Transfer student to UTK+ sorority

[ree-Xi]

Originally Posted by jamw90

So that way I can have a full selection of what classes I can drop. It will either be college algebra or econ. In tennessee, you are considered full time if you are taking 12 classes. And I have actually 19 credit hours, 6 being from dual enrollment.

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.

[agzg]

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.

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.

[33girl]

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.

It's January. Her semester hasn't even started yet. Colleges have a drop/add period at the beginning of the semester where you aren't penalized if you drop the class. I can understand the concept of signing up and then seeing how things work out after a week or so as some classes are a giant pain to get into.

[ree-Xi]

Originally Posted by 33girl

It's January. Her semester hasn't even started yet. Colleges have a drop/add period at the beginning of the semester where you aren't penalized if you drop the class. I can understand the concept of signing up and then seeing how things work out after a week or so as some classes are a giant pain to get into.

Yes, I know that. The way the OP describes it just seemed to me as it being the "norm", taking several extra classes at the outset with the intent to drop a few. I just never experienced the drop option this way.