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[Poochlover11]

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I was wondering if you use all your drops in undergrad do you get more in vet school or are you out of luck? I am pretty sure you would start fresh in vet school, but just wanted to double check. Thank you!

 

[david594]

"Use all your drops" ??

What are you talking about?

 

[Poochlover11]

"Use all your drops" ??

What are you talking about?

???? You know-when you are able to remove a class from your schedule by a certain date without any penalty. ??? Maybe it's another word at some colleges. But you get around five of them and you can use them when you feel you have too many credits (bad scheduling, personal circumstance, or just didn't like the class). It then removes any evidence of that class from your transcript. Does that make sense David94?

 

[JustCats]

I also have no idea what that means.

"Use all your drops" ??

What are you talking about?

 

[Poochlover11]

I also have no idea what that means.

Really? Hmmm.....

 

[JustCats]

🙂Don't keep us in suspense . . .

Really? Hmmm.....

 

[david594]

???? You know-when you are able to remove a class from your schedule by a certain date without any penalty. ??? Maybe it's another word at some colleges. But you get around five of them and you can use them when you feel you have too many credits (bad scheduling, personal circumstance, or just didn't like the class). It then removes any evidence of that class from your transcript. Does that make sense David94?

It sorta makes sense. But those are college specific policies. Not something universal, particularly not to vet school.

With vet school though the majority of the classes you are taking are Core classes. In which case if you want to drop one of them, you have to drop out of the entire semester and wait a full year to get back in(assuming the school even allows you that option).

 

[JustCats]

Oh, sorry Poochlover. We were posting on top of one another and I missed your explanation. David is correct--no universal policy. I have been to many, many schools, and at most, I could drop as many classes as I wanted. As long as I did it before a deadline, there was no record of it.

Vet school is different. It's much more regimented.

???? You know-when you are able to remove a class from your schedule by a certain date without any penalty. ??? Maybe it's another word at some colleges. But you get around five of them and you can use them when you feel you have too many credits (bad scheduling, personal circumstance, or just didn't like the class). It then removes any evidence of that class from your transcript. Does that make sense David94?

 

[Poochlover11]

🙂Don't keep us in suspense . . .

Hahaha....I can be a very mysterious person. 😀 Ya right.

I understand what you are saying David, that makes sense. Because in undergrad you have some flexibility with your schedule, but in vet school you kind of have set semester. Is that what you are saying?

 

[Poochlover11]

Okay, so I think I get what you guys are saying. Basically in vet school they tell you what you will take each semester, whereas in undergrad you have some flexibility and can change it up a bit. I am right???

 

[david594]

Okay, so I think I get what you guys are saying. Basically in vet school they tell you what you will take each semester, whereas in undergrad you have some flexibility and can change it up a bit. I am right???

Yup!

No, "This semester is really hard, so I will just take [X hard class] later".

No, "My life is so stressful, I'll drop [Y hard class] to make life easier".

Dropping a class is essentially dropping out.

 

[InfiniVet]

Okay, so I think I get what you guys are saying. Basically in vet school they tell you what you will take each semester, whereas in undergrad you have some flexibility and can change it up a bit. I am right???

Thats correct.
But try and go a step further and realize that vet school is associated in name only with the undergrad university. None of your unused drops will transfer. Think of it as going into a completely different and unrelated system.
Not only do they tell you what classes you will take, they set it up for you. You have a set school schedule, a set time for lunch etc. In short, its much like being back in elementary school.

 

[Poochlover11]

Ahhhh....okay, thanks! I was just wondering right now, in undergrad, if I should save some "drops" for vet school. But it sounds like it doesn't matter because you have your semester planned out and that is that. Gotcha. Thanks!

 

[Poochlover11]

Thats correct.
But try and go a step further and realize that vet school is associated in name only with the undergrad university. None of your unused drops will transfer. Think of it as going into a completely different and unrelated system.
Not only do they tell you what classes you will take, they set it up for you. You have a set school schedule, a set time for lunch etc. In short, its much like being back in elementary school.

Haha, yay! (do they schedule a nap time!-completely joking by the way...but it's not a bad thought).

 

[WildlifeSaver]

Isn't that called sponging only for unusual circumstances? I know some universities have it and some do not.

 

[Poochlover11]

Isn't that called sponging only for unusual circumstances? I know some universities have it and some do not.

At _____ we get five drops for our undergrad. I am suprised no one has heard of that before-maybe we are weird.

 

[WildlifeSaver]

At _____ we get five drops for our undergrad. I am suprised no one has heard of that before-maybe we are weird.

Even when you are 2 days from your semester ending? hmm, yeah I don't know if I heard of that, but I def know if you got a bad grade for circumstances that isn't usual, they take it off with no record of it ever being on your transcript.

 

[Poochlover11]

Even when you are 2 days from your semester ending? hmm, yeah I don't know if I heard of that, but I def know if you got a bad grade for circumstances that isn't usual, they take it off with no record of it ever being on your transcript.

You can't drop near the end of the semester. The latest you can drop is ten weeks into the semester. After that you have to get special permission for usual circumstances.

 

[WhtsThFrequency]

At my school, you can drop electives (electives ONLY, not core or track which takes up 80% or so of your schedule), but you have to do it within a certain time frame, I think it is only a week or two.

 

[sumstorm]

My college encouraged you to attend as many classes as you were interested in the first week, had to decide on courses by the second week. even if you failed a class due to illness, it went on your transcript. there were ways to file for an incomplete towards the end of semester if you had unusual circumstances..... but that meant you either had to complete on your own, or you had to retake next opportunity.

 

[SHEEPRL]

At the undergrad school I attended you were allowed to drop a class within/ up to about a month after the semester started.

 

[WildlifeSaver]

You can't drop near the end of the semester. The latest you can drop is ten weeks into the semester. After that you have to get special permission for usual circumstances.

Ohh. So its the same as a W (withdraw), but doesn't show up as a (*) next to a repeated class on your trans?

 

[Poochlover11]

Ohh. So its the same as a W (withdraw), but doesn't show up as a (*) next to a repeated class on your trans?

Ya, pretty much. But you only have a certain amount of time to do it, and you only get five.

 

[EqSci]

At my college you can only add/drop for about a week (unlimited). It's more of a finalization of schedules and such. After that, it's a W on your transcript up until a few weeks before the semester is over, then it's an F on your transcript.

 

[cwazy cat lady]

At my college you can only add/drop for about a week (unlimited). It's more of a finalization of schedules and such. After that, it's a W on your transcript up until a few weeks before the semester is over, then it's an F on your transcript.

I think this is the norm. And you really don't want to have 'W's and 'F's, so everyone should look into their school's deadlines and policies!!!

 

[StayingHopeful]

Ours is similar except that the window to get a W and not an F is MUCH smaller -- you have two weeks past "Add/drop" ends to just get a W, if you wait longer, you get a WF which counts like an F on your GPA.