Does it look bad to future employers to withdraw from a term your junior year?

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<p>I am going to be a junior this year at the University of Michigan, and considering to withdraw from fall term. This is for personal reasons as well as the cost of tuition - I am considered an international student and having to pay out-of-state tuition with zero financial aid despite the fact that I have lived in Michigan for 8 years now. It's because I'm a Canadian citizen but acquiring your green card takes FOREVER when you apply through your workplace, which my dad unfortunately made the mistake of doing.</p>

<p>Anyway we are expecting approval of the green card ln November this year but I highly doubt our residency will be approved for the coming term. So if I delay my studies one term, it will probably save our family 10k (of course, we have already been paying full tuition the past two years but it doesn't hurt to save some money now).</p>

<p>Do you think withdrawing from a term will somehow look bad to future employers? Can you think of any other repercussions that this decision may have on my future? (Besides have to graduate a semester later than my peers.)</p>

<p>Thanks in advance! :)</p>

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<p>Yes - withdrawing will look bad. You have a valid reason, but in the eyes of an employer, it will be a question mark. When they have hundreds of candidates for each position, it is only natural to throw away resumes of students they aren’t 100% sure they want to interview.</p>

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<p>Is there any way they would even find out though in the first stages of hiring - if I turned in my resume/CV it would just say the year I graduate, my major, my gpa, and possibly relevant coursework, right? I suppose if I extend my undergraduate studies by one term, it would be the same graduation year?</p>

<p>I suppose unless they were interviewing my and specifically asked me about graduation…</p>

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<p>so you will graduate in 4.5 years instead of 4? I don’t think anyone will care. Graduating in December has pluses and minuses… fewer new grads looking for jobs, but companies do most recruiting for spring graduates.</p>