Tuesday, March 25, 2008
March 25, 2008 College Drop Outs
There was an article on MSNBC about students who entered a four-year college in 1997, stating that only 54% have a degree at the end of 6 years. WELL.... I have a good idea why. I am running into the same issue with college, and my third degree. It seems every post-secondary degree I have recieved, it is getting more difficult to finish in a timely manner. With professors choosing to teach only one-two sessions of a class per semester, and a lot overlapping, it is very difficult to get the required amount of credits in a short amount of time. For example, classes here in Slippery Rock for PE majors are only offered between 8am and 3:15pm, mostly. If you have a job, it is impossible to finish this degree without quitting work, due to some classes only being offered between 1 and 3pm every semester. There are currently at least four classes being wait-listed for this fall. Very frustrating for me and a lot of other individuals.
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I totally agree! Coming to Slippery Rock with all my liberal studies complete, I'm going to be here for 3 1/2 years just to complete my PE credits! Getting classes is super frusturating around here. Classes always overlap or are not offered every semester. I think there are a lot of people in this situation and students just give up simply because of frustration or lack of money.
Hey Kris... I totally understand what you are going through... as we talk about it every other day! I even had friends who transfered out of SRU as undergrads because they could never get the classes they needed. I am hoping to get ahead of the game by taking summer classes and filling up on as many credits as possible in the fall. However, with 352 Second half of the semester being in the morning, I can't take any morning classes at all the first half! So I'm going to be at school alllll day to try to get classes in. Ugh.
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