Dropping a Course
Matriculated students should discuss the decision to drop a course(s) with his/her advisor.
Courses officially dropped with the registrar's office by the end of the 8th calendar day of the semester will receive a 100% refund of tuition, less non-refundable fees. This policy applies to all semester length and alternative semester formats. Students in classes which begin after the designated start of the semester will have 8 calendar days from the state of the class to withdraw for a full refund. Exception: students in courses that meet for two weeks or fewer must drop by the end of the first day of the class. Students registered for workshops must drop in writing at least three (3) days prior to the first workshop session in order to receive full refund of tuition and fees. A printable copy of the Add/Drop form may be obtained by clicking on the link below.
A course may be dropped by any of the following actions:
- online via the Student Information System until the first day of classes,
- fax a drop form to the Registrar’s Office at 524-8084
- mail a drop form to: NHCTC-Laconia, Attn: Registrar’s Office, 379 Belmont Rd, Laconia NH 03246
- In person: Monday – Thursday 8am – 6pm, Friday 8am – 4pm
- Students who officially drop a course with the registrar's office will have information entered on their academic record as follows:
- No course or grades are recorded for students who register but did not attend classes nor dropped the course prior to the second week of class; student is liable for tuition and fees.
- No courses or grades are recorded for students who withdraw from course(s) during the first week of classes.
- Students may drop a course anytime during the first 60% of the semester. This may, however, result in a change in student status for financial aid, veteran's benefits, insurance discount, etc. A grade of "W" is awarded to students who withdraw from course(s) after the second week of classes but during the first 60% of the semester.
- Students may drop a course after the 60% point of the term by using a Withdraw/Passing - Withdraw/Failing form; students will receive a grade of "WP" which has a non-punitive impact on the GPA or "WF" which does have a punitive impact on the GPA. A printable copy of the form is available by clicking the link below.
- Students who fail to officially drop (walk away from) a course(s) will receive an "AF" for such course on the transcript AND it may result in a change in student status for financial aid, veteran's benefits, insurance discounts, etc.