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From: matt@srs.UUCP (Matt Goheen)
Newsgroups: net.college
Subject: Re: Topics for Discussion (really: drop policies)
Message-ID: <184@srs.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 27-Nov-85 10:08:05 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 27 10:08:05 1985
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>>> 		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.

    
    At RIT, which has four 10 week quarters per year, you get two whole
weeks from the BEGINNING of the term to drop a course w/o it showing on
your transcript.  After that, you can WITHDRAW from a course up through
the end of the 7th week.  However, a withdrawl from a course puts a nasty
"W" on your transcript.  This means you have to drop a course before you
even get to take the first exam (and sometimes, before the first quiz,
homework, etc. (i.e. grade)).

					RIT, where the fun is...

					    Matt Goheen
					    RIT (SRS - dual major)