Withdrawal and Refund Calculation
Within the first week of a term, a student may drop classes via the student portal without having to obtain the signature of a faculty member. No grade of W will appear on the student’s transcript as a result of dropping classes during this week, and the classes will be dropped as a “never attended."
In the event that a student wishes to withdraw from a course or courses or from the university altogether, the following conditions apply with respect to the refund of charges.
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Any student who withdraws from the university prior to the start of the second week of a term is eligible for a refund of charges for that term except the initial enrollment and housing deposits, book vouchers, books, and other course materials. The refund of residential charges will be pro-rated.
- Any student who withdraws from all of his or her courses after the start of the second week of the term is eligible for a refund of the tuition charges (including course-overload charges) for those courses, according to the schedule below.
Refunds for 16 Week Courses
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Time of Withdrawal
|
Tuition Refund
|
| Through week 1 of term (By Sunday 11:59 p.m. CST, Week 1) |
100 percent |
| During week 2 of term (By Sunday 11:59 p.m. CST, Week 2) |
75 percent |
| During week 3 of term (By Sunday 11:59 p.m. CST, Week 3) |
50 percent |
| During week 4 of term (By Sunday 11:59 p.m. CST, Week 4) |
25 percent |
| After week 4 of term |
No refund |
Refunds for 12 Week Courses
|
Time of Withdrawal
|
Tuition Refund
|
| Through week 1 of term (By Sunday 11:59 p.m. CST, Week 1) |
100 percent |
| During week 2 of term (By Sunday 11:59 p.m. CST, Week 2) |
75 percent |
| During week 3 of term (By Sunday 11:59 p.m. CST, Week 3) |
50 percent |
| During week 4 of term (By Sunday 11:59 p.m. CST, Week 4) |
25 percent |
| After week 4 of term |
No refund |
Refunds for 8 Week Courses
|
Time of Withdrawal
|
Tuition Refund
|
| Through week 1 of term (By Sunday 11:59 p.m. CST, Week 1) |
100 percent |
| During week 2 of term (By Sunday 11:59 p.m. CST, Week 2) |
50 percent |
| During week 3 of term (By Sunday 11:59 p.m. CST, Week 3) |
25 percent |
| After week 3 of term |
No refund |
Refunds for 4 Week Courses
|
Time of Withdrawal
|
Tuition Refund
|
| Through week 1 of term (By Sunday 11:59 p.m. CST, Week 1) |
100 percent |
| During week 2 of term (By Sunday 11:59 p.m. CST, Week 2) |
50 percent |
| After week 2 of term |
No refund |
Any part-time quarter student (enrolled in fewer than nine credit hours) who withdraws from one or more courses once a term has begun is eligible for a refund of the tuition charges for those courses according to the schedule in the table above.
Any student wishing to withdraw from Lindenwood University should submit a completed withdrawal form (with the signatures of the instructors for each of the courses the student attended and the signature of the student’s advisor) to the Office of Academic Services.
Notes: (1) Calculations of the return of Title IV aid for withdrawals occurring during the first two weeks of a term will be based on the last date of attendance for the term in which the student withdraws. Students who initiate a withdrawal from the university after the first two weeks of the term will be eligible for a refund of Title IV aid based on the date that the withdrawal form was submitted to Academic Services.
(2) Any student who earns the grade of AF in all coursework within a term will be considered unofficially withdrawn for that term and will be subject to a Title IV refund calculation. Based on this calculation a portion of Title IV aid may be unearned and required to be returned to the appropriate agency.
(3) No refund for residential charges will be made for a term after the student signs either a New Student Housing Application or a Returning Student Housing Application. Application, lab, miscellaneous fees, and room reservation deposits are nonrefundable, except as indicated under the Housing Deposit section of this catalog.