Unit discontinuation penalties

Before discontinuing a unit, you should check key dates to avoid academic and financial penalties:

If you discontinue a unit before the census date, you have 'Withdrawn early'. An exception is 'Withdrawn no load', which applies to some teaching periods.

If you discontinue after the census date but before the withdrawn fail date, you have 'Withdrawn Late'.

If you discontinue after the withdrawn fail date, your record will show 'Withdrawn Fail'. This will affect your grade point average

Domestic students

DescriptionCodePenalty
Withdrawn early WDN-EARLY Financial - no financial penalty
Academic - not recorded on transcript
Withdrawn no load WDN-NO-LD Financial - no financial penalty
Academic - recorded on transcript as 'WD'
Withdrawn late WDN-LATE Financial - 100% of fees retained
Academic - recorded on transcript as 'WD'
Withdrawn fail WDN-FAIL Financial - 100% of fees retained
Academic - recorded on transcript as a 'WN' fail grade

International students

DescriptionCodePenalty
Withdrawn early WDN-EARLY Financial - a fee of $0 - $1000 retained
Academic - not recorded on transcript
Withdrawn no load WDN-NO-LD Financial - a fee of $0 - $1000 retained
Academic - recorded on transcript as 'WD'
Withdrawn late WDN-LATE Financial - 100% of fees retained
Academic - recorded on transcript as 'WD'
Withdrawn fail WDN-FAIL Financial - 100% of fees retained
Academic - recorded on transcript as a 'WN' fail grade

For details on international fees and amounts retained, see the international student refund policy.

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