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Have you ever dropped a College course?

Spydermag68

Spydermag68

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I am taking the last class in my Master's degree and I am thinking of dropping it for fall semester. I have taken several classes from this professor. Out all of my classes I have taken, I find him most engaging and I have learned the most from him.

The problem is that the first week?s class was moved to a Monday night at the last minute and I only found out that I missed the class the following morning. I went to this week?s class and even turned in the assignment due.

Next week?s scheduled class has been canceled.
 
Dropped about 5 in my lifetime, however I was active duty army at the time, and duty came before school, so I had good reasons. I have never dropped a class for academic reasons or just because I missed a few classes.
 
It depends. If missing one day automatically means a substantial penalty to your grade, say more than 5%, then it's something to consider. Otherwise, just do the best you can.
 
I drop the class tomorrow with out being charged for the class. I think that if I pay for 14 weeks of a class that I should get 14 weeks of class time. I am not one that skips classes and in my undergraduate degree I missed only 2 class due to sickness.

The professor is the one that called off the class next week.
 
wow is missing one class at the college level really that big of a deal?

And yeah, I noticed when I attend classes my grades usually stay up high 😉
 
Originally posted by: magomago
wow is missing one class at the college level really that big of a deal?

And yeah, I noticed when I attend classes my grades usually stay up high 😉
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This isn't your average college class, and for that matter it's not even a college class. It is a graduate class, and those typically meet for a few hours a week...just like seminars at the undergraduate level, only more intense.
 
You're a strange guy if you're going to drop a class taught by your favorite professor because one class session got cancelled. Especially if it will push back your graduation date.
 
By the time I was a 3rd year undergrad I figured out a good strategy is to sign up for seven or eight classes, attend them all the first week or two, and drop three or four. So, yeah, I dropped about two dozen by the time I was done. None so far as a graduate student, though, 'cause all my classes have been great.
 
I never dropped any classes becuase they show up on transcripts as a W. I deleted a few after going to the first class but before they were permanently on my schedule.
 
First day of class... I believe it was Social Work 101... nothing to do with my major, I was handed a 40 something page sylabus, I briefly flipped through it, and then walked out... directly to the registrars office... Bowling 101 was a much more educational choice...
 
Yes, I had to drop my Honors Calc 1 class my first year at the community college I started at. I somehow tested into it without ever being exposed to Trig. Id totally bomb any question that had anything to do with trig and I struggled through it until the last possibly drop day. Next semester I took PreCalc and then Calc the following semester. Calculus is so much easier when you have the prereques 😛

Other than that I dont think I dropped anything.
 
I almost dropped a class in some advanced signals and wavelets class. I struggled through and barely passed. Just couldn't compete as an undergrad against post docs and phd students. 🙁

edit: plus I had senioritis and other classes :|
 
Originally posted by: gabemcg
First day of class... I believe it was Social Work 101... nothing to do with my major, I was handed a 40 something page sylabus, I briefly flipped through it, and then walked out... directly to the registrars office... Bowling 101 was a much more educational choice...
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LOL! Good deal there.
 
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