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The Office of the Registrar

What’s the difference between dropping a class and withdrawing from it?

Withdrawal / Readmission

You can drop classes via R’Web through the add/drop period. This removes the course from your student record and it refunds you the student technology course material fee and any additional course material fee associated with that course. After the add/drop period concludes you can only withdraw from a course. This is done by either completing an Enrollment Adjustment or withdrawing for the university as a whole. When you withdraw a “W” is recorded as the official grade for the course on your student record. The student technology course material fee and any additional course material fee associated with the withdrawn course are not refunded.