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From: c55-hc@ucbbuddy.BERKELEY.EDU (Brent Chapman)
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Subject: Re: Drop dates for classes
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Date: Sat, 23-Nov-85 21:55:47 EST
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In article <43@mit-amt.MIT.EDU> gerber@mit-amt.MIT.EDU (Andrew S. Gerber) writes:
>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?  Oh - also at
>MIT you can add a course (with the permission of the instructor --
>there's usually no reason for them to object) up until the 5th week of
>the term.

Here at UC Berkeley, drop date is the end of the fifth week of classes.
By this time, MOST classes (but, unfortunately, not all) have already had
at least one midterm as well as several assignments.  Personally, I would
like to see the drop date pushed back until the eight or tenth week or
so, but I can see where that would cause problems.  For one thing, students
would tend to sign up for more classes than they intended to complete, thus
increasing Cal's chronic over-crowding problems.

Rumor has it that down on the farm (Stanford, for those blissfully unaware)
students may drop a class right up until 24 hours prior to the final exam.
I can't confirm or deny this, and I have no idea what penalties if any
are exacted.

Brent Chapman
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