University - Change Of Registration Request Form (Page 2 of 2) in pdf

University - Change Of Registration Request Form Page 2

Notice to Undergraduate Students

ISSUES TO CONSIDER BEFORE WITHDRAWING FROM A CLASS

Issues Related to Full-time Status

A student must maintain 12 credits to be considered full-time. This includes remedial courses (those numbered below 100) and courses you are repeating.

If you fall below full-time at any point in the semester, it may affect the following:

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Health insurance coverage, if you are covered under your parents’ plan

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Athletic eligibility (check into both the enrollment requirements for this semester and the credits needed for the whole year)

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Veteran’s benefits

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Financial aid

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Your financial aid will be based on your enrolled credits at the end of the add/drop-no record period for full-semester classes. If you withdraw

from a class with a “W” after that date, your financial aid will not be decreased. Likewise, if you add credits after that date, your financial aid will

not be increased.

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“Satisfactory Progress,” however, may be a concern. To maintain “Satisfactory Progress” for financial aid purposes, you must complete 67% of

your total enrolled credits.

 For continued deferment of loan repayment, you need only to be enrolled half-time (6 credits).

 However, scholarships may have other requirements.

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Eligibility for a dean’s list

What will not happen

• You will not be evicted from the residence halls.

• Being less than full-time in itself will not affect your academic standing.

Academic Standing and Withdrawing from a Class

To remain in good academic standing, an student must:

a) achieve a semester G.P.A. of 2.0 or higher

b) achieve a resident G.P.A. of 2.0 or higher;

Repeating Courses

You may repeat a course once. All grades remain on your transcript.

 If you withdraw from a class, you will have only one more chance to complete it.

 If you stay in a class, receive a C- or lower and retake it, the second grade replaces the first grade in computing your grade point average, but both

grades remain on your transcript.

 Typically, financial aid is not available to cover the costs of a course repeated for a third time.