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Late Changes to Your Registration

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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