This is how drop/add works in most colleges (of course, YMMY depending upon the exact rules at your college):

The first critical date is the one that you are talking about: the add/drop date where students can still add a class for full credit or a student can drop a class with no financial penalty… you will get your money back if you drop a class in this time period. The class might not even show up on a transcript.

The next date is where a student can drop a class for half refund. Again, the class might not show up on a transcript, even if it does, it will show up as a W (withdrawal) with no effect on your GPA.

The above two periods are typically pretty early in the semester.

The next date is the last day a student can drop a class without GPA penalty. The class will show as a W on your transcript. If you are doing poorly at this point, it might be in your interest that you drop the class

After this date, the student is responsible for the grade for the class.. you can’t drop with out the GPA consequences.

In some universities dropping a course after the end of drop/add simply results in an F for the course, so be wary of doing that if GPA is a strong consideration (for instance, for getting into grad school). Better to stick out the course and try to salvage something, even if a C or D. On the other hand, some institutions will allow you to drop after the date without penalty if you can persuade an authority to authorize it. Talk to your adviser and if you get no satisfaction there, speak with the dean. You’ve got nothing to lose, and you may be able to convince him/her to give you a waiver if your reasons (sickness, death in the family, whatever) are good enough.

In college there is a period of usually two weeks in which to drop a class with out penalty.

Dropping a class after this period can mean an incomplete in your transcript.

This means nothing in industry. Usually the injury comes when one applies to either Medical or Law School. These highly competitive schools need to eliminate excess students and will use anything to do it. Including the incompletes.

Incompletes can be erased from your record by the maticulous application of Political Influence.

In fact, It appears that your whole record can be erased by this method.

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If it’s during the add/drop time, it will not show up on your transcript…I know from experience. However, if it’s after the add/drop time, it most likely will show up. You might want to speak with the Registrar and/or your advisor.

You should be able to obtain this information directly from your college as this may vary from institution to institution. Usually there is a certain date where if you drop the course before then, it won’t count against you. I believe many professors, instructors, etc. put this information directly in their syllabus.

If you drop before the deadline it doesn’t usually count as much of anything.

But if you go below 12 credits you stop being full time.

it depends on several things: how many courses u r left with, what ur planning to do in the future, and what ur grades will b