If you decide to drop the course, do not repeat it at a different school. By doing so, you are sending the message you were not able to handle the course at UF and you rather complete the course from a different school that is not as challenging or rigorous compared to UF. Admissions committees take into consideration HOW you earned your total GPA. A pattern of courses taken outside UF will negatively impact the strength of your application.
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Students get two drops in their first 60 credits attempted at UF. Credits attempted are defined as: Credits carried excluding credits taken prior to the first term of degree-seeking enrollment, plus S/U credits, and repeats of satisfactory grades. Full-term withdrawals from all courses and dropped courses do not count in credits carried.
This does not apply to laboratory sections. After drop/add, students may drop a course with the approval of their college until the drop deadline listed in the academic calendar. A grade of W will appear on the transcript, and students are liable for course fees. Students get two drops in their first 60 credits attempted at UF.
On the other hand, if you are choosing to completely change your career path or major, then dropping a course might make the most sense, regardless of how well or poorly you may do in the course.
Students are allowed two drops in the first 60 hours of enrollment at UF, and two additional drops after 60 hours. All drops must be approved by your Academic Advisor.
Courses can be dropped or added during drop/add without penalty. Classes that meet for the first time after drop/add closes can be dropped without penalty or fee liability if the request is submitted by the end of the next business day after the first class meeting.
“Withdraw” means to remove all classes from your current schedule. A “W” will be posted on your transcript for dropped or withdrawn classes. A “W” grade does not affect your grade point average. Students are allowed two drops in the first 60 hours of enrollment at UF, and two additional drops after 60 hours.
Dropping a class is much better for your GPA than failing a class or getting a C or D in it is because a dropped class does not affect your grade point average. Dropping a class may also raise your GPA because it can allow you to spend more time on other classes and raise your grades in them.
Important Definitions. Course Drop: Removal of a course from your schedule prior to the end of the first week of class. Course Withdrawal: Any removal of a course from your schedule after the end of week one using the online form provided.
Failing & Then Re-Taking a Class Croskey notes that dropping a class is better than withdrawing, but withdrawing is better than failing. “A failing grade will lower the student's GPA, which may prevent a student from participating in a particular major that has a GPA requirement,” Croskey says.
Grades and Grading Policies For general purposes, passing grades are A, B+, B, B-, C+, C, C-, D+, D, D- and S. Failing grades are E and U. However, note that C- is not a passing grade for courses in the major, General Education, or Gordon Rule credit.
Dropping a class with financial aid won't necessarily affect your FAFSA and financial aid award. If you're taking extra classes, for instance, you could probably afford to remove one from your schedule.
Most colleges will give you specific deadlines to both add and drop classes. When you drop a class before the drop deadline, it's as if it never happened. This means that it won't show up on your transcripts and whatever grade you earned up until that point will disappear from your academic history.
Repeat Course Work Students who entered UF with credit for Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB) courses who then repeat the equivalent course at UF will receive a grade for the UF course and no credit for the prior work. Each grade computed in grade point average; credit earned only once.
Federal regulations require you to repay a portion of financial aid funds if you withdraw from all classes before satisfying the 60 percent completion rule for the enrollment term.
Serious and Compelling Reasons An extended absence due to a death in the immediate family. This applies to absences exceeding a week due to family affairs that must be attended to by the student. A necessary change in employment status which interferes with the student's ability to attend class.
When you withdraw from a class, your school's financial aid office is required to recalculate your financial aid offer. If your withdrawal means you are no longer a full-time student, you may only receive a percentage of your initial financial aid offer.