Reduced Course Load (RCL) Request Form

Reduced Course Load (RCL) Request Form

Please familiarize yourself with Trine University's RCL policies before completing your RCL request: https://www.trine.edu/international/reduced-course-load.aspx
First/Given name as it appears on your passport*
Last/Family name as it appears on your passport*
Trine Student ID Number*
SEVIS ID Number*
Program*
Education Center*
Trine Student Email*
example@example.com
Semester*

FallSpringSummer
Year*

20252026
What is the reason for the requested RCL?*
Academic Difficulty & English Language Difficulty RCL will only be approved during your initial semester in the US. Medical RCL will only be approved with official medical documentation. Final semester RCL should only be requested once you have been registered for your final semester of your program and are enrolled under the full time requirement.
Is this your first semester at this degree level in the United States?*

YesNo
Please upload evidence to support your request.*

For academic difficulty, please upload communication with academic advisor/DSO/instructor. For Medical, please submit doctors note. For final semester, please upload course schedule or unofficial transcript.
Cancelof
I understand that if I have active CPT and I am approved for an RCL, my CPT will end on the date my RCL is entered into my SEVIS record. *

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