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here is a question for you, if you knew the class was to late in the day for you, then why did you even sign up for that particular class in the first place? And don't say to get financial aid because you would still receive financial aid, the school would just readjust it for that semester.

And Robert is wrong when he says that the school would automatically get withdrawn from the class if a person is a no show. Things happen where a person may not be able to show up to a class but they are never automatically withdrawn from a class.

When you enrolled, you signed something agreeing to read the student handbook.

One of the things in the student handbook is an explanation of the process of withdrawing from a class.

So the fact that you "didn't know [you] could drop it" is not an excuse for anything You agreed to know.

Your professor may have been supposed to process an administrative withdrawal, but for whatever reason, she didn't. And in any case, you can't count on someone handling this for you. You are not "entitled" to a retroactive withdrawal.

If you didn't want to be in the class, it was your job to withdraw. A college or university is a big system, and things don't always happen the way they should. You are the one who is most affected by whether or not you are officially in the class, and therefore it is your responsibility to get the withdrawal processed. You need a piece of paper that says you withdrew - and you apparently don't have it.

Now, they may decide that you should have been withdrawn and process a late withdrawal for you, Or they may not.

So yes, I think you should go to the student handbook, look up the procedure for appealing a grade, and then follow it. Probably you will need to talk to your professor first. (If you are out of town, you may want to use the phone instead.) Expect to have to write a letter explaining your position and why you believe you should be given a retroactive withdrawal. And be polite and friendly: approach this as if you are asking a favor, not demanding something you are entitled to. You may well be.

If your grade appeal is successful and that brings your GPA up enough, you should definitely appeal the financial aid suspension.

I think it is possible, but not certain, that you can get withdrawn. I think that if you get withdrawn, you have a very strong case for reinstatement of financial aid. If it were my call, I'd probably leave the F as it is - but it's not my call and I am finding myself rooting for you. I hope it all works out for you. Good luck.

But if something similar should happen again, you need to take charge of your own life and you need to get a piece of paper to prove that you really did withdraw from the class or whatever.

No, you're not entitled to anything for not attending a class that you enrolled in. It is not the school's nor instructor's responsibility to drop you, it is YOURS.

You cannot say that "I didn't know" is any kind of excuse. You're expected to read and understand the student handbook, which I guarantee covered withdrawals from classes. At what point did just not attending a class and failing sound like the best option?

You made a stupid choice, and now you have to live with it. An appeal with this sort of excuse wouldn't be considered.