WITHDRAWAL FORM
Name: _____________________________________________ Date: __________________________
Date you entered Bennington: ___________________Current Term: _________________________
Faculty Advisor: _____________________________________________________________________
Campus house/address: _______________________________________________________________
Permanent Address: __________________________________________________________________
City: _____________________________________State: __________ Zip: ______________________
Phone #: __________________________________Email: ____________________________________
Withdrawal effective:
Check one: □ Fall □ Spring Year _________
Check one: □ end-of-term withdrawal □ mid-term withdrawal
If a mid-term withdrawal, date of last class attended: _____________________________________
If you are withdrawing during FWT, do you plan to complete your FWT? □ Yes □ No
Please summarize your reasons for withdrawing:
When you were choosing colleges, was Bennington your first choice? □ Yes □ No
Please comment briefly on your experience as an advisee at Bennington:
Please mark below the importance of the following factors in your decision to leave:
My experience of Bennington’s academic programs
□ Major reason □ Minor reason □ Not a reason
If you checked major or minor reason, please comment.
Quality of my academic performance
□ Major reason □ Minor reason □ Not a reason
If you checked major or minor reason, please comment.
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My experience of Bennington’s residential/social life
□ Major reason □ Minor reason □ Not a reason
If you checked major or minor reason, please comment.
Financial Issues
□ Major reason □ Minor reason □ Not a reason
If you checked major or minor reason, please comment.
Have you met with anyone from the financial aid office to discuss your concerns? □ Yes □ No
Health Issues
□ Major reason □ Minor reason □ Not a reason
If you checked major or minor reason, please comment.
This is an official notice of withdrawal from Bennington College. If the College is in session, you must
meet with an Academic Services staff member before leaving Bennington (and the Financial Aid Office,
if applicable). If you wish to apply for readmission at some time in the future, you must do so in
writing to the Provost and Dean’s Office by April 1 for re-entry in the following fall term and by
October 1 for reentry in the following spring term. Re-entry after withdrawal is at the sole discretion of
the College.
I understand that there will be a transcript evaluation charge per term payable if I return to Bennington
College and if I take classes while away and credit is transferred.
Student’s signature: __________________________________________ Date: ___________________
Provost and Dean’s Office signature: ___________________________ Date: ___________________
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