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The A&T Register

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The A&T Register

    Three Withdrawals You’re Out

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    withdrawal policy will begin on January 1, 2012.

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    A new withdrawal policy will begin on

    January 1, 2012.

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    In the past, students have had no limit

    on the number of times they could withdraw from an individual

    course or the number of courses they could withdraw from or

    repeat.  Students have also been allowed to retake classes that

    they have passed, meaning they earned a D or higher, in hopes of

    earning a higher grade.  

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    Starting in January, no single

    undergraduate course may be repeated more than two times to include

    withdrawals with a maximum of three attempts. A student who has

    received a “D” or better may not repeat that course unless it is a

    prerequisite course requiring a grade of  “C” or if a minimum of

    “C” is a requirement for the student’s declared major. No single

    graduate course may be repeated more than one time to include

    withdrawals with a maximum of two attempts. Subsequent to the

    effective date of this policy, any undergraduate who has exhausted

    their three attempts and has not passed a required course in their

    major field of study will be dismissed from their major. Only the

    initial repeat attempt of a single course will be excluded from GPA

    calculations. On the third attempt, the two most recent grades will

    be used in computing the GPA. For a course to be considered for

    forgiveness under this policy, the course repeat form must be

    submitted to the Registrar’s office no later than the last day of

    the final examination period during the semester in which the

    course is being repeated.

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    Withdrawal from a individual course with

    be effective on January 1, 2012: 1) from withdrawals taken

    subsequent to the effective date of this policy, students are

    limited to a maximum of two withdrawals per course, up to a maximum

    of five courses during the student’s academic career; 2) Upon a

    third attempt in a single course, the student is not permitted to

    withdraw from the course and must receive a grade in the

    course.

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    “The hope was that, as a result of

    changing this policy, students would take their courses more

    seriously and if they were in the situation where they were

    borderline between passing or failing, that instead of saying

    they’d withdrawal from the class or retake it, that they would put

    more effort into trying to salvage the class,” said

    Lester 

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    director of registration and records.

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    In addition, students can only retake

    five courses. If they try to withdrawal from a sixth course, they

    will not be allowed.

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    Students who pass a course with a D or

    higher will not be allowed to retake that course to earn a higher

    grade, unless it is a prerequisite or a class from their major that

    requires they earn a C or higher in the course. If a student’s

    grade is still not sufficient for them to progress within their

    major, after their third attempt at earning a C or higher, they

    will have to find another major.

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    These changes were approved in July 2011

    by a subcommittee headed by the Office of Enrollment Management,

    which included representation from all of the academic schools and

    colleges, as well as various other support service areas. They had

    a forum to discuss different policies and this was the group’s

    consensus after reviewing polices at

    other UNC System

    Schools to revise these policies.  

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    There have been no changes in the number

    of times a student may withdraw from the university.  

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