Graduate Catalog 2019-2020 > Admission, Application, and Fees and Financial Assistance > Fees and Payments > Withdrawal and Refund Calculation

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.

• 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 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 the courses the student attended upon the start of the term. Refunds are granted according to the schedule in the tables below.

Refunds for 16 Week Courses

Refunds for 12 Week Courses

Refunds for 8 Week Courses

Refunds for 4 Week Courses

Full-time resident semester students whose academic status is not affected by the withdrawal from a course or courses they have already attended are not eligible for any refund of tuition for the withdrawal from those courses. No refunds are granted to students who remain enrolled unless the student never attended the course being dropped.

Note: The reduction in credit hours resulting from withdrawing from a course will also result in a review and adjustment of the student’s financial scholarship, if applicable.

Students 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) Residential charges will be pro-rated 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.

(4) The enrollment fee is nonrefundable after May 1.