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Originally Posted by navane
Exactly. I speak from experience as, when I was an undergraduate, I had to request a retroactive withdrawal after my mom passed away unexpectedly. Towards my senior year, an Academic Adviser asked me why I had two semesters of crummy grades and, after I explained, she suggested I appeal for the retroactive withdrawal. Because the committee granted my request, my GPA went back up considerably and qualified me to apply for grad school.
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I never bothered with this because I already had a post-graduation job lined up. Guess what? When I applied to grad schools EIGHT YEARS later, it was an issue.