Navigating The Unexpected
What does this enable me to do?
Campus Assistance and Resources for Empowerment (CARE) staff help you understand which petition type suits your experience and offer guidance to navigate the petition submission process.
There are two categories of Medical Petitions: By Deadline and Retroactive. Within both categories, students can opt to submit a petition to Withdraw from all classes in the given semester or Drop one or more (but not all) classes in a given semester.
Review Medical Petition Types and Steps information or the User Guides before starting our petition process.
Unfortunately, there may be times in a student’s academic career when unexpected situations arise that interfere with the student’s ability to be academically successful in a given semester. Such situations include, but are not limited to, physical health issues, mental health issues, family/personal crises, or an experienced loss. In such situations, students may wish to consider petitioning for a medical withdrawal.
Please note a few updates to the Medical Petition Process as of February 1, 2022:
- For students who have not yet completed their academic program, Medical Petitions for tuition and fee consideration must be submitted within 6 months of the last day of the semester they are petitioning.
- For students who have not yet completed their academic program, Medical Petitions for academic consideration must be submitted within 5 years of the last day of the semester they are petitioning. The last day of the semester is defined as follows:
- For fall and spring semesters: the last day of final exams as published in the official academic calendar.
- For the summer semester: the last day of classes in the final summer session (not the end of individual sessions).
- Students who have applied for graduation should be aware that submitting a Medical Petition may delay degree completion.