By Rman - 02/11/2009 22:35 - United States

Today, I got a letter confirming I had dropped out of college. I received this letter shortly after completing the 10th essay I had finished this week as a result of me deciding to finally apply myself to my schoolwork. Turns out that while dropping a class, I checked Drop All instead of Drop 1. FML
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Same thing different taste

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Sun_Kissed18 25

Ya know, that sounds important enough to double check what you check...

Rhaegar 0

Ouch. That stinks big time -- FYL.

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lilmsgoodgoody 0

Who would vote this YDI? It's an honest mistake. It's a sucky part of life.

Ten essays in a week? Sounds unlikely. I study at History at Cambridge- despite being arguably the best university in the world for this subject, I only have to submit one essay per week- max 2.

I think he means it was his 10th essay for the whole semester so far that he finished this week. 10 is a lot. Also, I'm pretty sure he meant he was taking more than one class, decided to drop one class, and accidentally dropped other classes he wasn't intending. Being someone who has been very near your position, I find it hard to see how anyone can "YDI" this. The checkboxes are kind of close and the forms can be quite intimidating. It's a hard decision as it is to drop/withdraw from a class. If this just happened you actually have time to correct this. Go to your advisors and tell them it was a mistake. If you're really trying to apply yourself and do better, explain this to them and they might understand. If you intend to pass classes you are not dropping, I STRONGLY suggest you fight this out and try to get back in. It will be worth the effort in the longrun so you don't have to retake the classes you could have passed. I feel for you man, I wish you the best of luck because college isn't easy.

The college I go to (which is in Maryland whoo) lefts you drop classes up until Nov. 9, but with a 'W'. You don't need permission from the professor or the department or whatever. So yeah, I don't think this is fake.

That sucks for you if this is real, but honestly, what college has a "Drop All" button? I suggest BS. Most people in educational administration have enough of a heart to go through the work to correct an honest mistake like this that would have such a dramatic effect on somebody's life. Go talk to them and get it straightened out.

That sucks for you if it's real, but honestly, what college has a "Drop All" button? I suggest BS. Most people in educational administration have enough of a heart to correct honest mistakes like this that could have such a dramatic effect on somebody's academic career. Go talk to them and get it straightened out.

do your school work in the first place then. That's the general idea, right? geez

oreomon 0

I can understand how you would do this. Very carelessly but understandable. See if there is anyway you can fix it. Talk to admission asap.