Early Registration Timeline, Undergraduate Drop and Withdrawal Deadlines

To: Departmental Executive Officers
From: Cornelia Lang, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education
RE: Early Registration Timeline, Undergraduate Drop and Withdrawal Deadlines

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EARLY REGISTRATION

Registration for summer session 2024 is now underway. Early registration for the fall 2024 semester will take place over three weeks, from Monday, April 8 through Friday, April 26.

DROP DEADLINE

  • Please remind students that the deadline for an undergraduate to drop an individual semester-length course without collegiate authorization is Monday, April 15, 2024.
  • After initiating a course drop in MyUI, students must obtain authorization from their academic advisor, then must finalize the drop in MyUI by 11:59 pm on the deadline.
  • Deadlines for off-cycle courses may be found using the Registrar’s Course Deadlines Lookup.

Considerations for instructors related to the deadline to drop a course:

    • The mark of W will appear on the student’s transcript when they drop a course.
    • Ws are neutral marks that do not affect a student’s GPA.
    • It is important that students understand how they are doing in the course at this time in the semester. This information can help them make a realistic and well-informed decision about continuing in a course. Sometimes dropping a course can be in the best interest of a student.

WITHDRAWAL DEADLINE

  • The deadline for undergraduates to withdraw their entire spring 2024 registration without collegiate authorization is 11:59 pm on Monday, April 15, 2024.
  • After initiating a withdrawal in MyUI, students must obtain authorization from their academic advisor, then must finalize the withdrawal in MyUI by 11:59 pm on the deadline.

Please refer students with questions to CLAS Undergraduate Programs in 120 Schaeffer Hall or clas-undergrad@uiowa.edu. Undergraduate students who wish to drop a course or withdraw their registration after April 15 will need collegiate authorization.