<p>I am trying to figure out how common it is for students to miss a couple of days of classes for a "special event" and how accomodating the prof's have been.
We will be allowing our d to fly to Hawaii to watch her father race in the Ironman World Championship next October. The best I could really do for flights means she will miss one T/T day of classes and 2 MWF days of classes. This is the one and only time my H will do this event and it really is a big deal to us. I am hoping that if she explains to her profs ahead of time they may cut her some slack but I don't really know . FYI Her school does have an attendance policy and she is very good about going to class. I am mainly concerned about if they have a test or quiz scheduled on those days.Of course we don't even know what her schedule will look like for next fall at this time.
Any experience with a situation like this ? I imagine a family wedding or such would be similar.</p>
<p>There are colleges out there with attendance policies?! Goodness, I'm glad I went to a larger undergraduate school, where no one even knew you skipped class.</p>
<p>As a student, I have noticed that many professors don't mind absences if they are told of them beforehand so that the professors can expect one fewer student, and all make up work (like tests or quizzes) can be arranged ahead of time.</p>
<p>My school doesn't have an attendance policy except those set by individual professors.</p>
<p>It's actually a large state U but they do have a policy. Some teacher's don't abide by it, but many do. If you miss 3 classes you lose a letter grade!!</p>
<p>My son got dropped from a class the week before finals because he had missed too many classes - had an A in the class too :(</p>
<p>But OP I would not think a couple of days would be a problem.</p>
<p>Wow. High school goes to college. Do they require hall passes for the bathrooms, too?</p>
<p>LOL-My d is only a freshman, I am not sure if they let up a little in higher level classes. I don't mind it though , I figure if I'm going to pay for her to get an education , the least she can do is go to class!</p>
<p>I agree with you PA Mom. I could have strangled him at the time. It was a class that turned out to cover a lot of things he already knew so he was skating by quite easily. He did not have a lot of As in other classes so it was doubly annoying. A lesson learned the hard way. For some people those lessons 'take' better.</p>
<p>The college I work at has a policy that students should be dropped from class if they miss more than two weeks worth (which works out to four meetings for most classes.)</p>
<p>Many profs give leeway, but they don't have to.</p>
<p>In your D's case, I would let them know towards the beginning of the semester (but after profs have gotten to know how wonderful she is :)), and make sure to build up a good attendance/participation record prior to the trip.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, it usually depends on the professor. There is no way to know beforehand what the policies in her class will be. If she takes classes in the humanities that term, it is much less likely that she will miss a quiz or exam since most of these classes are paper-based. </p>
<p>On the attendance topic, all of my humanities classes have required attendance, and you have to email the professor with a good reason for missing class. Individual policies vary but are generally pretty strict. Since these classes are all discussion-based, it's important that everyone go to class and participate.</p>
<p>Hmm, strange doing's here. D says most of her profs don't care if she misses EVERY class (as long as she passes the tests!), and then she has two professors who drops students who miss five classes.</p>
<p>DD will be missing a day of classes for a family event. We told her to tell the profs the first day of class. It's a smaller school, and we have been told they will be accommodating...but it's only one day of classes, not a whole week. I hope they understand your daughter's absence...but that IS a lot of absence for classes at a time.</p>
<p>My D told her prof she'd be leaving mid-week to go to NYC, and requested any assignments via e-mail. Upon return, prof told my D she'd missed a pop quiz, and requested my D to write a one page paper relative to the subject of the quiz, and e-mail it within a "couple of days". D did the paper, received an e-mail from prof "great job!" and that's that.</p>
<p>It seems if your D is candid with profs, there shouldn't be any issues.</p>
<p>At Penn many of the kids only attend half or less of their classes. S went AWOL and missed 2 weeks of school and was able to make everything up and reschedule tests. The teachers were very cooperative.</p>