I took a Linguistics, Sociology, and Psychology 'UNIT MASTERY' class, as that's what we called them at UH-M, and I always did awful. In the 2nd semester of my freshman year, I heard about how you didn't have to go to class, and that you'd just have to take the tests as you go along. Once a week you'd meet with your lab group and apply what you learned in your text (providing that you're keeping up and you're on track).

Yeah, so you couldn't freaking move on to the next unit until you passed the chapter you were on. By the end of the semester, I was ishtting bricks.

It was as if my entire live revolved around these Unit Mastery classes, and if I wasn't buddy-buddy with the lab tutors/monitors, I don't think I would have passed any of them.

I have nieces and nephews just starting college, and I've made it known to them over and over again to NOT take these classes -- they're procrastinators just like me.