The University Should Extend the Add/Drop Period for Classes
If there is one thing I'm good at, it is shopping. I find the best deals, make the most out of every shopping trip and generally derive great pleasure from the process. Unfortunately, State College students are only given a very short time to shop for our courses and even less time to return our books to the bookstore for the classes we dropped. The more classes you attend and professors you meet, the more educated your final decision will be at the end of add/drop. If you miss the first day of a Tuesday/Thursday class, you will have to base your judgment of the class on a mere two lectures. I may be a good shopper, but when it comes to classes, no one is that good.
University of Southern California students are given three weeks to finalize their schedules without penalty. Students at MIT can drop a class up until three weeks before the END of the semester. If a student at State College dropped a course that late into the semester, the dreaded "W" for "Withdrawn" would appear on his or her transcript. The first tw...
The demand for a higher education degree is becoming more and more prevalent and necessary; and with tens of thousands of dollars being spent on college tuition annually (over 14,000 dollars for in-state public tuition, and over 33,000 dollars for in-state private tuition on average, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics), students are forking out a lot of money for a quality education. Though college degrees are becoming more of a necessity for most well paying jobs, it is still the student’s choice to attend college and spend all of that money. I believe that as consumers of the service that is education, if students are to spend this kind of money, they should be able to control their time spent in the classroom, but attendance policies and their repercussions at the college/university level are not making that possible. Grading on attendance policies at the college/university level is too harsh, and should be done away with all together.
Sometimes Dual enrollment classes can be really tough. Therefore, when choosing classes for their senior year; the vast majority choose the most unchallenging classes that require almost no effort at all. People make this decision because they think it would require less work and obviously who would want to work hard while they have a better option? That’s where most of them are wrong! In the long run, even for
Regularly, a student receives a diploma after a certain required course load is completed. On the other hand, some students can complete high school by a means of an equivalency test and receive a diploma that way. Unfortunately, each state, district, and even school uses the term dropout differently (USDE, 1996). The United States Department of Education?s National Center for Educational Statistics has stated three separate ways used to calculate the dropout rate. The first is when the percentage of students who drop out in a single year are reflected by the event rates. The second is when the status rates reflect a percentage of those students who in a certain age range have not finished high school ...
I cherish the fact that at Cornell, students are encouraged to take courses across colleges. During the past two years, I have been able to broaden my view of the world by taking classes in various fields outside of STEM, and I would like to further explore fields yet unfamiliar to me. Specifically, I am interested in courses through Cornell’s Human Ecology College and College of Architecture, Art, and Planning, including apparel design and fashion management. Taking specialized courses will hopefully help me pinpoint the area of art I want to concentrate in for graduate studies and my future career. Besides the major field, I would like to further explore fields that I am interested in, such as Boxing, Wine Tasting and Magical Mushrooms Mischievous
Ever since funding became an option for students to use for college tuition, college enrollees, and re-enrollment rates have an increase (Singell, 1). However, some students in America attend a college or a university for the sake of entertainment due to boredom and seeing their peers going to college. Because of those reasons, these students are taking advantage of what financial aid has to offer them. Some schools’ policy for dropping out of courses is way too generous for college students. The college “permits dropping class and re-enrolling until passing grade is in sight,” this means the money that was given to these students is being wasted, and the educational process is not improving at all (Toby,
Entry to community college allows just that. Addison explains, “just follow any one of the 1,655 road signs, and pop your head inside—yes, independent film, a first independent thought, a first independent study” (212). Many potential college prospects are turned away because this self-discovery found in community college cannot be found in private college; however, Addison insists that community college is the golden ticket to regain these would-be scholars. To begin, acceptance is necessary for admittance to many colleges—not community college. In the words of Addison, “down at X.Y.C.C. it is still possible to enter the college experience as a rookie” (213). Any student desiring education, preparation, and self-discovery does not need to look any further than community college, which, for some students, is the only shot at the college experience. On top of this, community colleges provide opportunities like no college—public or private—could. Community colleges provide introductory courses that could not be found in regular institutions; this allows students to explore and get their feet under them. To find and pursue an interest proves more difficult at a college because intense classes are provided from the beginning, whether students have declared a major or have yet to decide. In sum, Addison claims that an atmosphere designed
The courses offered at college are considered valuable in their own way. Value is defined as the worth of something in terms of the amount of other things for which it can be exchanged or in terms of some medium of exchange (Value). The phrase “the amount of other things for which can be exchanged” is relevant to the college experience and skills in exchange for tuition fees. According to the Associates in Arts General Education (GE) requirements, students at San Joaquin Delta College have about 150 different courses offered to them. Students can select courses based on interest, but what they don’t know is that any course will be of greater value to them. For example, several courses such as culinary arts, foreign language, and communication studies offer “life skills” that are beneficial because they are commonly used both in and out of a workplace. Employers often seek people who are bilingual and have effective communication skills. These are some of the reasons why college students and graduates are considered “better” than the average person in certain areas. Learning and having these skills are important because not one job or career requires only one skill.
