Family FAQ
We welcome you to IPFW and hope you will be able to find advising-related questions answered within the pages of the Family FAQ, an Academic Advising Guide for Families of New Students. If you have questions or would like to see other topics represented in our guide, please email Kristine Frye, Student Information Specialist in the Mastodon Advising Center, at fryekm02@ipfw.edu. Thank you for taking a few moments to review our guide.
How to Register for Classes
Typically, all course registration is done online through myIPFW. Alternately, registration may be completed in person with your academic advisor, departmental office or at the Registrar's Office.
For instructions on how to register, please visit the Registrar's Office webpage by clicking here.
Calculate your GPA
To calculate your GPA:
- Multiply the number of grade points earned (A=4, A-=3.7, B+=3.3, B=3, B-=2.7, C+=2.3, C=2, C-=1.7, D+=1.3, D=1, D-=.07, F=0) by the number of credit hours for the course.
- Add all GPA credit hours together.
- Add all grade points together.
- Divide the total grade points by the total number of GPA credit hours.
For example:
| Course |
Credit Hours |
Grade |
Grade Points |
|
ENG W129
COAS W111
COM 11400
Math
|
3
3
3
3
|
B
A
C
F
|
9
12
6
0
|
Total Credit Hours Attempted: 12
Total Grade Points: 27
27 (Total Grade Points) ÷ 12 (Total Credit Hours Attempted) = 2.25 semester GPA
To calculate your cumulative GPA, total your grade points for all semesters, and total all the credit hours you've attempted, then divide.
The Registrar's Office, located in Kettler Hall, Room 107 (phone: 260-481-6815) provides unofficial transcripts to all IPFW students free of cost. Unofficial transcripts are also available via myIPFW.
The Registrar's Office also provides official transcripts. Official transcripts are available through the IPFW Registrar's Office Web site or by stopping by Kettler Hall Room 107. A nominal fee is required for all official transcripts.
Outgoing exchange students must provide an unofficial transcript with their application for exchange. In addition, outgoing students must send an official transcript from their host campus directly to the IPFW NSE coordinator at the end of each semester of exchange. Host campuses may also require a transcript.
Incoming students need to send an official transcript to the IPFW NSE coordinator prior to their exchange semester.
The Financial Aid office is required by federal law to monitor the progress that students make in their classes, even if they have never applied for financial aid. This process is known as Satisfactory Academic Progress, or SAP, and it must be completed with their advisor in order to maintain their financial aid. Students will be notified by Financial Aid if they require an academic plan to be completed.
For more information about the SAP, please visit the Financial Aid web site, or click here.
ADVISORS: For a copy of the MAC SAP form, please click here.
*Please Note: this form is not valid unless discussed with and signed by your advisor. Notification that an SAP form has been completed is made by the advising office to the Financial Aid office and can not be done by a student.
Dropping classes is prohibited after the ninth week of a regular semester or a comparable time period for summer sessions. Specific deadlines are published in each Schedule of Classes so that students may make informed decisions within the appropriate time frame.
Requests for exception to this policy will be considered only for exceptional, non-academic reasons which are clearly beyond a student's control. These could consist of critical or persistent health problems, unforeseen changes in employment conditions (e.g., transfers, shift changes, or increased work hours), or similar circumstances.
Please be advised that students have the ability to drop before the deadline by a variety of means. Students may drop in person at the Registrars Office, or by contacting your Academic Advising office. Any holds on a student record may be temporarily lifted in order for a student to drop. Failure to take these measures when able will result in the petition being denied.
Your request for withdrawal will be treated with the greatest degree of confidentiality possible.
Petitions for late partial withdrawals will not be considered unless you provide documentation of the reason(s) leading to your request. You must submit this documentation along with the late partial withdrawal form.
Late Partial Withdrawal Procedure:
- Complete the Late Partial Withdrawal Form
- Present the form to the instructor(s) of the class(es) from which you wish to withdraw. An instructor's signature is required for each course listed on this petition to verify course information and the grade(s) you have earned to date. Your petition will not be considered without these signatures.
- Fill out a Drop/Add card with all required personal and class information and attach it to the form. Drop/Add cards are available at the Registrar's office, and at the MAC front desk.
- Submit the Drop/Add card, this petition and all required documentation to your advisor.
- If all parties approve your petition, you will be assigned a grade of W in the class(es) which you have requested. If your petition is not approved, you may choose to continue attending the class(es) and receive the grade earned, or you may choose to discontinue attending without a formal withdrawal and receive a grade of F.
Approved Late Partial Withdrawal will only be reviewed if received prior to the end of the semester requested. Any student requesting a partial withdrawal after the end of the semester in which a grade has been assigned will be referred to the Grade Appeal Policy through the Dean of Students Office.
Submission of a petition is a request for exception and approval is not guaranteed.
To download a PDF of the Late Partial Withdrawal form, click
here. You may alternatively pick up a form from the MAC office in Kettler Hall room 109.
Students admitted to the university as Conditional or Exploring must abide by certain conditions in order to continue enrollment at IPFW. Once a student has successfully completed the requirements of their agreement, they will be released to seek admission into their academic major.
However, in certain circumstances, a Conditional or Exploring student may be allowed to declare their major before being officially released from the program. Students wishing to be released early must:
- Speak with their MAC advisor regarding early release from the Conditional or Exploring program
- Take an early release form and an unofficial copy of their transcript to the department the student wishes to declare as their major
- Have the department grant approval of the major change by completing the early release form
- Bring the early release form back to the MAC office
Once MAC receives the signed early release form, they will initiate the process to change the student from Conditional to the desired major.
A copy of the early release form can be obtained from your MAC advisor or by clicking here.
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