Senior FAQ: upcoming deadlines and procedures for BARNARD summer classes

 

How do I drop a summer Barnard class?

If you are dropping a Barmard Summer class but not all of your summer Barnard classes, you may drop via SSOL. 

How do I withdraw from or elect the p/d/f option in a Barnard summer class?

Email registrar@barnard.edu on or before the posted deadlines to request this change.

 

What if I want to drop all of my Barnard summer classes (even if all = 1)?

SSOL won't allow you to just drop all of the classes for a term (even if "all" is just one class). In that case, email registrar@barnard.edu and ask that they please drop all of your summer Barnard classes for you.

 

I tried to drop my Columbia Summer class using this process, but it won't work!

This process is only for Barnard summer courses. For Columbia summer courses, please follow the Columbia process

 

Will I get a refund? How much? Until when?

Specific summer related academic deadlines can be found on the Academic Calendar (and consider adding the academic calendar to your gBear calendar!). At a glance:

Summer A Barnard classes (2024)
Barnard Summer registration opens	March 18
First day of Barnard summer on-campus classes	May 20
Last day to drop Barnard summer courses for a full refund. (If you are unable to drop a class on SSOL, please email registrar@barnard.edu by this date)	May 24
Deadline to add Barnard summer on-campus classes (If you are unable to add a class on SSOL, please email registrar@barnard.edu by this date)	May 24
Deadline for payment; students who have not paid will be administratively dropped from Barnard summer classes with full refund	May 24
Deadline to withdraw from a Barnard summer on-campus class (please email registrar@barnard.edu by this date)	June 17
Deadline to declare the pass/d/fail option for a Barnard summer on-campus class	June 17
Last day of Barnard summer on-campus classes (before exams)	June 25
Last day to request an Incomplete for a Barnard summer on-campus class	June 26
Reading and exam period for Barnard summer on-campus classes	June 26-28
Grades due for Barnard summer A classes	July 10
Summer B Barnard classes (2024)
Summer registration opens	March 18
First day of summer on-campus classes	July 1
Deadline to add summer on-campus classes (college students) (If you are unable to add a class on SSOL, please email registrar@barnard.edu by this date)	July 8
Last day to drop summer courses for a full refund	July 8
Deadline for payment; students who have not paid will be administratively dropped with full refund	July 8
Deadline to withdraw from a summer on-campus class (email registrar@barnard.edu by this date)	July 29
Deadline to declare the pass/d/fail option for a summer on-campus class	July 29
Last day of summer on-campus classes (before exams)	Aug 6
Last day to file a request for an Incomplete for a summer on-campus class	Aug 7
Reading and exam period for summer on-campus classes	Aug 7-9
Grades due for summer B classes	Aug 23
Last day to uncover a Summer A or B P/D/F grade	Sept. 20

Senior FAQ: upcoming deadlines and procedures for COLUMBIA summer classs

How do I drop a summer Columbia class?

If you are dropping a Columbia Summer class but not all of your summer CU classes, you may drop via SSOL.  If SSOL does not cooperate, please fill out this Registration Adjustment Form and reach out to your Class Dean, who will need to sign it and can submit it.  

What are the deadlines to drop a summer class and receive a full tuition refund?

Please refer to the CU Summer Academic Calendar and to this page, which includes more details about refunds and drop and withdrawal processes. If you have questions about your refund, please reach out to spsadvising@columbia.edu if you have any questions at all.



Can I take a Columbia summer class pass/D/fail?

In theory, yes, but because Columbia summer courses are considered transfer credit, you will only be able to transfer your Columbia summer courses to Barnard if you take them for a letter grade and earn at least a C-. 

If, knowing all that, you still want to take a Columbia summer class p/d/f, the deadline to change your grading option for Summer A courses is June 19. For Summer B courses it is July 31. For Summer X courses it is July 17.

