Withdrawing Course after Deadline

College Life
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<p>Hey,</p>

<p>I want to withdraw from Linear Algebra after the withdrawl deadline. Generally, how lenient are the instructors and faculties about this? Do they only allow people with special circumstances (eg. sickness)?</p>

<p>My main reason is: I'm taking it as an elective. I'm in commerce but most people in my class are in engineering so I just can' compete with their math. Also, I think taking it during the summer is too fast and I can't understand the material within this amount of time (I'm taking another course as well). </p>

<p>Most importantly, I want to take it next year since next year they're allowing you to take electives for P/F rather than %. This allows me to maintain my GPA. Right now I'm getting ~70% for this course but I have a B+ average for everything else.</p>

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<p>At my school it doesn’t need to be a special circumstance since the W on your transcript is pretty much punishment enough. You just have to go talk to the dean (or whoever) about it and get their permission. In my linear algebra class last semester, a girl dropped out the day after the first test. I’m pretty sure she didn’t have a valid reason besides the test kicking her butt and realizing she wasn’t cut out for the class.</p>

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<p>You need to look at your school’s guidelines; these rules are different for each school, so we may not be able to help you. At my school, only illness can be used to get a W after the deadline. Otherwise, you get a WF, which counts as a 0 towards your GPA. </p>

<p>Honestly, I doubt the school will let you withdraw. (But then again, I don’t know your school’s guidelines) Just take the 2.0 and be thankful it’s not a 0. One bad grade won’t kill your GPA.</p>

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<p>augustuscaesar,</p>

<p>are you talking about leaving a course after add/drop is over, and getting a W?</p>

<p>or are you asking if there is a way to get out of the class after the deadline to leave and get a W?</p>

<p>If it is the first one, you should just be able to leave. If it is the second one, you will need to talk to someone / you might be stuck.</p>

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<p>at my school you could only get a W until a certain point in the semester (somewhere around halfway through). After that you were stuck.</p>

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<p>^
I’m asking about getting a W after the deadline for Ws… well I’m going to talk to my advisor and see what he’ll say. I mean it’s only an elective.</p>

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<p>You mean you’re past the latest drop date? If that’s the case you will probably have to just finish out the course to best of your ability.</p>

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<p>I’ve only had a few professors who WOULDN’T let students drop after the drop date. And the ones that were uptight about it said so right on the syllabus. Just ask.</p>

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<p>^
I’ve scheduled a meeting with my faculty advisor. At our school it really has nothing to do with your professor.</p>