<p>Well, I want to go to SUNY Geneseo for my junior year and I'm curious about something that has come up this semester. </p>
<p>I went to Hofstra University for my freshmen year and held a 3.89 GPA and took 17 credits each semester. </p>
<p>I am now at a SUNY community college (financial reasons) and am taking 16 credits, but I really want to drop a class. Do you think that will have a big impact on my chances of transfering though?</p>
<p>I think I'll be able to get a 4.0 with the 13 credits and most likely with 16 credits as well, but the class I'm taking just isn't worth it this semester. It's at a late time that I was dumb enough to take (6 - 9 PM) and I just don't enjoy the class and the reason I took it was because I wanted to enjoy it. </p>
<p>I mean, it is only once a week and all we need to have had to do is write one poem a week (although I am not a fan of writing poetry... I'm a short story guy) and then we "workshop" them. However, it's basically just reading our poems aloud and people commenting on 'em. I haven't learned much of anything and just dunno if I should stick with the class or not. I would hopefully enjoy the last 5-6 weeks of class where it's short stories, but dunno if it's worth it.</p>
<p>I have until monday to decide (after that I recieve a W), but I'm not sure what I want to do. I'd be ok with going to a class I didn't necessarily enjoy if I at least felt like I was learning and it was at a reasonable time, but so far after 3 weeks I haven't learned anything (I learned more from reading this howto short story book I bought because I thought we needed it... ended up not needing any books for the class). And then it isn't even at a reasonable time, so that doesn't help... </p>
<p>Any opinions are welcome (and wanted), so please help me out :)</p>
<p>if you do, you should hang on in there. it will look bad if a creative writing major withdraws from a creative writing course, you have to show diversity.</p>
<p>It won't show I withdrew, it will be as if I never took the course.</p>
<p>And I would take the course next semester with a different professor at a better time. </p>
<p>It's not a horrible class by any means, but just something I'm not enjoying. I don't write poetry, but over half the course is poetry and he isn't helping us learn anything either. Instead it's a pathetic attempt at being a workshop (there is 30+ kids) with everyone giving their criticisms of peoples work. If I'm going to be forced to write poetry I want to learn how to do so first. It is a very flexible thing, but I'd like to study poetry and different techniques before just writing stuff week after week that isn't going to get better because of what some kid from the back of class said.</p>
<p>I mean, the criticism helps, but not enough to learn much.</p>
<p>So the style of the class (definitely caused by going being once a week) isn't for me. Neither is the poetry thing... </p>
<p>I don't dislike poetry, but never really wrote it or bothered to try other than in high school when I had to. I enjoy writing short stories when I'm writing creatively and like writing essays when I'm not writing creatively. </p>
<p>And I'm not a creative writing major, I'm looking to be an English major with a writing focus (not necesarily creative writing).</p>
<p>Anyway, curious what others think about this.</p>
<p>Oh, be careful trying to pull off more than you can chew focus wise. Most English Departments only allow a set number of credits. When you factor in the University wide required English courses, that means that you have to make sure you are on track with what you are told to do for your major unless your school allows one to take an unlimited amount of English courses. </p>
<p>Ultimately, the ball is in your court with this. If you know you can get away with no poetry, then get the W?! Or speak with an advisor or professor that you trust.</p>
<p>If you can drop without the withdraw, I don't see any problem. Why stay in a class you don't need or enjoy at this time? But be sure and drop before it is considered a withdraw. Is there any reason you would need to stay at 16 credits?</p>