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OVERVIEW
The CAP reviews petitions from students requesting exceptions
to established academic policies and deadlines. Each petition
must provide a clear, concise explanation of the student's request
and corroborating statements of support from MIT personnel.
The following procedure pertains to all petitions:
1. Visit Types of Petitions
to find your specific petition request, and follow the link
to a page with a downloadable form and additional information.
2. After downloading and printing the petition form,
complete the top section and the student statement, explaining
your request. Sign the petition.
3. Bring the petition to your academic advisor and other
Institute personnel as needed. Be certain to obtain signatures
and statements from each person as appropriate.
4. Make two copies of the original petition: one for
yourself and one for your academic advisor. Give your advisor
his or her copy.
5. Submit the original petition, complete with signatures
and supporting materials, to the Office of Undergraduate Advising and Academic Programming (UAAP) in 7-104.
Separate petition
request forms must be submitted for each request a student would
like to make;
the Committee considers each request individually. The CAP may
choose to approve one petition request and deny another based
on the individual merits of each case.
Students submitting multiple requests
at once must obtain separate signatures and statements
for each form. The top portion of each petition request
must be complete (and not only reference other petition forms).
Previous signatures obtained on an add/drop form cannot be substituted
for signatures on a petition. Incomplete petitions will either
be returned to the student or held in 7-104 (and the student notified
via email). The Committee will not review a petition until it
is complete.
A $40 processing
fee will be charged to a student's
MIT account by the Registrar's Office for each petition that is
approved (no fee is charged for petitions which are denied). Several
petition requests approved at the same time will be charged only
one processing fee (as they will be handled together).
NOTE:
Effective January 31,
2005, In the absence of
compelling, extraordinary circumstances,
the CAP will not
approve petitions to late add
UROP subjects. You can add UROP subjects
to your registration up until Drop Date
each term. See the Late
Add section for additional details
Students with questions about the petition process should contact
the CAP.
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