<p>So im in engin101, the intro programming class and its hell for me. Is there ANY class at u of m where it is not too late to switch into? Like seriously I'll take anything to get out of engin101..oh and in fact i don't think engineering is a good match for in the first place, don't like physics don't like programming, etc. But I still like math :)</p>
<p>You won’t be able to “switch” per se. If you drop ENGR 101, it will appear on your transcript with a grade of W, there’s no tuition refund, it will affect financial aid, etc etc.</p>
<p>But, a few LSA minicourses (1 credit) begin in October. A few began in September but have drop/add deadlines of October (though you’ve probably missed too many classes to be a viable candidate for passing).</p>
<p>If you go to the Course Guide (“Public Class Search”) on WA, do a “Class Search”, choose “Additional Search Criteria” (in green at bottom), then at the bottom of that under “Session” choose “Second 7 Week Session”, and you’ll see a list of courses that go from October/November through December. There aren’t many, a lot are restricted to Business students, and few will be able to make up the credit difference.</p>
<p>Are you a first semester freshman? you can drop and add without the W appearing up until November. It’s a special scenario just for freshman so drop it if you don’t like it. And yea mini-courses you can still sign up for. There are many geo-sciences ones still open and they seem interesting so I even took one of them as my elective.</p>
<p>which instructor do you have?</p>
<p>nikeboy, the extended add/drop deadline for freshman was september 23rd. There is no way you have up until November, I swear if that were true, half of engr101 would drop after the first exam…</p>
<p>Things will work out for 101. The average won’t end up being below a B or a B-, no matter what the scores are.</p>
<p>Too late to edit… I’m curious. What was the average on the 101 exam?</p>
<p>the average was a B for ringenberg’s class last yr i think, so it should stay that way. hard exams are good, cuz last i almost got screwed by the first exam cuz it was so easy— to be point of making careless mistakes</p>
<p>I am 100% sure they said that at orientation that first semester we cannot get a W. Now if that is only for LSA I’m not sure but the option is there for me at least.</p>
<p>Found a source:
[College</a> of Literature, Science, and the Arts | Students](<a href=“http://www.lsa.umich.edu/umich/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=e21069f7e6a4a110VgnVCM100000a3b1d38dRCRD&vgnextchannel=00da928e13179110VgnVCM10000096b1d38dRCRD&vgnextfmt=default]College”>http://www.lsa.umich.edu/umich/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=e21069f7e6a4a110VgnVCM100000a3b1d38dRCRD&vgnextchannel=00da928e13179110VgnVCM10000096b1d38dRCRD&vgnextfmt=default)</p>
<p>Just checked the page for engineering, didn’t find the same thing there, my bad then, its only for LSA</p>
<p>average for wellman’s engr101 first exam was 74. I failed it so I was thinking about dropping but I think I’ll just stick with it…</p>
<p>Does wellman curve at the end of the semester? I know ringenberg did a curve for his class last year. I have a sophomore friend who said that happened to him. Its funny because he got a 54 on the first test and got zeroes on 2 projects and still ended up with a B- :O</p>
<p>ringenberg’s 2nd midterm last yr had like 68% avg, and because of this exam, there was like a 0.7~0.8% bump at the end of our final grades, and i made the cutoff by like .1%. so it was curved, but dont’ expect too much though.
You get to drop 1 project i think, and getting a B- is below avg since the avg grade was a B.</p>
<p>just work hard, you’ll be fine.</p>