I have often wondered what it would be like to experience the freedom of choosing my own class schedule. This has to be infinitely more stimulating and enjoyable. I am also aware that college will be significantly more challenging, but I have always found it easier to study for a class that interests me. I am willing to accept the fact that as long as I am in school, there will be required courses which may not engender excitement or enthusiasm; however, success should not be as difficult to achieve due to the maturity that is developing during this last year of high school. In addition, I have gained an understanding of the benefit of being well rounded. There is value in all classes taken. It helps to know that even my least favorite subject will contribute to the ultimate goal of personal and career development.
Within recent decades, college has become a more easily available path than it has been for the past generations. In a current news release, The Bureau of Labor Statistics stated that, “Of the 2.9 million youth age 16 to 24 who graduated from high school between January and October 2014, about 68.4 percent were enrolled in college in October” (BLS Economic News Release from April 2015). When a student graduates high school, most of them intend to continue on to college. They have the idea that, while there, they can break away from all the general classes and just focus on what they want to learn. However, for almost all students, they find that this is not the reality. Just like high school, they find that they have to take approximately two years in general studies in order to attend and graduate with the major of their choice. General education classes should not be required because a majority of the information learned has already been covered in past years. Most of the courses do not benefit a student 's major, and the total amount of required hours for these classes can become a big waste of time and money.
Students go to college in search of knowledge, a new lifestyle, and the hope of a job after graduation. For many young adults, college is a rite of passage into an independent, mature new lifestyle. Not only is higher education a rite of passage, for some, it is also an opportunity to have a better life. Overall, college is a wonderful part of many people’s lives, yet the way the college education system is conducted wastes students time and money. College is basically composed of two parts: general education classes and major specific classes. General education courses are the source of wasted time and money, and should not be required of students. A few of the problems associated with general education classes are that they are basically a repeat of high school, unfortunately they can be the demise of students, they are costly, and they waste time.
Lucinda lives in a small apartment off-campus. She has been frequently late for classes and missed multiple class periods each semester. She has been experiencing a lot of stress trying to keep up with her class work and considering dropping 1 to 2 courses this semester. ...
I do not think school should be longer, I think it is fine how it is. It has enough hours and kids learn about how much they should be learning. It is about 6 ½ hours of school.
Imagine you are a student attending the university that you thought would be the perfect fit for you. And now you are finally there, after years of preparing you have finally made it. However, after a few classes you question whether this is the perfect fit for you. The cost is expensive and the hours of going to and from classes are adding up, not to mention the amount of time you spend in the actual lecture hall with five hundred other students. Your professor is mundane and your ability to focus with all of the side conversations is impossible. Almost all the material is in the textbook or online, but your attendance is often times mandatory, so you have to go and make that unwanted trek to class. Although you got to choose your schedule, it
After only being at The University of Akron for three weeks, I dropped two classes. Shortly after dropping those classes, I received an email from my advisor asking to schedule an appointment. While in my academic advisors office, she proceeded to tell me that most students who drop two or more classes tend to not graduate. These words frightened me and even made me regret the decision to attend college as a whole. I sat there and thought about how disappointed my family would be and wondered if I would be successful in college. Since then, I have learned that there is a lot more to being successful
Nowadays, universities are open place for all people. More and more educational chances have been created for those who want to acquire knowledge from colleges and universities. While registering for a college course seems to be no longer complicated, there still remains an obstacle that has been triggered so much controversy in academic environment: mandatory attendance policy. This policy, which is imposed by some schools or some professors, requires that college student must attend class regularly enough or their exam papers will be extracted some attendance points (that usually count for about 15 or 20 percent of the total grade evaluation). In my opinion, this policy is useless and burdensome to many people involved. University students should be free in choosing which classes to attend.