Bryn Mawr College

Adding /Dropping Classes

 

During Shopping Week

A students schedule must be finalized by the end of "shopping period".  Students must use Virtual Bryn Mawr to add courses, drop courses, and change your registration during Shopping Week.  Instructions can be found on the Registrar's site.

Student’s should be to drop any courses she was lotteried out of and any others she no longer plans to attend and replace them with alternatives.

During Shopping week, students should continue to use Virtual Bryn Mawr to add and drop themselves from courses to reflect their emerging schedule. Please remember that adding a course online does not guarantee you a seat in the course.  If you would like to add a course during shopping week, professors' must give you permission to add the course.  This may happen a few ways:

• Attend the course on the first day of class, if the professor tells everyone who is there that they have a seat
• The professor announces that there will be a second-round lottery after the first day of class, explained by the professor, and a student then appears on the list of people who have been admitted to the class.
• For courses that have reached their capacity, the professor will give a student a permission number that will allow her to add a course. For complete instructions, see are here.
  
  

If you are confused about your status in any particular course, you should attempt to get an answer from the faculty member. You may also consult your Dean about the best way to proceed.

Dropping a Quarter Course

Students have until the end of the 1st week of the quarter to drop a quarter course.  Quarter courses cannot be considered 5th courses for 5th course drops.  Drops after the first week are considered withdrawals.

Dropping a 5th Class

Students may also drop a fifth course any time up until the end of the third week of class.  Virtual Bryn Mawr will not permit such changes after Confirmation of Registration.  Students should come to the Dean's Office on the Lower Level of Guild where they can fill out a "Fifth Course Drop Form" and leave it for their dean to review and sign. No appointment is necessary.

 

Withdrawals

Students that drop courses after the appropriate deadline are considered withdrawn from the course and a WD will appear on the student's transcript.  All drops after the end of Confirmation of Registration should be submitted on a paper drop form available at the Dean's Office.

 

Review Schedule

Students are responsible for reviewing their own schedules in Virtual Bryn Mawr prior to the end of the term.  If your registration does not match the courses you are attending (even if the professor knows you are in the class), please see your Dean to add and drop the appropriate classes.  Check that:

• Your registration shows the right section (including lab section) of a course
• There are no extra classes (including courses from Swarthmore or Penn) that appear on your schedule
• That you are not attending a class that isn't on your schedule.

If a course isn't on your schedule that you are attending, your professor cannot submit a grade for you and you cannot receive credit.  If a course is listed that you are no longer attending, even if you only shopped it, be sure to request a drop as soon as possible, so you do not receive a failure (0.0) in the course.  Final reviews of your schedule should take place at least two weeks prior to the end of the semester.