Wichita State University
Guidelines to Late Withdraw
from a Prior Semester*

(*after grades have been issued)

SEE AN ADVISOR BEFORE COMPLETING PETITION

(call your College Office for an appointment)

Part I

• Request permission to late withdraw from specific courses (including the section numbers) for a specific semester or summer term.
• Accompanying the properly completed petition must be a drop slip for each class and/or lab. Instructor's signature on the drop slip is required and attached statement of support may improve chances of approval.

Part II

• State the reason for the lateness of your request.
• If your request is selective, explain why you want to withdraw from only that/those course(s) rather than a complete withdrawal from all courses of that semester.
• Provide written documentation (i.e., a letter from doctor or employer, a medical statement, a newspaper clipping), making sure pertinent dates are clearly indicated. Written support from the instructor would be beneficial, but may not be possible if instructor has left the campus. In this case a departmental response is expected. Without significant documentation positive response to your request is unlikely.
• After you have met with an advisor, discussed the above guidelines and completed the petition, deliver the petition to an advisor in your college/school to check for completeness.
• Follow-up is your responsibility. Your advisor will inform you of the method in which the decision will be communicated to you. If it is unclear as to how or when you will be informed, call your college/school office.

Completed petition received by an advisor no later than__________ will have results available to you on__________

Advisor Explaining Petition Guidelines____________________ Date_______________