Adds, Drops, and Withdrawals
To add or drop a course, you must contact your advisor for approval and
instructions. All course changes must be submitted to the Office of the
Registrar, either in person or through MyNewSchool. No course change is effective until you have completed this process.
Please
note that attendance in class and/or completion of course
requirements alone does not constitute formal registration and does not
make you eligible to receive credit for that course. Likewise, failure
to attend classes, failure to complete coursework, failure to complete
payment, or notification to the instructor does not constitute official
withdrawal and may result in permanent grades of "WF" on your record.
Deadlines for On-Site Courses in All Degree Programs
| Please Note: There is a financial penalty for dropping classes once the
term has begun. The penalty is waived if an equal number of credits is added on the
same day. See the Refunds section for more
information. |
| Adding a course |
Through the second week of the semester |
| Dropping a course |
Through the third week of the semester |
| Withdrawal with a grade of "W" for all graduate students except at Parsons and Mannes |
The fourth week through the end of the semester |
| Withdrawal with a grade of "W" for all undergraduate and Parsons and Mannes graduate students |
The fourth week through the seventh week of the semester |
| Withdrawal with a grade of "WF" for all undergraduates and Parsons and Mannes graduate students |
The eighth week through the end of the semester |
Deadlines for Online Courses in All Degree Programs
| Please Note: There is a financial penalty for dropping classes once the
term has begun. The penalty is waived if an equal number of credits is added on the
same day. See the Refunds section for more
information. |
| Adding a course |
Through the second week of the semester |
| Dropping a course |
Through the fourth week of the semester |
| Withdrawal with a grade of "W" for all graduate students, except at Parsons and Mannes |
The fifth week through the end of the semester |
| Withdrawal with a grade of "W" for all undergraduate and Parsons and Mannes graduate students |
The fifth week through the seventh week of the semester for 15-week courses. For shorter courses, the deadline is the end of the fifth week. |
| Withdrawal with a grade of "WF" for all undergraduates and Parsons and Mannes graduate students |
The eighth week through the end of the semester for 15-week courses. For shorter courses, WF will apply as of the sixth week of the semester. |
Late-starting courses can be added after these deadlines with the permission of your program.
Withdrawal with a Grade of "W"
A grade of "W" indicates withdrawal from a course without academic penalty. Written permission to withdraw must be obtained from your advisor and submitted in person to the Office of the Registrar. In addition, graduate students, except at Parsons The New School for Design and Mannes College The New School for Music, can be assigned a final grade of "W" by the instructor. The course will appear on the student's transcript with a grade of "W" and is not counted in the cumulative GPA. See also Grade Descriptions.
