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Originally Posted by ree-Xi
Is it common these days to do this? Take 6 courses, expect that you'll be doing poorly in at least one of them, and drop it? What about all the wasted time and energy spent in class and on homework? You could use that towards the fewer classes you planned to take in the first place.
Can someone tell me if this is the norm now? I was in school in the early 90s, and people only dropped if it was an emergency. And from what I remember, dropping after the deadline required a signature from the professor and your academic advisor, along with a legitimate excuse (to them, at least) as to why you were dropping.
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When I was in grad school I would always register for an extra course and then decide during add/drop period which ones I liked best. I never did it with required courses, though, because that would be stupid. If I liked them all I would bust my butt and take all of them.
I don't think this is the same situation, though.