To withdraw from a course, students must submit the Add/Drop Form in person, by fax to 410-516-9817, by email to soe.registration@jhu.edu, or by mail to the Johns Hopkins University, School of Education, Education Building, 2800 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218. The Withdrawal/Audit Calendar lists the last date each semester to withdraw without academic penalty (without receiving the grade of F).
Beginning the fourth week of the classes, students are no longer dropped from courses by request, they are withdrawn from courses by request. This results in a “W” on the transcript for the corresponding course. The process for withdrawing from classes is the same as detailed above, including consideration of any deadlines on the academic calendar.
Go to SIS and log in with your JHED ID and password. Under “Registration”, select “Add/Drop Classes”. Check the box on the right for each undesired courses to drop and click “Drop Class”. Check your course schedule for conflicts.
Click “Register” at the bottom of the screen. Go to SIS and log in with your JHED ID and password. Under “Registration”, select “Search for Classes/Registration”. Ensure the academic period is set to the appropriate term.
Both grades and credits appear on the Hopkins academic record along with an indication of where the courses were taken. The grades are included in calculations of the grade point average.
To withdraw from a course, students must submit the Add/Drop Form. The withdrawal/audit calendar below lists the last date each semester to withdraw without academic penalty (without receiving the grade of F).
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.
Withdrawal usually means the course remains on the transcript with a “W” as a grade. It does not affect the student's GPA (grade point average). Although students may be reluctant to have a “W” on their transcript, sometimes “W” stands for Wisdom.
Families wishing to withdraw from a CTY LIVE course must submit a written request to ctyenrollment@jhu.edu no later than two weeks before the first day of class to obtain a 100% tuition-only refund. CTY LIVE application fees are non-refundable.
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.
Sadly, in academia, there's also the word “Withdraw.” Withdrawing means you drop a class after the allowed add/drop period ends. You won't receive a grade for the class, but a “W” will show up on your transcript, indicating that you were not doing well in the course and essentially quit the class.
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.
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.
Make an appointment or stop in during office hours to let your professor and/or TA know that you're dropping the class. If you've already talked to your academic adviser, the conversation should go pretty smoothly—and quickly.
Log in to MyCTY as a Parent using the CTY Student ID and your Parent MyCTY password. Click on CTY Online Programs. In the Currently Enrolled Courses section, select the course you wish to pause and then click the link to request to pause this course.
Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth Yes. CTY provides financial assistance for CTY Talent Search and programs for students who qualify for the Federal Free or Reduced-Price lunch program. Eligible students pay a reduced Talent Search fee of $10 and receive a waiver to cover the cost of testing.
In addition to the three- or six-month options, students extending their enrollment to finish an IP course may apply for a one-month extension for $320 (tuition), plus the $15 application fee discussed below.