Withdrawing from Classes
Download these tips in a pdf here.Students at New Mexico Tech have many opportunities when it comes to their classes. With such a large selection of available classes, there is enough to offer to almost any hungry mind. However, with such a large selection of classes, there is often the circumstance that a student will need to drop a class. Whether it is due to issues within the class, change of circumstances, or any other reason, the process of dropping a class is going to be the same for almost every student.
When and How to Withdraw from Classes
- First things first: discuss any decisions about changing your course schedule with your advisor.
- They will be able to help you through the process as well as offer alternatives or tips for passing your class without withdrawing.
- If you and your advisor have agreed that the best course of action is to withdraw
from a class, then you need to completely fill out a Withdrawal Form and turn it into the Office of the Registrar (Fidel 285).
- You will need to gather signatures from the course instructor, your advisor, the Financial Aid Office, and the Cashier’s Office.
- It's critically important to start this process early, not the day before the deadline as things take time.
- If you live on campus, you must receive a signature from the Residential Life Office as well.
- Under extremely unusual circumstances, a student may petition for a withdrawal without prejudice. Students may not withdraw without prejudice from a course they are failing due to plagiarism, cheating, or other disciplinary issues. Charges for tuition and fees are not altered by such a withdrawal. For more information, get in touch with Jenn Chapman, who is the Dean of Students.
Deadlines
- Check the Regsitrar's website and the Academic Calendar for exact dates if you wish to withdraw from classes without penalty.
- For the deadline for registering for new classes, please check the Registrar's website and the Academic Calendar for exact dates!
- If you withdraw after the registration deadline, you are given a score of W, which does not affect your GPA but appears on your transcript as a W.
- Keep in mind that if you wish to withdraw from a course, you will lose the credits you were earning towards that course.
- This means that if you wish to keep a certain number of credit hours per semester,
you may need to take intersession courses to recover the credits lost.
- Intersession classes are short classes offered between the end of one semester and the start of another.
- They count toward the number of credits taken in the previous semester and are a great way to maintain scholarship status.
- They are short intense classes that generally last 1-2 weeks and meet every day.
- Talk with your advisor if they are the right choice for you!
- This means that if you wish to keep a certain number of credit hours per semester,
you may need to take intersession courses to recover the credits lost.
- For more information on how to withdraw from a course or another similar topic, visit the NMT Registrar website.