Withdrawal Information

When you withdraw from a class, your instructor will be asked to verify your participation in the class. Non-participation in the class may affect your federal financial aid. For more information, visit the Financial Aid Office's Aid Recalculation Due to Registration Changes page.

A withdrawn class remains on your record and bill. If you plan to enroll in another class, please review the Tuition Overload Policy and contact Enrollment Services to determine how adding a new class will impact your bill.

Withdrawals are subject to the requirements specified by your instructor in their syllabus.

When you withdraw, a temporary withdrawal grade (WT) will be assigned. Your instructor will be required to verify your participation in their class and finalize your withdrawal grade by the grading deadline. Below are the possible final grades for an official withdrawal.

• W: Indicates an Official Withdrawal With Academic Attendance
• WX: Indicates an Official Withdrawal Withdrawal Without Academic Attendance
• F: Indicates an Official Withdrawal Failure

Review the official Grading Scales for more information.

If you wish to re–enroll, you will need to submit an Add/Drop Form:

• Only the student and instructor signatures are needed. (You do not need to obtain the offering college signature.)
  
• Indicate either on the form or in the email that you are requesting to re–enroll in the class.
• Completed Add/Drop Forms should be emailed to add-drop@uc.edu or submitted via the upload form. (Pictures taken from a smartphone are acceptable as long as they are legible.)

Note: If you also need to change credit hours or change how your class is graded (normal, pass/fail, or audit), refer to the those instructions in the next section below; additional information will be required on the Add/Drop Form.

If you have already withdrawn in an attempt to edit your credit hours or grading option, you will need to complete an Add/Drop Form. To re-enroll and adjust the credit hours or grading option, please make sure the following information is on your form.

• In the Add section of the form, write the amount of credit hours and grading option that should be on your record.
• In the Drop section of the form, write the amount of credit hours and grading option in which you are currently registered.
• Student, instructor, and college signatures are required in the Add section.
• Completed Add/Drop Forms should be emailed to add-drop@uc.edu or submitted via the upload form. Pictures taken from a smartphone are acceptable as long as they are legible.

If you have not yet withdrawn but wish to edit your credit hours, follow the instructions for editing a class after the 100% refund on our Registration How to Guide.

Note: We will re-enroll you in the original class and your credit hours or grading option will be edited as requested. You will be charged for the credit hours listed in the Add section of your form. Filling the form out as listed above helps us know exactly how many credit hours should be on your record/bill.

If you withdrew in an attempt to switch sections, you will need an Add/Drop Form. Note: This only applies to section changes for the same course (e.g., switching between two sections of ENGL 1001).

• In the Add section, indicate the section you wish to add. The required signatures are
  • Student,
  • New section instructor, and
  • New section offering college.
• In the Drop section, indicate the section in which you are currently enrolled. Only student the signature is required in the Drop section.
• Completed Add/Drop Forms should be emailed to add-drop@uc.edu or submitted via the upload form. Pictures taken from a smartphone are acceptable as long as they are legible.
  

If you have not yet withdrawn but wish to switch sections, follow the instructions for switching sections after the 100% refund on our Registration How to Guide.

If the sections are in the same session (e.g., Full Session, First Half Session, or Second Half Session), we will remove the original section from your record and add you to the new section. There will be no new charge to your bill.

If the sessions are different (e.g., withdrawing from a First Half Session section and adding a Full Session or Second Half Session section), you will keep the withdrawal for the original class on your record and bill, and the new section will be force–added to your schedule/bill. Note: Depending on how many credits you are adding for the new section, adding a new section in a different session may put you into Tuition Overload. Billing/tuition questions should be directed to Enrollment Services.

If you have any additional questions not answered on this page, please contact us at registrar@uc.edu.