Students may petition to Late Drop for serious and compelling reasons after the drop deadline. To verify the official dates, see www.sjsu.edu for links to the official academic calendar. Petitions are available at www.sjsu.edu/aars/forms.
Conditions and circumstances defined as ‘serious and compelling’ and are considered beyond the student's control, and which occurred after the drop deadline.
A personal statement submitted without supporting documentation is not acceptable. Acceptable documentation includes:
Health
Serious health reasons out of your control (e.g. personal health, serious family illness or assigned caretaker). Attach a doctor’s note or other appropriate verifiable documentation.
Military assignment
Submit military assignment papers.
Divorce
Divorce papers or certification of pending divorce.
Natural Disaster: (e.g. fire, earthquake)
Submit verifiable documentation.
Employment
Letter from employer, on letterhead indicating reason(s) for work schedule circumstances conflicting with the class requested to drop.
Personal
Submit verifiable and appropriate documentation other than student’s statement.
Administrative Error
University documentation from appropriate departments. Students must understand that their personal letter alone will not suffice as verifiable documentation.
Late drops are to be submitted to the counter of Academic Advising and Retention Services in the Student Services Center.
Neither an instructor’s signature nor submission of a Late Drop petition constitutes approval. Continue attending class and complete all assignments until the Late Drop Petition is approved or denied.
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