on being late and having to wait

Hey Aska

I have a few questions!

I’m a first year student and I’ve already failed one course and am about to fail another – Psychology for which I plan to apply for late withdrawal for. How does late withdrawal work? My reason for almost failing my Psych is that I had a PoliSci paper due the same day and I was sick all that? week so I couldn’t study. Do I have any chance of being granted late withdrawal from the course?

Also, I wanted to declare a double major in Health Studies and Poli Sci for the first request period but I don’t think I can since I probably won’t have 4 credits by the end of the school year. The thing is, the second request period ends pretty late…like past the time of course selection. So even if I do get in to the Subject Posts, won’t I be waitlisted for all my courses anyway? Help!!! I don’t wanna be kicked out because of my poor course selection the first time around.

Thanks for answering!!

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Yo!

Simply put, a Late Withdrawal is what you get on your transcript when you decide to withdraw from a course after the drop date. What happens is that the course you withdrew from will still appear on your transcript, but beside it you’ll have a little “LWD” instead of something like a “42.”

To get approved for this, you’ll have to make an appointment with your college registrar and appeal to their kindness so do that as soon as possible because appointments can be a pain to get!

Now for your situation — if you’re actually failing, then yeah, you’ll probably be granted a LWD. If your situation is just a matter of really poor time management skills and you still have some things to hand in within the next few days, what you might just need is a well-written letter to your prof begging for an extension on x assignment and explaining why you deserve one.

And as for getting into your POSts, yes, you’re going to have to wait until the second round to enroll into Health Studies and Poli Sci. Students are required to enroll in the session after they complete 4.0 FCE.

But for the Poli Sci courses, you won’t actually have to face that many restrictions. Have you checked out the timetable yet? This is for 2012-2013, yes, but they don’t change that much and there are actually plenty of 200-level POL courses that don’t have restrictions like POL200Y (which you need for the major, be-tea-dubs) and POL201Y. So while you will have to wait around for entry into your Health Studies courses, you can at least fill up on Poli Sci. 🙂

Cheers!

aska