Withdrawing from a course is an option when you are certain you are no longer in a position to pass.
Questions to Consider Before Withdrawing
- Have you talked with your professor about whether you can catch up in the class? (See these office hour tips.)
- Have you used all available resources?
- Visit the Sagan Academic Resource Center to see if tutoring or time management/study skills coaching makes a difference.
- Address homesickness, relationship challenges, or overwhelm by working with the Counseling Center.
- Could you at least get a D-? Even a D- in a class will count toward graduation; you just need an overall GPA of 2.0. Do not Withdraw if things aren’t going perfectly. There is still time to have a better experience and pass!
Withdrawal Processes
- To Withdraw, use the “Change of Schedule” form located at forms.owu.edu. It is helpful to give the instructor and your advisor a heads up.
- Withdrawing from a course places a “W” on your transcript but does not impact GPA.
- Although your GPA is protected with a Withdraw, you may make academic progress more slowly because a Withdrawn class does not count toward graduation units. Talk with your advisor about future coursetaking plans.
- The Drop deadline for full-semester classes has already passed. A Drop is different from Withdraw because a Drop removes the course from your transcript as if you’d never taken it.
Withdrawal Deadlines
- Full-semester classes: Tuesday, April 1, 2025
- Second-module classes (aka, those that meet only for the second half of the semester): Thursday, April 10, 2025