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From: svn@sdchema.UUCP (Sameer Nadkarni)
Newsgroups: net.college
Subject: Re: Topics for Discussion
Message-ID: <481@sdchema.sdchema.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 26-Nov-85 05:43:53 EST
Article-I.D.: sdchema.481
Posted: Tue Nov 26 05:43:53 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 28-Nov-85 04:11:40 EST
References: <1054@gitpyr.UUCP> <43@mit-amt.MIT.EDU> <275@Navajo.ARPA>
Reply-To: svn@sdchema.UUCP (Sameer Nadkarni)
Organization: Chemistry Dept, UC San Diego
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In article <275@Navajo.ARPA> reuling@Navajo.UUCP (John Reuling) writes:
>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  :-)
>

At UC San Diego our drop deadline (without any record of having taken
the course) is the end of the 4th week-- in a 10 week term. Perhaps
San Diego isn't in California after all :-) or is the (very) late drop
policy just "one of those things" that the "better" schools use to keep
flunk-out rates minimal?

				Sameer



"I hate California-- how do I get to San Francisco?" :-)