How to drop classes

Before dropping a course, there are a few important reminders you will want to consider: 

1. If you are looking to switch a course (drop a course and add a different course instead), you may want to use the Swap This With feature. Please review our page “Making a Change to your Schedule” for instructions on this process
2. Be sure to consult the enrollment dates calendar to review deadlines to drop a course. Once the deadline to drop a course has passed, you will no longer be able to drop the course yourself. Instead, meet with your academic advisor to talk about other options
3. Before dropping a course, double check any financial aid you may receive to determine if dropping the course will impact your aid. You can connect with the Office of University Scholarships and Financial Aid to be sure
4. Before making any changes to your schedule, we recommend checking with your academic advisor to review how dropping this course may impact your progress toward degree

How to Drop a Course:

1. Locate your Primary Cart in Hokie Registration
2. Select the course you wish to drop
3. Select the orange “drop” button
4. Confirm the course you want to drop has a red dash icon (and that courses you do NOT wish to drop do not have the icon)
5. Select “Review and Confirm Cart”
6. Make sure the checkbox to the right of the course you want to drop is selected Deselect any checkboxes for courses where you do not want a change to occur 
7. Click “Submit Courses”
8. If the drop was successful, a green checkmark will appear with the text “this course has been removed from your schedule”. If the drop was unsuccessful, a red x will appear with details describing why the drop was unsuccessful
9. Verify that your schedule is complete by visiting HokieSPA> Course Registration & Schedule Menu> Classic Student Schedule. If there is a class on this schedule that you attempted to drop in Hokie Registration, your drop did not go through. Review the steps above and check the drop deadline for the term