To the undergrads: How many hours of class do you attend?
Sup Guys,
How often do you go to class? Personally, I have not missed a lecture all year... let's see how long this lasts. Are there certain classes you NEVER go to?
People who work can comment, too (if they recall their undergraduate days)
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... It's September. Are you really just saying you haven't missed a lecture in a couple of weeks? Congrats. I guess.
I had an 85-90% hit rate in undergrad and roughly an 80% hit rate in b-school.
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I had like a 20% hit rate in UG. Sheesh, you people are really diligent.
The school year just started lol. I'm currently in my sophomore year. I missed two classes last year during my freshman year.
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I want to say about 75 - 80% of the time I go to class. I never miss any of my quantitative classes or classes where the textbook is totally useless and you are dependent on the professor (who might suck at teaching).
When I miss class, its due to either informational interviews, actual interviews or because I have multiple tests and projects coming up thus I need the free time. I work 20 - 30 hours a week (slightly flexible) so I face time crunches often and missing classes is the only way to make up for that.
Classes I don't mind missing are the ones where the class is right out of the textbook or can be learned (easily or tediously) out of a textbook/online.
Approx. percentage of classes I attended: Freshman year - 70% Sophomore year - 40% Junior year - 70% (lots of attendance-required) Senior year - 10% (I think I went to a total of 10 classes my entire senior spring)
During my senior year I missed a few classes because I slept in. My first class of the day started at 2:00 pm. Those were the days.
I miss sleeping through my 5pm classes
Attended nearly all of my undergraduate classes. I know it's a problem for some people, but I could focus well during lectures and they were a good/efficient supplement to my reading (good overview of key points). You have so much free time during university anyway, I don't see the point of skipping the classes especially since you'll have to spend even more self study time to make up for the missed classes.
I still listen to/watch a handful of lectures on itunes every week for the same reason (rarely finance/business these days) even though it's been years since I was at university. Might go for a graduate degree soon.
Probably around 50% but almost all classes in college can be self taught so it isn't as big of a deal. I don't understand how people in this thread are making a point saying that undergrads have a ton of free time. I was an above average student in hs with straight A's and I'm barely getting through college with good grades. College has taken all nighters, 20 hours study days and only going out one day every two/three weeks during rough stretches. This being said, I'm not particularly strong or interested in math/science/economics and find them to be difficult subjects to learn at a fast rate. If all I was learning was foreign language, English and history/anthropology then I'd probably have an 80-90% hit rate as well lol.
Why are people saying "hit rate" all over this thread?
My school has a strict 3 absence policy. =[
Although, a doctor's note of any kind gets you around the policy.
only go to class when they have attendance policies. i think just about all classes can be self-taught from lecture notes and textbooks other than like real analysis/proof math classes
Makes sense, man.
What's the real opportunity cost of attending classes? It seems like a great way to supplement your studying. I don't get why you wouldn't want to attend.
Hangover recovery was probably my #1 during undergrad. Also, day drinking.
I plan ahead to see if I can skip if I know nothing will be done for an upcoming class.
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