{"id":3376,"date":"2025-10-15T08:52:43","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T12:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newatowu\/?p=3376"},"modified":"2025-10-15T08:52:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T12:52:43","slug":"midterm-grades-and-next-steps-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newatowu\/midterm-grades-and-next-steps-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Midterm Grades and Next Steps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Check your midterm grades. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If grades aren\u2019t where you would like them to be, you still have half of the semester to go \u2013 you have the power to impact your academic outcomes by using new approaches and resources.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Communicate with instructors<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Your professors care about you and your learning. They want to hear from you, even if you have missed classes, stopped turning in work, or failed exams or papers. Do not let the past keep you from future success.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Meet with your academic advisor<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Your advisor is another part of your success team at OWU. Let your advisor know how things are going and ask to meet.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Use academic and personal resources<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.owu.edu\/about\/offices-services-directory\/sagan-academic-resource-center\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sagan Academic Resource Center<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (SARC) is your hub for academic success. Two resources you can utilize quickly are tutoring and academic skills.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Often, you can build a plan for success when meeting with your professors. However, if your professor meeting suggests passing is unlikely, talk with your advisor about whether withdrawing from that course could be a good option to allow you to focus on your other courses. Use the online <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.owu.edu\/academics\/office-of-the-registrar\/forms\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">change of schedule form<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to add\/drop\/withdraw. (Click the red OWU logo at the bottom to login.)<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tuesday, <\/span><b>October 21, 2025<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0\u2013 Last day to<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/owucentral.etrieve.cloud\/#\/form\/10?focus=true\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Add\/Drop<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> a second-module course\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tuesday, <\/span><b>October 28, 2025<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0\u2013 Last day to<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/owucentral.etrieve.cloud\/#\/form\/10?focus=true\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Withdraw<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> from a full-semester course and receive a grade of W\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tuesday, <\/span><b>November 11, 2025<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0\u2013 Last day to<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/owucentral.etrieve.cloud\/#\/form\/10?focus=true\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Withdraw<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> from second-module courses and receive a grade of W<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you miss the deadline, you need to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.owu.edu\/files\/resources\/petitionforspecialpermission.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">submit a Petition<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as soon as possible to Withdraw with a grade of WP or WF. Petitions must be received prior to the last week of classes and are not guaranteed to be approved.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check your midterm grades. If grades aren\u2019t where you would like them to be, you still have half of the semester to go \u2013 you have the power to impact your academic outcomes by using new approaches and resources. Communicate with instructors Your professors care about you and your learning. 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