Basically, this fall semester began in late August at my college, so I’m 3 months into a 4 month semester. I’m taking a course that only meets twice a week, and in this past month I’ve missed a few classes due to my job, but I’ve always gotten notes from my classmates and have not missed a single test or quiz.
This morning I logged onto my school’s website and discovered that my class was dropped from my schedule, and I received a W. I was never emailed about the drop which I would think is a little strange if it was the professor’s doing. Also, I wouldn’t have thought that a professor could “withdraw” you from a class, since I always assumed withdrawals are meant to be voluntary.
Since the admissions office is closed I have to wait until tomorrow to figure out what’s going on, so for now I’m just posting on here to see what the chances are that my professor actually dropped me and (hopefully) ease my nerves a bit.
Why would you call the admissions office? In the syllabus is there an attendance policy that states there are only so many unexcused absences before you are withdrawn? If so you are out of luck. It may just be an administrative error. Talk to the professor first and if he didn’t drop you go to the registrar’s office.
I would check with Academic Advising first. You may also want to look at your school’s catalog to see what their withdrawal policy is (you could do that today). Many institutions require that the student request the withdrawal, so I would definitely follow up to see what happened. I would be surprised if a professor could withdraw you from the course without your knowledge, even if you had too many absences (usually attendance policies can outline what is grounds for a failing grade).
Agree, admissions will not help you. Once you are in the school their role in your college experience is complete. Admissions officers have moved on to applications from next year’s class.
I would 1) look at the syllabus for the course and see if it has anything saying that you will be dropped from the course with a certain number of absences 2) make an appointment to talk to the professor. After tat you can make an appointment to speak to your academic advisor.
Keep in mind that a job is not viewed as an excuse for missing class in most professor’s books. You need to either 1) schedule your work around the class or 2) make a mutually agreeable arrangement in advance with the professor.
The answer to the question in the subject line is, in full, “It depends.” That is, it depends entirely on the regulations of your particular university. These will be found in the university catalog, and may or may not be discussed in the course syllabus.
So, for example, my university has a policy of not allowing administrative withdrawals by faculty, since in some cases it’s a financial hardship for a student to be withdrawn from a class rather than simply failing it. (For example, if it drops the student below the credit level required to receive financial aid.) Other places tacitly, and perhaps even, overtly, encourage administrative withdrawals rather than flunking a student. There is no one single way of approaching the issue, and for that matter no best way.
I would talk to the professor, advising, and the registrar, in that order. (If you need to, that is. The first of those will most likely give you all the information you’d need.)
Also I think there are financial aid rules…People who give you financial aid give it to you to attend class. At some point, if you are not attending class they don’t want to give you the money anymore and you get dropped from the class.
Talk to your professor, adviser and or the Dean of Students to talk about what is going on.Start with your professor.
Next time change your job to accomodate your class, not the other way around.
Typically, when professors withdraw a student administratively from a class, it isn’t because the student is failing. Usually they let the student themselves decide whether or not they want to pass or take the W. Usually when a professor withdraws a student from a class it’s because the student stopped showing up to class completely, or shows up so sporadically that the professor isn’t sure whether the student is actually taking the class. I would suspect - unless your professor or college is unusual - that you’ve missed more than “a few” classes for your professor to have withdrawn you from the class.
You can’t just show up for quizzes and tests and miss the rest of your classes.