Under extraordinary circumstances, students may petition for total academic withdrawal from a given term. Academic withdrawal is for the entirety of a student's registration in that term (i.e., these cases are considered on an all or nothing basis). 

Academic withdrawal from the term will be indicated on the transcript by the symbol W (withdrawal) next to each registered class. For the purposes of determining good academic standing/satisfactory academic progress, courses given W grades are considered to be attempted credit hours but are not considered to be successfully completed.