Once set, can you change your D-plan?

semamom
Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:29:27 +0000

Easy to change with Registrar, but, depending on when you make the change, you may be subject to a housing cancellation fee. Now, in the example you give: The deadline for making a change for Spring 2010 is not until sometime winter term, so that’s not a problem if you decide in the fall that you want to take spring term off.
But this might be something to watch out for: if you make the change late, the Office of Residential Life (who’s assuming your room will be vacant winter term) may or may not have assigned your room to someone returning from a fall “off” term. In this situation, I don’t know whether you would have to apply specially to stay in your room. You probably should check with ORL to see what’s involved.

In other words, changing your D-plan is easy, but there are several departments that need to know about it besides the Registrar, e.g. the Office of Residential Life, Student Financial Services, Financial Aid (if applicable), and your major department (e.g. your major card/course plan will have to be modified). I suspect that eventually the information filters from the Registrar’s Office, but you might want to touch base directly with other administrative areas, just to make sure everything’s in order.