The
Drop/Add Syndrome Every semester begins with the registration day, the beginning and then
.
.
.
traditional
the trauma of the
of classes,
drop/add
form. Ah yes, the drop/add form, the hor ror of which is unequalled by anything known to modern
man.
It is
something that
every student has to experience to believe. The first exposure to this phenomenon usually comes during freshman year and
provides probably
the
student with what is
new
the rudest
awakening
to
college
life that there is, aside from the initial visit to the bookstore.
Dropping
a course
isn't that bad
as
long as
you have enough guts to face the formid able professor of your nightmares. Some
professors take it as a personal insult against themselves and their teaching abil ity. Others believe that once you commit yourself to a class it is your responsibility to see it through to the bitter end regardless of any circumstances. The difficult
part is adding a course. This description. First you must locate a form. To the inexperienced stu drop/add defies
dent this is easier said than done. On your second day of classes, where can you find this
thing? After much searching you final yourself in the registrar's office in a a million miles long, when you are finally waited on you find that they were on a shelf right behind you the whole time. You have a thousand pounds of books in your arms and in your backpack and you're sure that you'll die before you ly find
line about
ever
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get to your dorm or car. You can't leave
min.