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From: reuling@Navajo.ARPA
Newsgroups: net.college
Subject: Re: Topics for Discussion
Message-ID: <275@Navajo.ARPA>
Date: Sun, 24-Nov-85 16:34:27 EST
Article-I.D.: Navajo.275
Posted: Sun Nov 24 16:34:27 1985
Date-Received: Wed, 27-Nov-85 01:19:20 EST
References: <1054@gitpyr.UUCP> <43@mit-amt.MIT.EDU>
Reply-To: reuling@Navajo.UUCP (John Reuling)
Organization: Stanford University Computer Science Department
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Summary: Stanford Drop Date

In article <43@mit-amt.MIT.EDU> gerber@mit-amt.MIT.EDU (Andrew S. Gerber) writes:
>In article <1054@gitpyr.UUCP>, scott@gitpyr.UUCP (Scott Holt) writes:
>> I am on the Academic Priorities committee of our SGA here at Tech and over
>> the past quater we have brought up several academic issues which I think
>> might be of interest to the net. I am interested in finding out what kind of
>> policies and requirements other schools have in the following areas:
>> 
>> 		1) Drop policy - what are the rules and regulations
>> 				 reguarding withdrawls from classes and
>> 				 who sets them ( ie. the major school or
>> 				 the institute ). 
>
>Today is Drop Date at MIT.  There are less than three weeks to the
>last day of class.  Dropping a class at this point is the same as
>droping a class at any other point in the term -- it doesn't show up
>on your record.  It is the same for any department.
>...
>Are there any other schools with a drop date this late? 

At Stanford you have until 24 hours before the final exam to drop 
any course.  It won't appear on your transcript.  That's why VERY FEW
people ever get anything worse than a "B" or a "C" here.

This is California, after all!

-John  :-)

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