Withdrawal
Information
Students
who need to withdraw may do so by contacting the Student Records
Office or filling out a withdrawal
form.
A
W grade will be assigned for all courses that are dropped before
the designated date published in the Academic Calendar (usually
mid-semester). Your instructors will be contacted to assign a
grade of W or WF for all withdraws completed after the designated
last day to drop. Grades of WF are punitive and will adversely
affect your grade point average.
Students
that are receiving any source of financial assistance need to
be aware of possible financial penalties before you complete the
withdraw process. In most cases, students that have received Federal
Pell Grant or Loans will be required to pay back a portion of
the amount received. Please see FA page for guidance regarding
withdraws and Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) rules for information
about the consequences of dropping your classes Financial
Assistance.
Academic
Standing
Students
are expected to make progress towards meeting degree requirements.
The system for measuring academic progress serves three purposes:
- To
inform the student that his/her grade point average is so
low that graduation within a reasonable time is in doubt.
- To
motivate the student to intensify effort to improve performance
- To
encourage students to seek guidance from college officials
in an effort to improve their performance in order to be successful.
Students
are expected to have the following grade point average:
Semester
Hours
Attempted at W.C. |
Minimum
Institutional
Grade Point Average |
0
- 9.99 |
No
Minimum |
10
- 15.99 |
1.70 |
16
- 30.99 |
1.80 |
31
- 45.99 |
1.90 |
46
or more |
2.00 |
In
a four point grading system, your grades are equal to the following:
| A
= 4 quality points |
| B
= 3 quality points |
| C
= 2 quality points |
| D
= 1 quality point |
| F
= 0 quality point |
To
calculate your GPA you need to use the following format:
(grade
earned quality points) X (hours the class is worth)
then
you would divide your quality points earned by the number of hours
on your schedule. See the following example for an illustration:
| 3
hour A = 12 quality points |
| 4
hour B = 12 quality points |
| 2
hour C = 6 quality points |
| 1
hour F
= 0 quality points |
| 10
hour schedule with 30 quality points = grade point average
of 3.00 30/10 = 3.00 |
As
you can see, the hours a course is worth make a major impact on
your grade point average. If we take the same schedule but reverse
the grades, look at the significant difference in the GPA:
| 3
hour F = 0 quality points |
| 4
hour C = 8 quality points |
| 2
hour B = 6 quality points |
| 1
hour A = 4 quality points |
| the
same 10 hour schedule with 18 points = grade point average
of 1.80 18/10 = 1.80 |
Adding
all of your course work together as you proceed towards meeting
your degree requirements derives the cumulative grade point average.
| 12
first semester = 30 quality points |
| 12
next semester = 25 quality points |
| 12
third semester = 30 quality points |
| 36
hours / 75 quality points = 2.08 cumulative GPA |
Transcript
Request Information
The
Record's Office is required by Federal law to have a written request
before we can release your transcript. This is done to insure
the safety of your documents.
Request
should include your full name, student ID number, birth date,
and the address you would like your transcript to be mailed to.
There is a $2.00 charge per copy. Fax and electronic request can
be made, but we reserve the right to hold your documents until
the fee is received.
Transcripts
will not be issued to students that have an outstanding financial
obligation to Waycross College.
Please
mail request and fee to:
| Office
of Student Records |
|
| Waycross
College |
| 2001
South Georgia Parkway |
| Waycross,
Georgia 31503 |
