<p>I am considering dropping my Western Civilization class because it is held 8 AM in the morning 3 times a week, meaning Ih ave to get up around 5 AM on those days. And there is a 2 hour break after that class on 2 days, and a 4 hour break on another day until my next class. </p>
<p>I have credit for a Biology class from a program I was in in highschool, and I also have credit for an English class for the same program I was in (so I was placed in English II as opposed to English I). Since they did not offer Biology II this semester, I had the choice of taking Western Civilization, so i did.</p>
<p>After waking up today, I realized I can't do this!
Should I just email my mentor to tell him to drop the class? For what reason should I tell him?
I already have credit for 2 classes, and I'll be switching schools in the Spring anyway. I don't want to get too far ahead of myself and force myself to wake up every morning for this. I am a freshman right now.</p>
<p>If I drop Western Civilization, I know I will take it again later but hopefully the other school will have a later class lol I will end up with 13 credits for this semester PLUS the 6 credits I recieved during highschool.
How do I go about dropping this class? Should I even bother going to it today?</p>
<p>Usually you need to fill out some add/drop form in the registrar's office. 8am wouln't be so bad if you didn't have such a long lag time before the next class. You probably will be tempted to skip the class and not get a great grade anyway. I think it would be better to drop that section. And I don't know that you owe your mentor any explanation, but if you want to, just tell the truth. Is there another section offered at later time? Is there some other course you could add at a more reasonable time? Be careful, because sometimes if your total credits go below a certain number, you are considered "part-time" and pay by the credit vs. by the semester.</p>
<p>I have a similar situation... I have a 8-9:15 class then a 1:25-2:15 class. Talk about a big break! I think its good because it makes me get my butt out of bed.</p>
<p>Platin... I hate to say it but that is your own problem getting up so early. Two hours to get ready??! Goodness gracious. Anywho, since you feel the need to take this long I would absolutly without a doubt drop the class.</p>
<p>For my 8AM class I get up at 6:30 and have to leave my dorm by 7:30... thats just enough time to shower, do my makeup, hair, and eat a quick breakfast.</p>
<p>You don't have to go to the registrar's office to drop/add a class, you usually can do this over the Internet. (web for students or something like that)</p>
<p>At MIT you have to physically take yourself to your advisor's office, get him/her to sign an Add/Drop form, physically take yourself to the professor, get him/her to sign it, then physically take yourself over to Student Services to drop it off. Ironic, yes?</p>
<p>I get up at 8:00 for class -- first class MW is 10, TR is 9:30. I have to curl my hair and put makeup on! :)</p>
<p>I hate it when students complain about 8am classes. I suppose it is pain when you have a very long commute but in the real world (i.e. after graduation) your employer won't care about those problems. I know that when you get a job you are making more money and may be able to live closer to your job but it's best to learn to adapt to early classes. But it is a fact that the culture at many colleges does not condone early classes. This is unfortunate since it doesn't do a good job of getting your ready for the real world.</p>
<p>Complain about early classes? Just because you need to get up for work at 8am doesn't mean that you have to like getting up before 8am. And it's not like we have a lack of practice at doing so. High school classes often begin at 7am, and you need to take a 30 minute bus ride, etc. It's nothing I'm not used to, but I still hate getting up that early, and I avoid it at all costs. That doesn't mean I'm not ABLE to get up that early or that I need practice getting up that early though.</p>
<p>Welcome to the real world when rush hour starts before 7:00 am. Welcome to the real world of needing to actually BE at work at 7:00 am. </p>
<p>But, you are not in the "real world" yet, and if you prefer to be a night person and sleep in later, why not? It's the last chance you will ever get to do it! So enjoy!</p>
<p>PS - Do you have to look like a model to leave your dorm? That's alot of pressure. Don't students still just fall out of bed and go to early classes?</p>
<p>In my time I've heard many students complain a lot about 8am or even 9am classes...complain to the point as if it was totally inappropriate for colleges to schedule classes that early. As a freshman it was weird to hear students complain so much but the college world is very different from high school and getting up early does not carry the same feeling in both worlds. And now as a senior with on-the-job experience, when I hear students complain a lot about early classes I just wonder if those same complaints will carry over into their job. From my observations it seems that many of the younger students are less mature than my class. One of professors says that my current engineering class of 2006 (contains high school graduates from 2001 and 2002) is one of the best she has ever had and is much better than the younger students. A high school classmate of mine told me that a prof at his college said the same thing. One of his profs had been losing faith in students until his class came along.</p>