We regret that you must withdraw from CU. Knowing why you’re withdrawing will help us serve future students better so we’d like to get some information from you.

1. What are your plans for the coming year?
1. Enroll in college/school only
2. Work only
3. Work and enroll in college simultaneously
4. Care for home and family
5. Undecided
2. Do you plan to re-enroll at CU?
1. Yes
2. Undecided
3. No
3. What was the last school you attended before entering CU?
1. High School
2. 2-Year College
3. 4-Year College
4. Grad/Professional School
5. Other
4. What is your cumulative GPA?
1. 3.5 or above
2. 3.0 – 3.49
3. 2.5 – 2.99
4. 2.0 – 2.49
5. 1.99 or below
5. What was your main source of financial support while at CU?
1. Parents
2. Grants or scholarships
3. Loan
4. Job
5. Own savings
6. Were you employed while a CU student?
1. Not employed
2. 20 hours or less on-campus
3. More than 20 hours on-campus
4. 20 hours or less off-campus
5. More than 20 hours off campus

 

Questions 7 – 34 list personal, academic and financial/employment reasons for withdrawing. For each, indicate on your answer sheet whether it was or was not a reason for withdrawing.

A = WAS a reason for my withdrawing

B = NOT a reason for my withdrawing

PERSONAL

7. Health problems (personal/family) or emergency
8. Experienced emotional problems
9. Felt alone or isolated
10. Felt racial/ethnic tension
11. Dissatisfied with housing arrangements/roommates/commuting
12. Family responsibilities (marital situation, child care, etc.) too great
13. Need to "get myself together"
14. Wanted a break from college (for travel, work, etc.)
15. Uncertain about the value of a college education
16. Disliked the general atmosphere at CU
17. UCB campus was too impersonal
18. Too much of a party atmosphere at UCB

ACADEMIC

19. Dissatisfied with own academic performance/placed on probation
20. Disappointed with quality of instruction at UCB
21. Impersonal attitudes of faculty/staff
22. Inadequate study habits
23. Couldn’t get in the school or college I wanted
24. Couldn’t get in the major I wanted
25. Couldn’t get the courses I needed for my degree program
26. Couldn’t get the courses or professors I wanted
27. Class sizes were too large
28. Received inadequate or misleading academic advising

FINANCIAL/EMPLOYMENT

29. Did not receive adequate university financial aid
30. Did not receive adequate financial support from parents or family
31. Could not find part-time work at CU
32. Conflict between demands of job and college
33. Did not budget my money correctly
34. Accepted a full-time job
35. Was your primary reason for withdrawing
1. Personal?
2. Academic?
3. Financial?
4. Employment?
36. Please tell us your reasons for withdrawing in your own words and include any suggestions you have for making CU better. Please write your answer on the blank portion at the bottom of the answer form.