MIT Committee On Academic Performance: Late Change to Grades, P/D/F or Listener Status

Overview
Adding a Subject
Dropping a Subject
Changing the Grading or Registration Status of a Subject
Registration Following Clearance of a
Financial Hold

CHANGING The grading or registration STATUS of a subject

If you missed the deadline (see below) for any of the following changes to Grading or Registration status of a subject, in the current or a previous term, you will need to petition CAP:

Regular to Sophomore Exploratory Status
Sophomore Exploratory Status to Regular
Change Sophomore Exploratory Subject from Credit to Listener
Letter Grades to Junior/Senior P/D/F
Junior/Senior P/D/F to Letter Grades
Credit to Listener
Listener to Credit

CAP uses a single petition form for all of these changes.

Note that the Committee rarely approves these requests, out of commitment to equitable treatment for all undergraduates. Deadlines are generous and well publicized, and the Faculty expects students to make decisions about subject status in a timely fashion. When CAP has approved such petitions, there has been clear evidence that the student intended to meet the deadline but was prevented by circumstances beyond her or his control.

Institute Deadlines for Changing Grading or Registration Status of a Subject

ADD DATE occurs in the 5th week of each term, DROP DATE in the 10th week. See the Academic Calendar for exact dates.

Change	Deadline
Regular to Sophomore Exploratory Status	ADD DATE
Sophomore Exploratory Status to Regular	ADD DATE
Change Sophomore Exploratory subject from Credit to Listener	REGISTRATION DAY OF YOUR NEXT REGISTERED TERM
Letter Grades to Junior/Senior P/D/F	ADD DATE
Junior/Senior P/D/F to Letter Grades	ADD DATE
Credit to Listener	DROP DATE
Listener to Credit	ADD DATE

Download Change of Status Petition (PDF)

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the CAP office.

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