Tuition Credits for Dropped and Withdrawn Courses
The Student Account Services and University Billing Office will automatically process tuition credits or charges due to changes in class registration. Any credit resulting from such changes will first be applied to any outstanding university balances before a refund is issued.
The percentage of the tuition credit amount is determined by the timeframe in which the drop/withdrawal is completed. Fees are equal to the percentage of the tuition credit received.
| |
16 weeks |
12 weeks |
10 weeks |
8 weeks |
6 weeks |
5 weeks |
4 weeks |
| Course Drops: |
| During the first week of the term |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
| Course Withdrawals: |
| During the second week of the term |
50% |
50% |
50% |
50% |
50% |
50% |
50% |
| After the second week of the term |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
Important Drop or Withdrawal Information:
- Drops and withdrawals are initiated by the student through the Course Search and Registration System within CentralLink. Each course identifies the drop and withdrawal deadlines.
- A Drop occurs prior to the course start or during the first week of class.
- A Withdrawal occurs during or after the second week of class.
- Drops and withdrawals can and do affect financial aid eligibility.
- Financial aid recipients that withdraw from or drop classes, resulting in your enrollment being less than half-time for the semester after financial aid has been disbursed and a refund check has been issued, may be required to repay the full amount of the disbursement.
- Active participation in courses is required. Students reported as having not participated by the second Friday of class may be administratively dropped from the course and have their financial aid award re-evaluated. See https://www.cmich.edu/offices-departments/office-scholarships-financial-aid/applying-for-financial-aid/enrollment-status.
- Students who stop attending (either virtually or in person) and do not formally withdraw from a course will receive a grade of "E." Additionally, they may be required to repay any financial aid received, based on their last day of attendance.
- Application fees, main campus enrollment fees, prior learning assessment credit fees, and graduation fees are not refundable.
- Telephone requests to drop or withdraw will not be accepted.
- The start time for online courses is 12:01 a.m. on the first day of class. Each new week for an online class begins on Monday at 12:01 a.m. and ends on the following Sunday at 12:00 midnight. Holidays do not have any effect on this definition of a week. Online classes follow the Eastern Standard Time (EST) zone.