Course Registration and Withdrawal
All Mercy College add, drop, and withdrawal deadlines can be found on the Academic Calendar website located at mercycollege.edu/academics/academic-calendar.
Adding and Dropping a Course
Add and drop deadlines are published on the College’s Academic Calendar. After registration opens and until the end of the first week of classes, students can add or drop courses from the Course Registration link found in the Registration/Schedule menu in their EMPOWER ME account.
No Show
Students who do not participate in any activities, complete any assignments, or attend any scheduled meeting(s) during the first week of an enrolled course may be dropped from the course. Students dropped in this manner will not be permitted to re-enroll in the same course for that session. Students who are not planning on attending a course should drop the course in their EMPOWER ME account prior to the drop deadline.
Withdrawal from a Course
Withdrawal deadlines are published on the College’s Academic Calendar. Students should contact their advisor and the Office of Financial Aid prior to withdraw from a course so that they can understand the potential impacts to their plan of study or financial aid. (See Return of Title IV in Mercy College Catalog.)
To submit a request to withdraw from a course, students must complete the Withdrawal/Leave Form in the Registration/Schedule tab in their EMPOWER ME account. Once students have been withdrawn from a course, they cannot be reinstated into the same course for that session.
Student transcripts will indicate a “W” (withdrawal) if the withdrawal process is completed prior to the appropriate deadline published on the College's Academic Calendar. Any withdrawals processed after this deadline receive a grade of “WF” (withdrawal failing) if the student had earned an “F” at the time of withdrawal. A grade of “WF” will be calculated the same as a "F" grade in the student's cumulative grade point average and may impact progress.
Students are not permitted to withdraw after the withdrawal deadline published on the College's Academic Calendar.