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DROPPING A CLASS SHOULDN’ T DROP STUDENTS ’ CONF IDENCE
ŁŻƢ ŎƷ ܓ àŎƷʼnĢƢþǜ þűĢ Ʒþţĩ űŻƷĩ ŻŁ what was wrong with the class and ǜʼnǢ ŎƷĢŎĢűܼƷǜŻƢţ ŻƿƷ ܒ FþŎŦŎűłʼnþŦŁ - ǜþǢƷʼnƢŻƿłʼnƷʼnĩƪĩůĩƪƷĩƢþűĢĢŻűܼƷ ƷʼnŎűţ Ʒʼnĩ łƢþĢĩ Ŏƪ ƢĩěŻǛĩƢþĚŦĩ ܓ FŎűĢ out what the last date is to withdraw (which can be found on the Aca- demic Calendar for Fall 2020) and take the W (withdraw) instead of the F (failed) proudly. ȃŻƿłʼnţĩĩƟŎűůŎűĢƷʼnĩĩDzŁĩěƷƪ ƷʼnþƷ þ ǜŎƷʼnĢƢþǜ ʼnþƪ Żű þ ƪƷƿĢĩűƷܼƪ Financial Aid package, if the credits beginning taken were to drop below the amount needed to be a full-time student (12 credits) then their Finan- cial Aid package changes. Setting an appointment with the Finical Aid ŻDzȀěĩƷŻƪĩĩʼnŻǜƷʼnĩàþDzŁĩěƷƪƷʼnŎűł ȀűŎěþŦŦǢ Ŏƪ ʼnŎłʼnŦǢ ƢĩěŻůůĩűĢĩĢ ܒ Reason being is that while a W does ƪʼnŻǜ ƿƟ Żű þ ƪƷƿĢĩűƷܼƪ ƷƢþűƪěƢŎƟƷ܌ ƷʼnŎƪ à ʼnþƪ űŻ ĩDzŁĩěƷ Żű Ʒʼnĩ G£ and ultimately acts as if the student ʼnþĢűܼƷ Ʒþţĩű Ʒʼnĩ ěŦþƪƪ Ŏű Ʒʼnĩ ȀƢƪƷ place. Depending on how far the semester has gone, their will how- ĩǛĩƢĚĩĢŎDzŁĩƢĩűƷ ěŻűƪĩơƿĩűěĩƪŻű þ withdraw, from the inconvenience ŻŁ ȀűĢŎűł Ʒʼnĩ ĚƿƷƷŻű Żű Ʒʼnĩ à ' ěěĩƪƪ ƟŻƢƷþŦ܌ ƟþǢŎűł þ ݘڏڏڐ Ȁűĩ ƷŻ ƷʼnĩFŎűþűěŎþŦŎĢŻDzȀěĩ܌ƷŻʼnþǛŎűłƷŻ get both a counselor and professor to ƪŎłűŻDzŁŻűƷʼnĩǜŎƷʼnĢƢþǜ܌þǼƷĩƢǜþƢĢƪ still pending on whether the class will be withdrawn or not. ȃĩ ƷŎůĩ ŻŁ ǜŎƷʼnĢƢþǜþŦ ŁƢŻů þ class also has a factor in deciding if a student receives their tuition back or if they must continue paying for
WITHDRAWING CAN BE A SIGN OF GROWTH
Opinion by Aman Tewolde
