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From: lampson@crvax1.DEC (Mike Lampson - Loc/MS:DDO - DTN 423-6141)
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Subject: Re: Drop Dates
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Date: Fri, 6-Dec-85 00:41:31 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec  6 00:41:31 1985
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Subject: Re: Drop Dates
>> ...  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.
>> 
>> MIT, I think, is pretty unique in this respect.  
> 
> Perhaps not as unique as you think. We at CWRU (Case Tech flavor) have a
> virtually (as well as logically and physically) identical policy for with-
> drawal. In fact I would be hard pressed to think of a school that is different
.
...
>> 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.
> 
> Yes, at Case we can drop until the end of the third week before finals.
> also you can add up until then also, (I think) as long as you have been
> attending class etc. We are pretty flexible about that kind of stuff here.
> 
>				Richard Rush (on CO-OP at Allen Bradley)


	I had NEVER heard of any school that has such a late drop date until I 
	read this.  My school requires that you drop a class before the end of 
	the 6th week (of a 10 week quarter).  This is a pain since we cannot add
	a class after the 1st week of classes and taking more than 4 classes is 
	STRONGLY discouraged.
	
Another question for the net...
	Here at Northwestern University, the Technological Institute 
(Engineering School) has a 10 week quarter with finals beginning the 
Monday after the last class.  Meanwhile, the College and Arts and 
Sciences has a 9 week quarter with a "Reading Week" before finals 
begin.  What other schools have (or don't have) a "Reading Week"?

	Mike Lampson (Co-op)
	Digital Equipment Corp
	Arlington Heights, IL
	
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