{"id":71,"date":"2020-03-27T16:17:56","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T16:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webapp.sunypoly.edu\/covid19-faqs\/?p=71"},"modified":"2020-04-22T18:00:07","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T18:00:07","slug":"drop-w-grade-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp.sunypoly.edu\/covid19-faqs\/drop-w-grade-deadline\/","title":{"rendered":"Has the deadline to drop classes for the spring 2020 semester been extended?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Yes &#8211; students now have until May 1, 2020 to drop a class by completing an <a href=\"https:\/\/webapp.sunypoly.edu\/forms\/registrar-add-drop\/\">add\/drop form<\/a>. Students dropping a class at this point in the semester will receive a &#8220;W&#8221; grade. W grades do not have an impact on a student&#8217;s GPA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, dropping a class may impact financial aid, both in the current semester and in future semesters. Students are strongly advised to consult the financial aid office to understand the impact of a W grade on financial aid for this and future semesters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dropping a class at this point in the semester does not reduce a student&#8217;s tuition bill. Some students may incur additional financial obligation as a result of dropping a class, especially if their total credits for the semester drop below 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We hope that extending the deadline for dropping a class with a &#8220;W&#8221; grade will allow students to remain in their current classes for a few more weeks while they assess the impact of the transition to distance learning and other factors associated with the COVID-19 pandemic on their academic lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SUNY Poly students have asked about the possibility of adding a Pass\/Fail option for students in spring 2020 classes. The SUNY Poly faculty is currently evaluating the possibility of adding a Pass\/Fail option for students in spring 2020 classes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes &#8211; students now have until May 1, 2020 to drop a class by completing an add\/drop form. Students dropping a class at this point in the semester will receive a &#8220;W&#8221; grade. W grades do not have an impact on a student&#8217;s GPA. However, dropping a class may impact financial aid, both in the current semester and in future semesters. Students are strongly advised to consult the financial aid office to understand the impact&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[7],"class_list":["post-71","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-students"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp.sunypoly.edu\/covid19-faqs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp.sunypoly.edu\/covid19-faqs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp.sunypoly.edu\/covid19-faqs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp.sunypoly.edu\/covid19-faqs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp.sunypoly.edu\/covid19-faqs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/webapp.sunypoly.edu\/covid19-faqs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72,"href":"https:\/\/webapp.sunypoly.edu\/covid19-faqs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71\/revisions\/72"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp.sunypoly.edu\/covid19-faqs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp.sunypoly.edu\/covid19-faqs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp.sunypoly.edu\/covid19-faqs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}