A s the days draw closer to the Fall Semester, many new stu- dents have begun to plan out schedules and pathways that consist of many classes and credits while ŦŻŻţŎűłŁŻƢǜþƢĢƷŻƷʼnĩŎƢȀƢƪƷƪĩůĩƪ - ter. While support through this daunting task of selecting classes is readily available, there is a lack of support on when and how to with- draw from a course, usually followed by guilt and a drop in self-esteem. ȃŎƪƪʼnŻƿŦĢűܼƷĚĩƷʼnĩěþƪĩƪĩĩŎűłʼnŻǜ students already struggle in classes. àʼnĩƷʼnĩƢ ěŦþƪƪ ěŻűƷĩűƷ Ŏƪ ĢŎDzȀ - cult or life gets in the way of being able to properly study, inevitably some students will feel like they have ƷþţĩűƷŻŻůþűǢěŦþƪƪĩƪŻƢƷʼnŎƪǜþƪűܼƷ the right time to take a certain class. 'ŻĩƪƷʼnþƷůĩþűŎƷܼƪƷŎůĩƷŻěƿƢŦŎűþ ĚþŦŦþűĢȀűĢþłŻŻĢƟŦþěĩƷŻěƢǢ ܓ tŻƷ just yet and hopefully not anytime soon if the right actions are taken, and students know how withdraws ěþűþDzŁĩěƷƷʼnĩů ܒ While withdrawing from a class can be seen in a bad light, really it can be a savior in a tough spot. Starting to realize the class ǜþƪűܼƷ þŦŦ ŎƷ ƪĩĩůĩĢ ƷŻ Ěĩ ĩűƢŻŦŦŎűł
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THE PLOT THICKENS Stalling Dreams
W ʼnĩű S ĩűƷĩƢĩĢ ȀŦů ƪěʼnŻŻŦ ŁƢĩƪʼnůþű ǢĩþƢ܌ S ʼnþĢ ƷǜŻ ƷʼnŎűłƪŻűůǢůŎűĢƷʼnþƷSǜŻƿŦĢěŻůĩ ŻƿƷĚĩŎűłþƟƢŻþƷ܋ǜƢŎƷŎűłþűĢĢŎƢĩěƷ - ing. /ǛĩƢǢȀŦůůþŠŻƢþƷ Ã'ĩűǛĩƢŎƪ ƢĩơƿŎƢĩĢƷŻƷþţĩƷʼnƢĩĩǜƢŎƷŎűłěŻƿƢƪ - ĩƪ܌ ƷǜŻ ĢƿƢŎűł ǢŻƿƢ ȀƢƪƷ ǢĩþƢ܌ Ʒʼnĩű ƷʼnĩƪĩěŻűĢƿƪƿþŦŦǢĢƿƢŎűłǢŻƿƢƷʼnŎƢĢ ܒ ƪ SǜƢŻƷĩ ƷʼnƢŻƿłʼnŻƿƷůǢ ŁƢĩƪʼnůþű ǢĩþƢ܌ ůǢ ƷĩþěʼnĩƢƪ łĩűĩƢþŦŦǢ ŦŎţĩĢ ǜʼnþƷSĢŎĢ ܒ ȃĩƢĩ Ŏƪ ŻűŦǢ þ ƪŎűłŦĩ ĢŎƢĩěƷŎűł ěŦþƪƪƢĩơƿŎƢĩĢ ŁŻƢFS¼ßůþŠŻƢƪ܌ǜŎƷʼn ƷʼnĩŻƟƷŎŻűƷŻƷþţĩþűþĢǛþűěĩĢþěƷŎűł þűĢ ĢŎƢĩěƷŎűł ěŦþƪƪ ŦþƷĩƢ ܒ ®ƷƿĢĩűƷƪ ůƿƪƷþŦƪŻƷþţĩþűþěƷŎűłěŦþƪƪĚĩŁŻƢĩ ƷʼnĩǢěþűƷþţĩĢŎƢĩěƷŎűł ܒ rǢŁƢĩƪʼnůþű ǢĩþƢ܌ űŻűĩ ŻŁ Ʒʼnĩƪĩ ěŦþƪƪĩƪ ǜĩƢĩ Żű ůǢʼnŻƢŎǬŻűþűĢSĩűĢĩĢƷʼnĩǢĩþƢʼnþǛ - ŎűłĢŎƢĩěƷĩĢűŻƷʼnŎűł ܒ ®ŻƟʼnŻůŻƢĩ þűĢ Ʒʼnĩ ĚĩłŎűűŎűł ŻŁ ŠƿűŎŻƢ ǢĩþƢ܌ S ƷŻŻţ Ʒʼnĩ þěƷŎűł þűĢ ĢŎƢĩěƷŎűł ěŦþƪƪĩƪ ܒ S ŦĩþƢűĩĢ þ ŦŻƷ܌ ƷʼnŻƿłʼnŻűŦǢłŻƷƷŻĢŎƢĩěƷþŦŎƷƷŦĩ ܒ SƪƷŎŦŦ ǜŻƢţĩĢ Żű ƟƢŻŠĩěƷƪ S űĩŎƷʼnĩƢ ǜƢŻƷĩ űŻƢ ĢŎƢĩěƷĩĢ܌ ĚƿƷ SǜŻƢţĩĢǜŎƷʼn ƷǜŻ ƟĩŻƟŦĩ ǜʼnŻܼǛĩ ĚĩěŻůĩ ůǢ ěŦŻƪĩƪƷ ŁƢŎĩűĢƪ܌ ƪŻ S ĩűŠŻǢĩĢ Ʒʼnĩ ƟƢŻŠĩěƷƪ ůƿěʼnůŻƢĩ ܒ ȃĩű܌ ȀűþŦŦǢ܌ ĢƿƢŎűł ®ƟƢŎűł ڏڑڏڑ ƪĩůĩƪƷĩƢ܌ S łŻƷ ůǢ ěʼnþűěĩ ܒ ƪěƢŎƟƷŻŁůŎűĩǜþƪěʼnŻƪĩűƷŻĚĩþƟþƢƷ ŻŁƷʼnĩǜĩĚƪĩƢŎĩƪƷʼnþƷƷʼnĩŠƿűŎŻƢěŦþƪƪ ŻŁƷʼnĩFS¼ßƟƢŻłƢþůƟƢŻĢƿěĩƪĩǛĩƢǢ ǢĩþƢ ܒ SǜþƪþŦƪŻþŦŦŻǜĩĢ ƷŻĢŎƢĩěƷ Ʒʼnĩ ĩƟŎƪŻĢĩ ܒ àʼnĩű Ʒʼnĩ ĢþǢ ȀűþŦŦǢ ěþůĩ ŁŻƢůĩƷŻĢŎƢĩěƷ܌SŁĩŦƷěŻůƟŦĩƷĩŦǢƢĩ - ŦþǡĩĢŎűþǜþǢSʼnþĢűܼƷĚĩŁŻƢĩ ܒ űŦǢ Ěĩěþƿƪĩ SܼĢ ƪƟĩűƷ ůǢ ƟƢĩ - ǛŎŻƿƪ ȀǛĩ ƪĩůĩƪƷĩƢƪ ŦĩþƢűŎűł þĚŻƿƷ þűĢ ƟĩƢŁŻƢůŎűł þŦŦ Ʒʼnĩ ŻƷʼnĩƢ ĢƿƷŎĩƪ ŎűǛŻŦǛĩĢŎűȀŦůůþţŎűłǜþƪSþĚŦĩƷŻ ʼnþǛĩ Ʒʼnĩ ěŻűȀĢĩűěĩ þűĢ ţűŻǜŦĩĢłĩ ƷŻ ĢŎƢĩěƷ ǜŎƷʼnŻƿƷ ĚĩŎűł þŁƢþŎĢ ŻŁ ŎƷ ܒ SƷ Ěĩěþůĩ ůǢ ŁþǛŻƢŎƷĩ ĢþǢ ŻŁ ȀŦů ƪěʼnŻŻŦ܌ĚƿƷŻűŦǢĚĩěþƿƪĩSʼnþĢþűƷŎě - ŎƟþƷĩĢŎƷŁŻƢƪŻŦŻűł ܒ àʼnĩƷʼnĩƢ S ǜþűƷ ƷŻ þĢůŎƷ ŎƷ ŻƢ űŻƷ܌ƟĩƢŁŻƢůŎűłþŦŦƷʼnŻƪĩŻƷʼnĩƢƢŻŦĩƪ ŁŻƢ þƪ ůþűǢ ůŻűƷʼnƪ ŁŻƢěĩĢ ůĩ ƷŻ Ěĩ ʼnƿůĚŦĩ þűĢ ƢĩƪƟĩěƷ þŦŦ Ʒʼnĩ ŻƷʼnĩƢ ƟŻƪŎƷŎŻűƪ S ĢŎĢűܼƷ ǜþűƷ ƷŻ ƟĩƢŁŻƢů ܒ ȃĩű܌ ǜʼnĩű S ȀűþŦŦǢ ĢŎĢ ƪƷĩƟ Żű ƪĩƷ þƪ ĢŎƢĩěƷŻƢ܌ S ţűĩǜ űŻ Żűĩ ƟŻƪŎƷŎŻű ǜþƪ ĚĩƷƷĩƢ Ʒʼnþű Ʒʼnĩ ŻƷʼnĩƢ ܒ /ǛĩƢǢŻűĩ ǜþƪ ŠƿƪƷ þƪ ŎůƟŻƢƷþűƷ þűĢ S ěŻƿŦĢűܼƷ ƪǜþłłĩƢ þƢŻƿűĢ þěƷŎűł þƪ ŎŁ S ǜþƪ ĚĩƷƷĩƢƷʼnþűþűǢŻűĩĩŦƪĩ ܒ dƿƪƷ Ěĩěþƿƪĩ ǢŻƿĢŻűܼƷ łĩƷ ƷŻĢŻ ǜʼnþƷǢŻƿǜþűƷþƷȀƢƪƷ܌ĢŻĩƪűܼƷůĩþű ǢŻƿ ǜŻűܼƷ łĩƷ ƷŻ ĩǛĩűƷƿþŦŦǢ ܒ SƷܼƪ Ŏů - ƟŻƢƷþűƷ ƪŎůƟŦǢ ƷŻ ŦĩþƢű þƪ ůƿěʼn þƪ ǢŻƿ ěþű Ŏű ǢŻƿƢ ƷŎůĩ þƷ à 'ĩűǛĩƢ ŻƢþűǢŻƷʼnĩƢƪěʼnŻŻŦ ܒ ʼnþűěĩƪþƢĩƷʼnþƷ ŦĩþƢűŎűł ǜʼnþƷĩǛĩƢ ǢŻƿ ěþű þĚŻƿƷ ŻƷʼnĩƢŁþěĩƷƪŻŁǢŻƿƢþƢĩþŻŁƪƷƿĢǢǜŎŦŦ ůþţĩǢŻƿĚĩƷƷĩƢþƷǜʼnþƷǢŻƿǜþűƷƷŻ ƪƟĩěŎþŦŎǬĩŎű ܒ
