Leave planner: what will my attendance be after a leave?
Going home for a few days, a wedding, a trip? Pick the dates you'll be away and the planner shows what your attendance will look like when you're back. Nothing you type leaves your phone.
How the planner works
It counts the class days between the two dates you pick. Sundays are always skipped, and so are Saturdays if you tick the box. Each class day adds your usual number of classes to held without adding anything to attended, because you're away.
If you tick "I'll attend every class until the leave starts", the classes between tomorrow and your first day off are added to both attended and held. That's usually the realistic picture, and it often makes a leave look less scary than it first seems.
% after leave = attended ÷ (held + classes missed) × 100
The "longest leave" line keeps adding class days from your start date until the next one would take you below 75%.
Using the app? It fills this in for you
If you track your attendance in the app, open the planner from the Plan a leave button on your dashboard. It uses your real numbers, your own timetable (so a day with five classes counts as five, a short day as fewer) and any holidays you've already marked, and it shows every subject separately. Subject-wise attendance is where a leave usually bites first: if you're away on the two days a week a subject meets, that subject drops much faster than your overall number.
Before you take the leave
- Check per subject. Many colleges apply the cut-off to each subject, not just overall. More on this in subject-wise vs overall attendance.
- Ask about approved leave. Medical and official leave is often handled differently from a plain absence. See medical leave and attendance.
- Leave a buffer. Coming back at exactly 75% means one bad day pushes you under. A few classes of margin is safer.
This is a planner, not your official record. The college register decides your attendance, and every college sets its own rules for the cut-off, leave and exceptions.