Withdrawing from IU Indianapolis

It’s always a good idea to contact your advisor. They can help you close out the semester and prepare you to return when you’re ready in the future.

If you’ve stopped attending class (or if you never showed up for class), that doesn’t mean you’ve officially withdrawn. You will continue to remain enrolled in your courses and could earn F grades at the end of the semester if you don’t drop those classes.

Withdrawing through the first week

You can withdraw from IU without penalty (no grades and a full refund) during the first week of the semester. Cancel your registration by dropping your classes through the Student Center.

After you drop all classes, print a copy of your class schedule to make sure it shows that all classes were dropped.

Withdrawing after the first week

If you are withdrawing after the first week of classes, you’ll need to use eDrop/eAdd Classes to drop all your courses.

The classes in which you were enrolled will appear on your transcript with a grade of W or F as appropriate along with the date you withdrew.

Talk to Financial Aid and Scholarships

If you received financial aid for the classes you’re dropping, you might have to return those funds.

And while W grades don’t affect your GPA, a pattern of withdrawals may raise concerns about a lack of satisfactory progress toward your degree, which could impact your ability to receive financial aid in the future.

Be sure to talk to a financial aid advisor to understand exactly how withdrawing will impact you.

Cancel your housing contract and meal plan

Canceling your registration doesn’t cancel your housing contract or meal plans. 

If you live in campus housing, email reslife@iu.edu from your university email account to notify them you are canceling your contract.

If you have a required meal plan, it will be canceled automatically when you cancel your housing contract.

Monitor your student account

After you withdraw from your classes, continue to monitor your student account and your IU email account for a few months to make sure all account adjustments have been made.

It can take up to 30 days for your student account to be finalized and a refund issued (if you’re due one).

If you owe a balance on your student account, pay it by the due date. Past due balances could prevent you from registering at any IU campus in the future.

What approvals you need and what your grade will be depend on when you withdraw.

You might need to withdraw from IU Indianapolis due to an unexpected event such as a major medical issue, death in the family, job loss, or divorce. In cases such as these, contact IU Indianapolis Student Advocacy and Support for assistance.

If you serve in the U.S. armed forces, we understand that you may be called to duty with little notice for:

• Active-duty deployment (not including basic training)
• Specialized training
• Disaster relief efforts

Contact the Office for Veterans and Military Personnel for assistance as soon as you’re notified of an upcoming deployment or extended military duty.

If you withdraw from IU Indianapolis after your aid has been applied, the federal government requires us to calculate whether your aid must be repaid. We may return all or some of the money already applied to your student account. The amount that will be repaid will depend on when you withdraw and what charges are on your student account.

State grants (Frank O’Bannon Grant & 21st Century Scholars) might also be affected.

You’ll be notified within 45 days of withdrawing if any adjustments were made to your federal or state awards, and you’ll receive a bill for any unpaid balances.

You’re expected to attend all your classes and complete all required course activities and assignments. Undergraduate students who miss more than half of the required activities of a class during the first 25 percent of the course can be administratively withdrawn by their instructor. If this happens, you’ll receive a grade of W on your transcript.

Administrative withdrawal can affect your financial aid eligibility as well as have academic and financial implications. For example, if you’re administratively withdrawn from a course, you won’t be eligible for a tuition refund.

Academic units may establish an administrative withdrawal policy that’s more restrictive than IU Indianapolis’s policy. If your academic unit has a more restrictive policy, you’ll find details in each course syllabus.

Make sure you officially drop a course if necessary, rather than just not attend classes.