DROPPING A CLASS CAN SOMETIMES BE THE RIGHT CHOICE. I l lust rat ion: Rigby Guer roro ! The Sent ry
the class. Better to decide earlier ƷʼnþűŦþƷĩƢĚƿƷǜŎƷʼnĢƢþǜŎűłƪʼnŻƿŦĢűܼƷ be hurting other classes or causing massive stress. Feeling bad about having to ĢƢŻƟþ ěŦþƪƪ ŎƪűŻƢůþŦĚƿƷ ƪʼnŻƿŦĢűܼƷ feel like the end of the world. What ƪƷƿĢĩűƷƪ ĢŻ þǼƷĩƢ Ʒʼnĩ ǜŎƷʼnĢƢþǜ is what really matters, and it can really make or break the remaining semester. Taking that feeling of withdrawing from a class and put- ting it towards passing the rest the ěŦþƪƪĩƪ ǜŎƷʼn ǴŦǢŎűł ěŻŦŻƢƪ Ŏƪ þ łƢĩþƷ ǜþǢƷŻűŻƷŻűŦǢƢĩǴŦĩěƷŻűǜʼnþƷǜĩűƷ wrong but working on doing better the next time around. College is about learning, and ŎƷ ơƿŎěţŦǢ ěŻůĩƪ ƷŻ ƢĩþŦŎǬþƷŎŻű ƷʼnþƷ
failure is a professor that follows every student on their journey, but just like any other professor, you should learn from it and take the lessons to heart and keep moving forward. Dropping a class should ĚŻŻƪƷ ƪƷƿĢĩűƷƪ ěŻűȀĢĩűěĩ Ŏű ţűŻǜ - ŎűłǜʼnĩűƷʼnŎűłƪþƢĩűܼƷǜŻƢţŎűłŻƿƷ܌ ƪƷŻƟƟŎűł ƷŻ łĩƷ þ ĢŎDzŁĩƢĩűƷ ǛŎĩǜ Żű the situation and further push their drive in coming back and doing bet- ter the next time around or whatever challenges that may arise down the road. ŻűȀĢĩűěĩ ěŻůĩƪ ŁƢŻů ĩǡƟĩ - rience and dropping a classis one ŻŁ Ʒʼnĩ ůþűǢ ĩǡƟĩƢŎĩűěĩܼƪ ƪƷƿĢĩűƷƪ should have and be relieved that they did.
