Dropping classes

[I_Love_Penguins]

I have dropped classes during my school's drop/add period in the first week of the semester. First semester freshman year, I dropped general psychology as a night class, then ended up taking it in the spring anyway, this time as an afternoon class. I also dropped World Regional geography before classes even started, which we can do.

This year I dropped Natural Disasters because the professor gave us a homework sheet that involved calculus (!!!!) in a 100 level class. I was just like screw this; I'm not doing calc in a 100 level if I don't need to, then I dropped out. Plus he hadn't taught in five years. BIG red flag. Then this semester I had to withdraw from The Planets because I was failing no matter how hard I tried. Now I'm behind in my sciences. I just hate science/math.

[USCTKE]

Originally posted by alphaxikt
Good choice - I took Latin all three quarters of my first year in college - it's the best language! You don't have to learn to speak it (since no one knows how ancient Latin really sounded) and as long as you don't mind some memorizing, it's pretty easy.

that is really the main reason I chose it...that and the fact that I can be finished with it after the fall...none of the other foreign languages they offer here would have let me do that.

[Scandia]

Ah, memories.

In my sophomore year, I dropped 2 classes. The fall semester I dropped a Fortran class and its lab because I just could not program right for the life of me. It counted as one drop, though I could afford two. The spring semester I dropped Physics II with Calculus because I just was not understanding anything anymore.
I retook it without calculus in my junior year.

In my senior year, I dropped Food Microbiology. I was taking 5 classes that semester and did not really need it anymore. Plus I did not do well in one test because it was requiring too much memorization.

I had started a Masters program in Biotechnology at the same school where I got my Bachelors degree, but changed out of it to Science Education. After changing majors, I dropped an Infectious Diseases class. Too much homework- and I would not need it anymore.

Funny how I had to dig deep into my brain. These are not things I think about often.

And in Library School, which is what I usually mean when I talk about graduate school here, I did not drop anything. In fact, I aced all classes but one. Shows you how much can a field that you truly enjoy and that matches your strengths can make a difference in how motivated you are in achieving well in it.

[Senusret I]

I dropped a seminar on Muslim-Christian Relations. It looked VERY interesting on paper, but was WAY too much work. I peeped the syllabus on Day One and was like hell to the no.

I think I withdrew from a French class Sophomore year because I was sick of the Cafretz method (French in Action) and wanted to hold out for a section that was taught traditionally.