If you wish to drop all of your courses before the official end of the add/drop period you should do so in the Registration Office, 132 Biddle Hall. If you drop all of your courses, you will not be liable for your term tuition and fees, and your registration will become void.
If you wish to resign from all of your courses after the official end of the add/drop period you must notify the Financial Aid Office by mail, phone or in person.
Your registration and term tuition charges will be adjusted in accordance with the official University Title IV Refund Policy.
You must do this even if you are only registered for one course or one credit.
If you have housing and/or food service charges, you must notify the appropriate offices immediately.
Also, if you have a Stafford and/or Perkins Loan, you must complete the Exit Interview for each of these loans. Follow the links below to complete the Interview(s):
Perkins Exit Interview - www.ecsi.net/bwr/borrower.html
Stafford Exit Interview - www.aessuccess.org
Please provide your:
- full name
- student ID number
- daytime phone number
- the term from which you intend to resign
- and the reason you are resigning.
If you resign after the last day of the add/drop period you are liable for a percentage of your charges and will be issued "R" grades, denoting resignation, on your transcripts. "R" grades do not count toward your degree, quality point average, or academic progress for purposes of financial aid eligibility.
- If you resign by mail, the reduction percentage of the resignation will be determined by the postmark date on the envelope. It is considered to be the notification date of resignation.
Once the resignation period has expired (sixty percent of the term), students must withdraw from their classes through the appropriate Dean's Office.
- No financial refund is applicable when a student withdraws.
- Summer term resignations and withdrawals are handled on a case by case basis dependent upon the different sessions for which the student is registered.
Title IV Refund Policy
Adjustments to tuition charges resulting from official resignation are based on the effective date of resignation and in accordance with the federally mandated calculation.
The calculation is based on the period of enrollment completed. That percentage is computed by dividing the total number of calendar days in the term into the number of calendar days completed, as of the date of student notification. The percentage of Title IV assistance to which the student is entitled (has "earned") is equal to this percentage of the term completed, up to 60%. If the resignation occurs after 60% of the term is completed, the percentage is equal to 100%.
The amount of Title IV aid which must be returned is based on the percentage of "unearned" aid. That percentage is computed by subtracting earned aid from 100%. The University is required to return the lesser of 1) the unearned aid percentage applied to institutional charges or 2) the unearned aid percentage applied to the total Title IV aid received.
The student is required to return the difference between the amount of unearned aid and the amount returned by the University. If the student (or parents in the case of PLUS loans) is required to return a portion or all of their loan proceeds, the calculated amount is to be repaid according to the loan's terms. Students must return only half the amount of grant funds calculated.
Funds are returned to the following Title IV sources in order of priority:
- Unsubsidized Federal Family Educational Loans (FFEL) loans
- Subsidized FFEL loans
- Federal Perkins loans
- FFEL PLUS loans
- Federal Pell Grants
- Federal SEOG
- Other Title IV assistance for which a return of funds is required.
- Other federal, state, private, or institutional financial assistance