Students should go to their CUNYFirst account during the official withdrawal period and drop the course (s) they desire on their own. Nursing students who are considering withdrawal from clinical courses are advised to first consult the Nursing Department guidelines.
Check the box next to the course(s) you wish to drop/withdraw from and select Drop Selected Classes 5. You will be asked to confirm your selection(s). Once confirmed, select Finish Dropping.
After clicking on Drop selected classes, you will be sent to another page where you would be told to confirm your selection. Be sure that this is the class that you would want to drop before you click on Finish Dropping. If not, cancel it.
There is ample time to reach out, see a counselor, talk to your professor, seek tutoring or other support services, and make an informed decision as to whether or not to withdraw - one that will not affect you negatively in the future.
The student can drop the course(s) online until the end of the third week of classes. There will be a transaction fee applied if a student adds or drops the course(s) once the semester begins; please refer to www.ccny.cuny.edu/bursar for fee information.
Note: A student who withdraws from 12 credits or more within two academic years may be placed on academic warning; a student who drops 18 or more credits will be subject to dismissal. Dropping courses may cause a student to become ineligible for financial aid.
Dropping. While not as ideal as taking and passing a course, dropping a course has the fewest negative repercussions of the options included here. “A drop from the course is usually done early in the semester and has no impact on the student's grade, GPA or transcript,” Croskey says.
It is better to drop a class than fail it. Course drops do not affect your GPA, whereas course failures drop your GPA significantly. In addition, dropping a course will free up study time for your other classes, improving your overall grades.
Be realistic about your reason for withdrawing. Ask yourself why you need to withdraw. Withdrawing is better than getting a poor grade, so if you know you can't succeed in a class it's a good option. However, it may be better to continue on with the class now rather than take it over again.
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.
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.
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.
Withdrawing from a class means that the class will still show up on your transcript, but in place of a letter grade, you'll see a W. While this class doesn't affect your grade, it will still follow you through your academic career, so you should use your withdrawals wisely.
5 Reasons You Can Drop a Course: The course isn't required for your degree, isn't relevant to your degree, or isn't an acceptable elective. You're too far behind in the syllabus and you can't fathom catching up. You bombed your first midterm and can't reasonably recover your grade. (Abort mission.
Failing is more unfavorable than getting a W. A failing grade in college can definitely impact your GPA if the class is not taken on a “pass/no pass” basis. A letter grade of “F” provides you zero points for your GPA, but still counts as a class that is divided by the total points you earn.
In many schools, if a student retakes a course, the most recent grade will replace the lower grade in the student's GPA. The earlier, lower grade will remain on the transcript, but will not be included in the GPA. Some schools, however, average the two grades and include the averaged grade in the GPA.