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I withdrew from organic chemistry I for various reasons.
1.) The structure of the class was such that i was not learning anything. My professor decided to do a PBL type approach to organic chemistry and it was HORRIBLE. We had workbook, would get into groups with peers and try to work through problems. We had no background of organic chemistry and nothing made sense as there was no lecture and the professor would not answer questions. I've determined i am NOT a PBL type learner. I knew this was a very important course and this is one reason why i decided to withdraw. I knew if i could take this as a lecture based class i would build a much more stable foundation.
2.) My school did not offer a lab with Organic Chemistry I. I would have ended up with 7 hours of organic chemstry. 6 lecture hours and one lab hour. We would only have lab with Organic Chemistry II. Most dental schools require 8 semester hours of Organic. How this was supposed to work i have no idea.
3.) I decided to transfer schools during the middle of the year. I transferred to a different university during my sophomore year. I talked to my organic professor and he told me that it was better to take the full year of organic at the same university as subjects that will be covered could vary widely. Also, the school i transferred to required two lab courses (one with each lecture based class.) I would have had to take the lab course for organic one an entire year AFTER i had finished organic one.
Do you think these are legitimate reasons for withdrawing from the course? I know it's important to be able to explain your withdrawls and i'm trying to formulate responses i'll have to that question.
1.) The structure of the class was such that i was not learning anything. My professor decided to do a PBL type approach to organic chemistry and it was HORRIBLE. We had workbook, would get into groups with peers and try to work through problems. We had no background of organic chemistry and nothing made sense as there was no lecture and the professor would not answer questions. I've determined i am NOT a PBL type learner. I knew this was a very important course and this is one reason why i decided to withdraw. I knew if i could take this as a lecture based class i would build a much more stable foundation.
2.) My school did not offer a lab with Organic Chemistry I. I would have ended up with 7 hours of organic chemstry. 6 lecture hours and one lab hour. We would only have lab with Organic Chemistry II. Most dental schools require 8 semester hours of Organic. How this was supposed to work i have no idea.
3.) I decided to transfer schools during the middle of the year. I transferred to a different university during my sophomore year. I talked to my organic professor and he told me that it was better to take the full year of organic at the same university as subjects that will be covered could vary widely. Also, the school i transferred to required two lab courses (one with each lecture based class.) I would have had to take the lab course for organic one an entire year AFTER i had finished organic one.
Do you think these are legitimate reasons for withdrawing from the course? I know it's important to be able to explain your withdrawls and i'm trying to formulate responses i'll have to that question.
