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Chair has given me until Friday at noon before the classes will be dropped.

Now a) let's see if the Calculus professor answers, and more importantly, b) if I can get a C out of him instead of a D+. And c) if the Physics II gets missed when the grade shows up, which will probably be this week.
 
But that won't stop CT. Just everything else in the fall, and still there's no way to take that one this summer. So I guess I contact that professor too, and see if there's some other way to get credit? Yeah, that'll be the day. :/
 
The only scrap of good news - Writing was an A. Despite 6-8 absences. The journal, despite missing at least a third of the required writings, was still an A, thanks to the other scribblings I had. The papers were all A's, minimum of 90, and with the final research paper at a 97. 6-8 absences was supposed to, uh, I think auto-fail territory. Lulz.
 
I'll have to retake Physics II and Calculus II at some point, and if done at the main school, those will go under grade substitution policies, where the initial grade stays on my transcript, but the new grade will count for GPA calculation.
 
IndyColtsFan said:
Have you thought of switching majors? (not trying to be an ass)
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Occasionally. To math or physics? Those are the stumbling blocks, the courses I can't make it through. To mechanical engineering, where there's less crap about optics, waves, and other non-viewable things? Still have the calculus to get through, and I'd be starting from scratch on course progression.

To a soft major? Well, that'd be academically a lot easier, but there's not a lot of money at the end of it, and besides, I actually like tinkering with things, modifying things, et cetera. I just suck at the rigid numerical equations for physics and calculus. Let me loose in a lab, and it's all so very easy to me. But unfortunately, actually being able to use your hands is worthless (so far) in college).

Oh, and further on the soft majors - I dislike all of them except history, and maybe business. But history is a self-teaching thing, just read books.
 
So I do believe the engineering is where I ultimately belong, if I can ever get past these two giant stumbling blocks, and on the "fun" stuff that actually is relevant to my interests, the stuff with a lot more laboratory focus, the stuff with easily visible real-world applications.

Hell, I really wouldn't do well as a math major, there's not enough real-world or hands on stuff.
 
MotF Bane said:
Occasionally. To math or physics? Those are the stumbling blocks, the courses I can't make it through. To mechanical engineering, where there's less crap about optics, waves, and other non-viewable things? Still have the calculus to get through, and I'd be starting from scratch on course progression.

To a soft major? Well, that'd be academically a lot easier, but there's not a lot of money at the end of it, and besides, I actually like tinkering with things, modifying things, et cetera. I just suck at the rigid numerical equations for physics and calculus. Let me loose in a lab, and it's all so very easy to me. But unfortunately, actually being able to use your hands is worthless (so far) in college).

Oh, and further on the soft majors - I dislike all of them except history, and maybe business. But history is a self-teaching thing, just read books.
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If I had it to do over again, I think I'd do accounting and get my CPA.
 
MotF Bane said:
Interesting. So you're good with numbers, and you like numbers... yet you also like technology. And when you combine skill with numbers and a like of technology, that suggests engineering to me.
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Try working in a technical field for a few years like IT, where you have to constantly learn new technology. You think it sounds great and fun, but trust me, after 10 or 15 years of it, you want to move on to something less prone to change.
 
IndyColtsFan said:
Try working in a technical field for a few years like IT, where you have to constantly learn new technology. You think it sounds great and fun, but trust me, after 10 or 15 years of it, you want to move on to something less prone to change.
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If you aren't doing new things, doesn't life get boring? :\
 
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