Drops/Withdrawals

Drop Deadlines

November 14, 2025 – Fall semester courses, linked sequence courses, full-year courses.

TBA – Spring semester courses ONLY.

Dropping a Course

If you have any doubts about your readiness for the work required in your SU course, you should discuss it with your instructor or guidance counselor before the drop date.

Syracuse University’s regulations concerning dropping a course, described below, apply to all SU students, including high school students enrolled through Project Advance. Dropping a course with a school guidance department or instructor DOES NOT remove you from the SU list.

You can download drop information from the link on the right.

In order to drop a course, please complete the drop form within PASS.

This procedure will remove you from the class list and remove all financial obligations to SU. The specific dates for voluntarily dropping courses and receiving a 100% refund can be found on the registrar’s calendar. SU will not issue tuition refunds after these dates.

If your family moves out of the district, or if a major illness or accident requires you to drop all high school courses for an extended period, you may receive a 100% tuition refund up to the 10th week of the semester.

If you drop the course(s) under these conditions, you will not receive any SU credit. Involuntary drops or withdrawals after the 10th week are evaluated by SU on a case-by-case basis.

Withdrawal Deadlines

January 5, 2025 – Fall semester courses, including fall courses in a linked sequence.

May 8, 2026 – Spring semester courses, spring courses in a linked sequence and full-year courses.

Withdrawing from a Course

After the official SU drop date passes, you may “withdraw” from a course, and the symbol WD (withdrawn) will be recorded on your transcript.

You can download withdrawal information from the link on the right.

In order to withdraw from a course, you must complete the withdrawal form within PASS.

The option of withdrawing from a course and having a WD instead of a grade recorded on your SU transcript extends to two weeks before the last day of classes.

However, if you withdraw from the first semester of American history, biology, calculus, chemistry, statistics, or writing/English, you will not be eligible to enroll in the second course of the sequence.

If you repeat courses or units of courses for any reason, both grades will appear on your transcript, but only the later grade will be calculated in your grade point average.

Information regarding SU policies can be found in the Syracuse University Course Catalog.