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while scribing and when sitting down to review them. Communication with profes- sorsis the most underrated tool in ƷʼnĩĚŻǡ ܒ £þƢƷŎěŎƟþƷĩůŻƢĩþěƷŎǛĩŦǢŎű ěŦþƪƪ܋ ƢĩƪƟŻűĢ ƷŻ ŻƢ þƪţ ơƿĩƪƷŎŻűƪ ܒ ßŎƪŎƷŻDzȀěĩʼnŻƿƢƪþƷŦĩþƪƷŻűěĩĩǛĩƢǢ ǜĩĩţ ŻƢ ƷǜŻ ܒ SŁ ƷʼnþƷ ŎƪűܼƷ ƟŻƪƪŎĚŦĩ܌ reach out by email. Let professors know if personal struggles in the background are complicating aca- demic performance. ®ŎƷƿþƷŎŻűƪ ƷʼnþƷ þƢĩűܼƷ ĢŎƢĩ܌ ŦŎŁĩ ܮ or-death issues can still corrode Żűĩܼƪ ƟĩƢŁŻƢůþűěĩ ܒ /Ǜĩű ŎŁ ƷʼnĩƢĩ ŎƪűܼƷ þ ƪĩƢŎŻƿƪ ĩůĩƢłĩűěǢ܌ ĢĩǛĩŦŻƟ - ing a relationship (sometimes even a friendship) with the professor makes it possible to have some sort of leniency or extra help extended to ĩǛĩƢǢŻűĩ܌ ǜʼnŎěʼn ǜŎŦŦ ĚĩűĩȀƷ ěŦþƪƪ - mates, too. Be polite, truthful, and ŁŻƢƷʼněŻůŎűł ܫ ŎƷĢŻĩƪűܼƷʼnƿƢƷƷŻþƪţ for help! NŎĢŎűł ǴŦþǜƪ Ŏƪ Ʒʼnĩ ŎűƪƷŎűěƷƿþŦ and comfortable preference. It takes bravery to admit shortcomings and ƷŻ ƢĩơƿĩƪƷ þƪƪŎƪƷþűěĩ ܒ àʼnĩƷʼnĩƢ ŎƷܼƪ future employers, graduate schools, or professional schools, come- Ěþěţ ƪƷŻƢŎĩƪ þƢĩ ŻǼƷĩű þĢůŎƢĩĢ ܒ ȃĩǢ ƪʼnŻǜ ǜʼnŻ Ŏƪ ƢĩƪŻƿƢěĩŁƿŦ þűĢ resilient enough to recover from mistakes. Being prepared and succeeding initially is the safe and favored path, but in case of failure… As Winston Churchill said: tĩǛĩƢŦĩƷþłŻŻĢěƢŎƪŎƪłŻƷŻǜþƪƷĩ
W ʼnĩű Żűĩ ȀƢƪƷ łĩƷƪ ƷŻ college, one may feel ěŻűȀĢĩűƷ þĚŻƿƷ ěŻű - ơƿĩƢŎűłƷʼnĩŎƢěŻƿƢƪĩǜŻƢţ ܒ ƿƷǜʼnþƷ happens when one fails to meet ƷʼnĩŎƢ Żǜű ĩǡƟĩěƷþƷŎŻűƪ ܓ űĢ ǜʼnþƷ ʼnþƟƟĩűƪŎŁŻűĩþěƷƿþŦŦǢŁþŎŦƪþěŦþƪƪ ܓ Evaluate why the downfall came about. Honesty allows problems to be addressed at the root. Be real- istic about how many classes and þěƷŎǛŎƷŎĩƪ þƢĩůþűþłĩþĚŦĩ ܒ SƷܼƪ ʼnþƢĢ to say no. Although there are now fewer items on a resume, students ěþű ěŻűěĩűƷƢþƷĩ Żű þ ƪƟĩěŎȀě þěƷŎǛ - ity and emerge with more profound accomplishments! tĩǡƷ܌ ƟŦþű þʼnĩþĢ ůŻƢĩ ƷʼnŻƢ - ŻƿłʼnŦǢ ܒ Sű Ʒʼnĩ ȀƢƪƷǜĩĩţ ŻŁ ěŦþƪƪĩƪ܌ take all class syllabi and review all major due dates and exams. Write all dates into a paper calendar in addition to a digital calendar, such þƪ þ ƟʼnŻűĩ ܒ ®ĩƢǛŎěĩƪ ŦŎţĩ GŻŻłŦĩ þűĢ rŎěƢŻƪŻǼƷ Ɵƿƪʼn ƢĩůŎűĢĩƢƪ Żű phones and laptops to cover all bases. Multiple reminders can be set weeks, days, or hours before ĩþěʼn ƢĩƪƟĩěƷŎǛĩ ĢþƷĩ ܒ ȃŎƪ Ŏƪ ʼnĩŦƟ - ful to the absentminded, because STEPS TO TAKE TOWARDS SUCCESS Opinion by Aarti Dureja
IT’S POSSIBLE TO REDEEM A GPA FROM BAD GRADES. I l lust rat ion: Maz ie Nei l l ! The Sent ry
it keeps them on track and curbs procrastination. A document breaking down each day of the week by the half- hour is useful as both a plan for activities, homework, class, and ŻDzȀěĩ ʼnŻƿƢƪ ܒ SƷ þŦƪŻ ƟƢŻǛŎĢĩƪ ŁĩĩĢ - back about time expenditure. A comparison of the planned schedule versus the executed schedule obliges one to confront and tamp down on time-sinking habits. ÃƷŎŦŎǬĩ ěŦþƪƪ ƷŎůĩ ĩDzȀěŎĩűƷŦǢ by practicing active mindfulness. Try ditching the laptop, which can
become a source of distractions instead of a notetaking tool. Instead, try picking up paper, pencils, and colorful pens. Hand-writing notes compels one to exercise more cog- nitive power and focus meticulously on what the professors are saying: It ƢĩơƿŎƢĩƪŦŎƪƷĩűŎűłěþƢĩŁƿŦŦǢ܌ƢĩǜŻƢĢ - ing ideas, and thinking through every letter painstakingly written. SƷܼƪ ůŻƢĩ ĩűłþłŎűł Ʒʼnþű ơƿŎěţ þűĢ easy keystrokes. Colorful ink keeps notes attrac- tive and organized and upregulates memory-related processes, both
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