<p>Today is my first day of actually not going. I feel a bit bad, since I think I am doing a disservice to myself. But then I "analyzed" the situation further..I usually end up falling asleep or trying to keep myself awake for most of the duration of the class....I realized, instead of doing that during lecture, why not actually do the work for the class and study? Haha.</p>
<p>Anyone else?</p>
<p>Well, they say how often you go to class is correlated with your GPA. But this is probably correlation rather than causation…</p>
<p>As long as you’re being productive and catching up on work instead of goofing off on reddit or WoW you shouldn’t feel too guilty.</p>
<p>I feel reeeeally horrible because I keep myself myself I’m going to attend my math lecture, but I never have the energy to, because of its awkward position in my schedule. But the thing is, I’m so tired by the time the class comes around that there’s NO WAY I would retain anything…plus, the teacher sucks at lecturing 
really bad.</p>
<p>So, instead, I use that time to take a nap and feel refreshed when I wake up a little later; then, I can REALLY concentrate and start reading that day’s chapter on my own :)</p>
<p>i skip class all the time, and i really dont feel guilty.</p>
<p>when a lecturer’s slides are straight out of the textbook or better yet, when the lecturer reads straight off the slides, I find i dont actually get anything anyway…</p>
<p>instead, i can just look at the slides/read from the comfort of my bed and be eating while studying. i dont see how this harms anyone.</p>
<p>the only time i go to a class is:</p>
<p>(a) attendance is required as a portion of your grade
(b) attendance is not required for your grade, but a lot of material is said “off the slides” and can be tested
(c) the lecturer is funny/passionate/enthusiastic/entertaining (only time id feel guilty not going because i think of all the kids who were waitlisted but didnt get in and would have done anything to get into the class)</p>
<p>^good points. yeah, most of my professors post the stuff online anyway and read off of it. for math, the professor uses same examples in book, so whatever.</p>
<p>i only feel bad because i feel like i am being rude by not showing up, although they probably don’t even know i exist haha.</p>
<p>way I see it, it’s mainly freshmen who are concerned about skipping classes.</p>
<p>totally agree with W4C – I have a 9am I’d really love to skip but class attendance is taken dammit. skipped so many classes during my freshman year, scheduled class conflicts, etc. sure the first time or two I felt guilty but then I got over it. your professor’s not going to notice that you aren’t there.</p>
<p>as long as you know that you know the material, I think it’s fine. if you know you don’t understand it AND you’re still skipping… then yeah the guilt might be valid, haha.</p>
<p>skipped my first class of the semester today. felt great :)</p>
<p>Skipping class right now ;)</p>
<p>It depends on what put me in the situation that made it make more sense for me to skip class.</p>
<p>If the professor teaches straight out of the book with material I could have just as easily learned from the book itself (I’m a visual learner), and I have slightly better things to do that time, then I don’t feel guilty at all.</p>
<p>If I stay up all night finishing an assignment because I partied too hard earlier, then I feel guilty.</p>
<p>yeah exactly. i only skip class to read stuff or do hw or study. if i was effing around then, yeah i’d feel like i shouldn’t be here. i’ve grown a little more comfortable skipping class. chem 3b is a total waste for me cuz i have no idea what the eff vollhardt is talking about and so i just go through the book since HE wrote it. </p>
<p>but i just hope i don’t miss something important like for the midterm, how do you deal with that?</p>