• The official withdrawal date for a student is the date the Student Success Center receives written notification of the student’s intent to withdraw.
• A grade of UF is given to students who stop attending class and who do not officially withdraw from the class. A grade of UF in each class in a semester is considered an unofficial withdrawal from the University. As a school not required to take attendance, the University will assume the last date of enrollment was the mid-point of the semester (50% point) unless documentation of a different date is provided.
• The withdrawal date for a student who withdraws without providing notification, due to circumstances beyond the student’s control, will be determined upon review of valid documentation the school receives related to the events causing the student to cease attendance.
• If a student dies while enrolled, the withdrawal date will be at the latest, the date the student dies, unless notification is received that the withdrawal process began prior to the student becoming deceased.
• The withdrawal date for an administrative withdrawal is not pre-determined. The date is established at the conclusion of a thorough review of events and sufficient documentation supporting the need to administratively withdraw the student.
• Students who withdraw from Distance Education programs will be withdrawn as of the date of the student’s signature on the notification of their intent to withdraw.

The summer mini sessions (Summer I and Summer II) are combined into one payment period and treated as one semester.  Because one or more courses do not span the entire payment period, the summer semester is considered a module.  In this case, the determination of a withdrawal is treated differently than a Fall or Spring semester without modules. During summer enrollment, if a student withdraws from current courses (Summer I), but is also registered in a course(s) starting later in the payment period (Summer II), we are required to determine the amount of Title IV funds earned and return any unearned funds, unless the student provides in writing at the time of withdrawal, he or she will attend Summer II (merely registering for Summer II is not accepted as confirmation to attend Summer II). Should a student not provide written notification they will attend Summer II, the student is not considered to have withdrawn and will be eligible to receive the aid for which he/she was eligible to receive before ceasing attendance.

In deciding whether a student is determined to have withdrawn from the summer payment period (semester), requiring a Return to Title IV calculation, the following questions and responses are applicable:

1. After beginning attendance in the summer semester (payment period), did the student cease to attend or fail to begin attendance in a course he or she was scheduled to attend?  If the answer is no, this is not a withdrawal. If the answer is yes, go to question 2.
2. When the student ceased to attend or failed to begin attendance in a course he or she was scheduled to attend, were they still attending any other courses? If the answer is yes, this is not a withdrawal; however, other regulatory provisions concerning recalculation may apply. If the answer is no, go to question 3.
3. Did the student confirm attendance in a session beginning later in the semester (Summer II)? If the answer is yes, this is not a withdrawal, unless the student does not return. If the answer is no, this is a withdrawal and the Return of Title IV Funds requirements apply.