I need to drop all of the CU summer classes in a summer term (even if all = 1)

Please note that Columbia refers to this as "withdrawing": this means withdrawing from the term; it does not necessarily mean that you will have a W on your transcript; that is governed by the Academic Calendar. 

In order to drop all of your CU summer courses, thereby withdrawing from the summer term entirely:

1. Consult with your Class Dean 
   
2. The Class Dean signs the Advisor Approval Form
   
3. Student fills out Summer 2024 Withdrawal Request Form for Non-SPS Students and uploads signed Advisor Approval Form
4. Student receives confirmation from sps-summeradvising@columbia.edu

I heard that this takes three weeks to process! Should I be concerned? 

Refunds, Ws, or other transcript notations should be based on the date of form submission, not the date the form is processed -- please be in touch with the Columbia Summer School (sps@columbia.edu) with any questions.  

Additional reason not to worry: Unlike summer 2021, this year as in all previous years, Columbia Summer courses are considered transfer credit, so only completed CU summer courses that you pass with at least a C- and for which you have also submitted an approved Summer Course Approval Form will appear on your Barnard transcript.

Summer location change -- How to find Dean Grabiner in Millbank 114 (Access Barnard suite) Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and 6/24, 7/8, and 8/19

Due to construction this summer, the class deans are being temporarily relocated to the offices of kind colleagues who are sharing space with us this summer.

Dean Grabiner is around and available for appointments and walk-in hours on zoom or by phone any weekday, and in-person on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and the following Mondays: 6/24, 7/8, and 8/19.

How to find Dean Grabiner's summer office:

Go to Milbank Hall

Swipe your ID to enter

 

Walk up the small flight of marble stairs directly in front of you

 

 

Enter the double glass doors labeled Access Barnard

Let one of the nice folks a the front desk know you're here to see Dean Grabiner.

Someone will conduct you to Dean Grabiner's office for your meeting

How to view your position on waitlists

To view your position on a waitlist for a course, you’ll need to log into SSOL (Student Services Online) using your Columbia UNI and password.

Once you log into SSOL, click on the “Registration” link on the home screen under the Academic Records section of the Your Data tab.

From there, click the “Continue with Fall 2023 Registration” button on the following screen.

You will be taken to a screen with both classes you are currently registered for and classes you are on the waitlist for. On SSOL, classes under the “Fall 2023 classes” refer to classes you are registered for and classes under the “Fall 2023 Wish List” refer to classes you’re on the waitlist for.

When you’re on the waitlist for a class, SSOL will tell you either your position on the waitlist or it will say “Pending Approval.”

If a class gives you your position on the waitlist, this indicates that the waitlist is automatic. This means that the waitlist for the class is managed by the online registration services. If a person drops the class, the student who is in position 1 on the waitlist will automatically be added to the class.

If a course says “Pending Approval” under the waitlist, this means that the professor for the course is self-managing the waiting list. Rather than students automatically getting into the class from the waitlist, the professor is individually reviewing students for admittance to the class.

How to set up your alumnae email address and move your emails and files over before August 1 deactivation of student accounts

 

Reminder to all May 2024, Feb 2024 and October 2023 grads: your gBear email and drive will be deactivated on August 1, 2024. 

Before that happens, be sure to move your emails and files over to another account, such as your Barnard alumnae email account!  Best practice is to do this well in advance (e.g. now) and to do it on a weekday during buisness hours so that you can contact BCIT if you encounter any technical issues.

Barnard's lifetime alumnae email service is powered by Google and available exclusively to Barnard alumnae. It offers alumnae the opportunity to have their own Barnard-branded email address (@alum.barnard.edu) and inbox. The service is separate from the College's gBear platform, but includes Mail, Calendar, Drive, and other core Google (G Suite) applications.

Activate your account:

Please visit Barnard Communities to request your Barnard Alumnae Email be activated.

 

Move your emails and files:

Follow these directions to transfer everything to your new account once activated -- do this well before your gBear account is deactivated in early January 2025:

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