withdraw from a class was passing the course at the time of the request to withdraw; a grade of WF indicates that the student was failing the course at the time of the request to withdraw. Neither WP nor WF will affect the student’s GPA.
The only circumstance where the student will not be charged for a course is if the student never attends a class session. If the student attends one class session or more, he or she will be charged a determined percentage of the course’s tuition cost. The percentage that will be applied to the student’s account is dependent upon how many classes the student attends and the date the students withdraws. For further information, please contact either the Financial Aid Office or the Office of Academic Services.
Note: A student who is a first responder may elect to withdraw from a course with a grade of W at any time during the semester if documentation is provided verifying that the student’s first responder duties were the cause of absences exceeding the number of allowable excused absences. This policy applies to academic withdrawal only.