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We have a post-term withdrawal form initiated by the program director and approved by the Graduate Dean and the VCAA. </div>
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I typically look for some compelling reason with documentation before approving those.</div>
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<div>We too use the same policy as undergraduates.</div>
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<div>We use the same retroactive drop form/process for graduate students that we have for undergrads. The request goes straight to the Dean and he/she makes the final decision.</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="x_gmail_attr">On Thu, Aug 7, 2025 at 8:05 AM Eddie Lyons <<a href="mailto:elyons@mcneese.edu" target="_blank">elyons@mcneese.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
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Does anyone have a policy that allows graduate students to retroactively appeal to withdraw from a class after the semester is over. McNeese has this for undergraduates, and we have a committee to review the documentation from a student appeal, but it has never
been applied to a grad student. I'm curious how you handle these situations when they arise?</div>
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