In very rare cases, students who have experienced extenuating circumstances may request to retroactively withdraw from all courses in a term up to one year following the term in which the courses were taken. Students may not request to withdraw from specific courses; the request to withdraw must be for all courses a student enrolled in for the requested withdrawal term. If a Retroactive Withdrawal Request is approved,  the student will be withdrawn from all courses in the requested term and receive W grades on their transcript for those courses. A grade of W will not negatively affect GPA or academic standing at the University. In accordance with the Academic Integrity Policy, a request to retroactively withdraw from courses will not be approved for a course(s) in which an academic integrity violation has resulted in a F grade. Students must initiate the Retroactive Withdrawal Request by contacting the Graduate School.