Missed deadline to formally drop an away rotation — could this be a professionalism issue?
So I completely messed up and missed the deadline to officially drop an away rotation, and I’m freaking out about whether this could result in a professionalism violation at my home institution.
I had emailed the away rotation coordinator well in advance to let them know that I would no longer be able to attend. They responded that they understood and told me I needed to fill out a separate withdrawal form to make the cancellation official. Somehow, I completely missed that part and didn’t realize the form had never been submitted until now.
Their policy says the form has to be submitted at least 4 weeks before the rotation starts. I’m now about a week past that deadline (rotation starts in about 3 weeks).
I know I messed up by not completing the formal process, but I did notify the program well in advance that I wasn’t going to attend, so they were aware and I wasn’t just cancelling on them at the last minute. I just failed to formalize the withdrawal with the required form.
Has anyone had something similar happen? Did your home school treat it as a professionalism issue?
I’m honestly terrified that this administrative mistake is going to turn into a major professionalism issue.