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- Per immigration regulations academic difficulties are specified as:
- Initial difficulties with the English language.
- Initial difficulties with reading requirements.
- Unfamiliarity with American teaching methods.
- Improper course level placement.
- Submit Reduced Course Load form along with Registrars Change of Status Form to International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS).
Note: Reduced Course Load due to academic difficulty can only be authorized once, and for only a semester.