How to Withdraw From a Class at Ivy Tech Community College
One huge mistake many Ivy Tech Community College students make is thinking that if the just stop going to class, they will be dropped. That is not the case. If you just stop attending, your name stays on the roster, your teacher has to fail you, and they also have to report your last date of attendance. Even if it is a pre program level class, an "F" looks ugly on a transcript. Plus if you are on Financial Aid, based of you last day of attendance, you may not be eligible for all the money you were awarded and end up owing money. All of this could be avoided by just knowing the right way to do things.
Instructions
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Consult your student handbook. The Student Handbook has all the rules stated in black and white. It gives you the information you need to know about refunds, deadlines and policies. Also check your planner for the last day to withdraw. If it is past that date you will have additional work to do.
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Talk to Financial Aid. In the Financial Aid world, W’s =F’s. Where W’s will not hurt your academic GPA, they do affect your aid eligibility. It looks at you completion rate of all attempted courses. There are also many other things you want to clear with your Financial Aid advisor. If your aid package requires you to be in at a least six credit hours and this will drop you to three, this could be a problem. There are also things like rules pertaining to flex terms and other details you will want to know before just withdrawing from the course.
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Time to withdraw. Go the Registrar’s Office and get a Change of Enrollment Form. Bring a printed copy of your schedule with you so you have all your class information. Fill out the form completely before you get in line. Do not hand a half completed form the clerk. It is not his or her job to do your paperwork. Give the paperwork to a clerk and wait for your copy of the signed paperwork. Hold on to your copy for your records.
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If you are past the last day to withdraw, do steps 1-3 but instead of just handing it in to the Registrar’s Office you have additional work. Put the reason you need to drop the class in writing. Give the Change of Enrollment and the letter to the instructor. If the instructor refuses to sign of on it, you are done. If he or she does, now you must take it to the Program Chair. They have the final say so in the matter. They do not have to say yes. If they do, the Program Chair will bring the paperwork to the Registrar’s Office to be processed.
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