Semester Withdraw/Taking a Break

Semester Withdrawal or Leaving FLC Form

Purpose of this form: Use this form if you need to leave all your classes this semester or tell us you're not returning for a future semester at Fort Lewis College.

Important things to know:

Current Semester Withdraw

Before Census Date: If you fill out this form before the Census Date, we'll remove your classes, and they won't show on your transcripts.
After Census Date: Filling out this form after the Census Date means you're asking to withdraw from the semester.
- You're able to withdraw from a semester once without approval.
Semester Withdrawal: Your classes will show as "SW" on your report card, which affects your financial aid because it counts as trying but not completing these classes.
Withdrawal deadline: You can't withdraw after the last day of classes (before finals). If you miss this, you'll get regular grades.
Extenuating circumstances: If something serious and unexpected happens, making you leave your classes, and you've already used your one withdrawal, you might qualify for an "AW" grade instead.

Not Returning for a Future Semester

Before Census Date: If you fill out this form before the Census Date of the future semester, we'll remove your classes, and they won't show on your transcripts.
Financial Aid and Housing: Your financial aid and housing for the future semester will be canceled once you submit this form.
Messaging: We'll quit bugging you to register.

If you intend to withdraw from some, but not all, of your courses for the semester please use the “Course Withdrawal Form.”

Withdrawing from the entire semester can impact your financial aid, on-campus housing, and other elements of your FLC experience. If you have any questions, please contact the Skyhawk Station at 970-247-7301 or skyhawkstation@fortlewis.edu prior to submitting this request - we want to help you make the best plan of action.

Contact Information

Please add a phone number for us to contact you, in case we have questions.

What are you planning to do?

Please check all that apply to you:

Withdraw from all of my current classes

Tell FLC that I'm not returning for a future semester

Withdrawal Details

What semester(s) would you like to withdraw from all of your courses:

Spring 2026

Summer 2026

Fall 2026

Are there serious or unexpected reasons for leaving?
(Do you have obstacles to course completion? Such as, severe injury, physical or mental illness, death in the family, etc.)

Yes

No

Please describe the circumstances leading to your withdawal and upload additional supporting documentation.

Please upload supporting documents for your request.

If you have documentation you wish to provide to support your request for an Administrative Withdrawal, please upload it here.

Not Returning Details

Which semester(s) are you not returning to FLC?
(you will be dropped from all registered courses)

Spring 2026

Summer 2026

Fall 2026

Planning to Return?

Do you plan to return to FLC?

Yes

No

I'm not sure

Which semester do you plan to return?

Additional Information

We are interested in your feedback - Please share with us the reason you are leaving FLC.

Other reasons for leaving

Any other feedback or information you’d like us to know?

Acknowledgements

I acknowledge that if I am receiving financial aid, a semester withdraw may impact the aid I have received and could result in the need to pay back aid given.

I acknowledge that if I have applied for or been awarded financial aid for a future semester it will be canceled.

I acknowledge that if I am in on-campus housing, that I will be given 48 hours to move out of housing once my semester withdraw is completed.

I acknowledge that if I have applied for or been assigned on-campus housing for a future semester it will be canceled.

By submitting this form, I acknowledge that my course registration will be altered for the semester(s) indicated and I am responsible for the impact to my financial aid and student bill.