{"id":13318,"date":"2015-03-03T12:19:50","date_gmt":"2015-03-03T17:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=13318"},"modified":"2019-08-04T18:32:55","modified_gmt":"2019-08-04T22:32:55","slug":"lwding-an-academic-offence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=13318","title":{"rendered":"LWD’ing an academic offence"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello,<\/p>\n

I was wondering about the Late Withdrawal policy with an academic offense. In summary, I have been alleged of an academic misconduct during an exam, but it was nothing too serious like it was not cheating or hidden notes. It was because of possession of an unauthorized aid which was a cellphone, but it is still an offense. But I did not look at my phone at all during the whole time. Anyways, I might have to go through the very complicated process of meeting the prof, chairman of the department, dean and so on. So, I was wondering when I could be able to drop the course and place a withdrawal?<\/p>\n

Specifically, if the dean decides to punish me by like a 30% mark reduction on the exam, and I want to drop the course. Is that allowed? I heard that once you are caught with academic offense in a course, you no longer have the privilege to ask for a LWD. I mean, I know I did something bad by not following the rules and I regret so much by not putting the phone in my bag. But that is really going to impact my course grade and destroy my GPA…<\/p>\n

I know that if the Dean\/Chairman decides that it is not an offense to them, then I would be allowed to easily drop the course with LWD, but I don’t know how it will go and what will be my fate.<\/p>\n

Thank you for your time,<\/p>\n

I hope someone could help me out and I feel so depressed from what happened to me this week.<\/p>\n

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hey there,<\/p>\n

you are not allowed to drop the course while the investigation of academic offence is happening<\/a> – that includes late withdrawal. you are also not allowed to drop the course if they impose a sanction. unfortunately a 30% mark reduction is an example of a sanction, so no, you wouldn’t be able to LWD in that case.<\/p>\n

i know it’s tough to feel like a silly slip-up has cost you so much. no one likes to deal with an academic offence – literally no one<\/a>. however, this is not the end of the academic road. i know it seems like a huge deal now, but you can recover from this (and so can your GPA).<\/p>\n

most importantly, there are people who can help you. i highly recommend you talk to your college registrar<\/a> so that they can guide you through this process.<\/p>\n

best of luck with it,<\/p>\n

aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hello, I was wondering about the Late Withdrawal policy with an academic offense. In summary, I have been alleged of an academic misconduct during an exam, but it was nothing too serious like it was not cheating or hidden notes. It was because of possession of an unauthorized aid which was a cellphone, but it is still an offense. But I did not look at my phone at all during the whole time. Anyways, I might have to go through the very complicated process of meeting the prof, chairman of the department, dean and so on. So, I was wondering when I could be able to drop the course and place a withdrawal? Specifically, if the dean decides to punish me by like a 30% mark reduction on the exam, and I want to drop the course. Is that allowed? I heard that once you are caught with academic offense in a course, you no longer have the privilege to ask for a LWD. I mean, I know I did something bad by not following the rules and I regret so much by not putting the phone in my bag. But that is really going to impact my course grade and destroy my GPA… I know that if the Dean\/Chairman decides that it is not an offense to them, then I would be allowed to easily drop the course with LWD, but I don’t know how it will go and what will be my fate. Thank you for your time, I hope someone could help me out and I feel so depressed from what happened to me this week. \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 hey there, you are not allowed to drop the course while the investigation of academic offence is happening – that includes late withdrawal. you are also not allowed to drop the course if they impose a sanction. unfortunately a 30% mark reduction is an example of a sanction, so no, you wouldn’t be able to LWD in that case. i know it’s tough to feel like a silly slip-up has cost you so much. no one likes to deal with an academic offence – literally no one. however, this is not the end of the academic road. i know it seems like a huge deal now, but you can recover from this (and so can your GPA). most importantly, there are people who can help you. i highly recommend you talk to your college registrar so that they can guide you through this process. best of luck with it, aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[236,153],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academic-offense","category-late-withdrawal"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t