Withdrawals

Withdrawal from all courses requires that a student withdraws from the university by the date indicated in the Academic Calendar found on the Registrar’s website.

On Campus students must visit the Registrar’s Office to complete a university withdrawal form. 

Online students must email the Registrar’s office at registrar@lsua.edu requesting the university withdrawal form.

A withdrawal is not official until the complete withdrawal form has been processed by the Office of the Registrar and the student has satisfied all financial obligations to the university. The date of receipt of the request will determine the effective date of withdrawal. University Withdrawals received after the last date to drop courses without a grade of ‘W’ will result in ‘W’ grades recorded on the student’s transcript.

Students who do not withdraw from the university within the specified time found in the Academic Calendar, will need to petition for a prior semester withdrawal.

The Prior Semester Withdrawal Appeal was created to consider student requests for withdrawing after the published deadlines, due to circumstances outside of the student’s control.  Circumstances are considered to be a significant illness or injury, death of an immediate family member or guardian, etc.  These appeals do not apply to advising, academic department processing issues or missing the deadline.

All appeals require supporting documents to be turned in with the appeal for consideration.

Circumstances that support submitting an appeal:

• Significant illness or injury that required the student to withdraw from the University.
• Significant illness or injury of an immediate family member that required the student to withdraw from the University. Definition of immediate family: mother, father, brother, sister, child, spouse, domestic partner, grandparent, grandchild, mother-in-law, father-in-law, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, legal guardian, or other person who stands in place of a parent.
• Death of an immediate family member or guardian.  Definition of immediate family: mother, father, brother, sister, child, spouse, domestic partner, grandparent, grandchild, mother-in-law, father-in-law, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, legal guardian, or other person who stands in place of a parent.
• Enrollment/attendance at another college/university.
• Never attended the class and/or classes.

Tuition Refund Appeal Application and the Health Documentation Form can be found at the bottom of this page.

Circumstances not sufficient to support a prior semester withdrawal appeal include, but are not limited to:

• Not being aware of add/drop deadlines or forgetting you were registered.
• Lack of familiarity with student information systems.
• Insufficient financial aid and/or financial hardship.
• Dropping courses to avoid low grades.
• Deciding that school/work/life responsibilities are too overwhelming.
• Arrest/Incarceration.
• Academic or Disciplinary Dismissal.
• Dissatisfaction with instructor or course content or determining that courses you took do not meet your academic and/or personal goals.
• Military service members called to deployment or active duty.
• Advising, or other academic department processing issues, are not considered a university error.