Finding the right schedule is key to your academic success. That’s why it’s important to review the academic dates and deadlines and refund schedules prior to making registration changes in MyUO.
If you are withdrawing from your last or only course, follow the steps for complete withdrawal instead.
- Log in to MyUO.
- Click on the “Academics” tab.
- Click on the “Register for Classes” card.
- Select “Registration & Changes.”
- If you’re prompted to select a role, select “Student.”
- Under the “Select a Term” header, in “Terms Open for Registration,” use the drop-down to select the term and click “Continue.”
- In the “Summary” panel, find the course you want to drop or withdraw from.
- The course will have a status of “Registered.”
- Use the drop-down menu to change the action from “None” to “Drop,” “W/D w/ref,” or “W/D no ref.”
- The option you see in the “Action” drop-down menu is based on the date you are taking action and aligns with the refund schedule. You do not get to choose if you drop, withdraw, or get a refund.
- Select “Submit.”
- The status will change to “Dropped” in the “Summary” panel when the change has been successfully processed.
Petition Form
Petition for an Exception
If you miss the deadline to drop or withdraw from a course, you can use the form above to ask for an exception to a faculty-established policy and academic deadline.
- Support required: Instructor
- Documentation: Must include at least one of the following.
- Evidence substantiating the extenuating circumstance that caused you to miss the deadline. Examples of extenuating circumstances: hospitalization, severe weather impacting electricity or internet, death of an immediate family member, etc.
- Department documentation: If an administrator, faculty, or staff error prevented you from meeting the deadline, contact the academic department offering the course and ask them to complete the form to support your request.
- Medical documentation: If a medical condition prevented you from meeting the deadline, your physician or mental health professional should provide documentation to support your request.
- Deadline:
- Fall, winter, or spring courses: Sunday at 11:59 p.m. prior to finals week
- Summer: Last Sunday of the term at 11:59 p.m.
- See five-year calendar for specific dates.
Incomplete petitions received after the deadline will be referred to Academic Advising for a retroactive petition process.
Additional Information
- Present all information clearly and concisely.
- Typical processing time: within 3 business days
- Reasons considered not valid for petitioning include, but are not limited to:
- Lack of knowledge of dates, deadlines, or policies
- Dates that midterms/grades were given, posted, or returned
- Failure to check registration and bills
- Errors in personal judgement
- Dissatisfaction with instructor, grade, content or services
- Lack of participation
- Failure to follow procedures