mySimon student handbook

Unauthorized Course Attendance (for credit or audit)
Students are required to be registered for courses they wish to attend, whether taken for credit or audit. Students are
not to attend courses for which they are not registered. After the second week of classes, students who are attending
class, but not registered, will be charged the audit fee.
Adding and Dropping Courses
Students may add or drop courses until the end of the second week of classes through the online registration system. Go
to Simon Business School Registrar’s Office website at: http://www.simon.rochester.edu/why-choosesimon/registrar/index.aspx
and select “Register for classes online” below Registration.
Withdraw From a Course
If contemplating withdrawing from a course after the second week, please complete the Course Withdraw form with the
instructor’s approval signature and return it to Simon Business School Registrar’s Office for processing. All withdraws
submitted after the second week of classes will be refunded based on the current Refund Schedule. Instructors may
assign a grade of “W” (withdrew) or “WE” (withdrew while failing) for courses dropped after the second week of classes.
PhD students must submit course change requests to the PhD Office for approval. Contact the PhD Office at 275-2959 if
you have any questions about registration.
Grading System.
The University’s grading system and grade points for graduate students are listed below: GRADE POINTS
A 4.0 Excellent
A- 3.7
B+ 3.3
B 3.0 Good
B- 2.7
C 2.0 Poor
E 0.0 Failure
I
Incomplete
W
Withdrew
WE
Withdrew while failing
N
No grade reported
S
Satisfactory (courses graded on a pass/fail basis)
AU
Audit
Students must earn a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.0 by the end of their program of study in order
to graduate from Simon Business School. In addition, to qualify for financial aid for their second year of study, students
must earn a GPA of at least 3.0 by the end of the third quarter of their first year.
Official transcripts provided by the University Registrar’s Office do not calculate quarterly and cumulative GPAs.
However, students may view or print unofficial transcripts through the Simon Registrar’s website. These transcripts
contain Simon Business School courses only. They do not reflect other courses you have taken at the University of
Rochester.
Grades of “N”: An “N” grade may be reported when a professor has no record of a student’s attendance, when the
student has failed to appear for the final exam or when the student has not turned in required assignments. This is
considered to be a temporary grade.