<p>just out of curiosity, is it possible to get OUT of the focus program ponce you are accepted to a cluster?</p>
<p>I’ve heard it’s possible, but a bit hard. Just email the person responsible for your FOCUS scheduling and request to be taken out.</p>
<p>If you don’t mind sharing, which focus cluster are you trying to get out of, and why? I’m in FOCUS also so I was just curious.</p>
<p>lol, I haven’t particularly decided to get out of FOCUS yet, I was just thinking about it. Actually, I never expected to get into FOCUS in the first place because I didn’t decide to apply until a few hours before the deadline, and wrote my short answer questions really fast to meet the deadline.
I really wanted one that had to do with medicine or health (especially exploring the mind cuz I want to be a neurologist), but I ended up in my fourth choice, which was “Medieval & Renaissance Worlds: Memory & Invention”. I have no problems against this cluster, but I just wanted something that would help me more in my major (bio). I honestly didn’t think I was gonna get into any, and now I have to decide to whether stick with this or not…</p>
<p>I have not heard that it was hard to say “no thank you”. I think it might be hard to change the classes within the Focus.</p>
<p>Hmmm…</p>
<p>[Focus:</a> The Program and Process: Schedule](<a href=“http://focus.aas.duke.edu/program/schedule.php]Focus:”>http://focus.aas.duke.edu/program/schedule.php)
“Students must receive permission from the Focus Program to change Focus courses during these registration windows. Students are strongly discouraged from withdrawing from the Program after registration has been completed.”</p>
<p>hmm.. yea. if you don’t think you’d be interested, then I guess you can email FOCUS and ask to be removed. I spoke with a rising sophomore and he said he appreciated the FOCUS program because while it is work, if you put in effort it can be a gpa booster. I’ve heard both bad and good about FOCUS so if the topic doesn’t interest you too much, dropping out may be wise for your schedule.</p>
<p>I’m also planning to be a bio major and premed, and because of my FOCUS courses, I can only take two classes first semester, one of which is writing 20. So FOCUS does limit my course choices. However, I was really interested in my cluster topic (Genome Revolution) so that’s why I’m sticking with it. Regardless of what you do, I think it’ll work out. After all, your FOCUS courses may help you finish up requirements early 
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<p>Best of luck with your choice !</p>