Withdrawing from a Course
This is similar to dropping a course; however, the course remains on the record with the notation “W” placed in the grade column of the student’s transcript. The “W” is not considered in the computation of the grade point average. Students in the School of Engineering and Applied Science are permitted to “Petition for Withdrawal” from a course until the end of the tenth week of classes (https://srfs.upenn.edu/withdraw-from-a-course).
Students are not permitted to withdraw after the end of the tenth week except in extraordinary circumstances. In such cases, requests for late withdrawal must go through the online petition workflow (Petition for Action) explaining the nature of the extraordinary circumstances.
Other pages in this section:
- Academic Honors
- Academic Warning
- Academic Probation
- Academic Drop from the University
- Add or Drop a Course
- Advanced Placement
- Auditing Courses
- Change of Curriculum
- Class Attendance
- Course Load
- Course Numbering System
- Course Performance Notices
- Courses at Other Institutions
- Curricular Practical Training for SEAS Undergraduates
- Dean’s List
- Grading and Grades
- Graduate-level Courses
- Graduation Latin Honors
- Independent Study
- Inter-departmental Senior Design Projects
- Leave of Absence
- LPS (College of Liberal and Professional Studies) Courses
- Mandatory Leave of Absence
- Maximum Time to Complete a Degree (Sunset Rule)
- Minimum Performance Guidelines
- Part-time Status
- Pass/Fail
- Petition for Action
- Quaker Consortium
- Return from Academic Drop
- Repeating a Course
- Sunset Rule
- Transfer Out of Penn Engineering
- Transfer In to Penn Engineering
- Commencement Ceremony Eligibility
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