<p>the semester ended a few weeks ago. for all the classes that i took, i taught the material to myself only through the book. the lectures were utterly useless. i am extremely ****ed for paying 10K a semester so i can read books on my own. does anyone know is there exists some sort of an exam that would skip you out of so many classes?</p>
<p>Where are you going to school? Ask if you can take tests to be exempted from general classes?</p>
<p>-Jerod</p>
<p>You may want to look into the CLEP exams… I can kind of relate to what you mean about just learning it yourself through a book. But just keep in mind that once you’re done with your core classes and get into the “nitty-gritty,” it’s supposed to get better – or rather the real learning is supposed to start.</p>
<p>i heard about “challenging” a course by takin the exam n everythin but if that’s not available in ur school then…
also a friend a mine dropped french and spanish n took things like mun and yearbook instead and jus took the ap exams for those classes as they count as credit anyway… (for college) but if ur short on high school credit than i dont kno wut else 2 suggest</p>
<p>CLEP (the thing Mosby mentioned)is available for several basic general ed. course.</p>
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<p>Your school might also have independent learning courses.</p>
<p>thanks for the advice evreyone.
but of course boston university doesnt accepy clep 
of course, then they wouldnt be screwing students out of money.</p>
<p>hey, were you in ma541, py251, or cl261? because i was thinking the same thing as you.</p>
<p>your thoughts are absolutely right, so my advice to you would be: [a] overload as much as you can, but make sure that most of your professors don’t take off points for being absent as long as you do the work. thus, you can get credit for six classes even though you show up for two. (plus, this way you can get prereqs out of the way and have a lot more higher level classes open to you in junior and senior years. or, alternatively, you can graduate in three years.)</p>
<p>** contact someone at BU about applying for scholarships. some of the scholarships they have for freshman students, afaik, they reserve a limited number for returning/transfer students. if you taught yourself all the material through the book well enough, you should easily have at least a 3.5 gpa, if not a 4.0.</p>
<p>[c] schedule all the classes that you have to go to on tuesday/thursday, and get as close to a full-time job as you can. obviously, you still want time to enjoy college, but if you can get a job that pays well (i.e. better than the $8/hr at cvs), you might be able to cover a good portion of that $10k yourself, in which case you don’t have to feel bad about skipping class. ;)</p>
<p>[d] unless you’re in love with the place, consider transferring. there are a substantial number of colleges, especially on the same tier as bu, that offer merit aid, and some of them might be open to transfer sophomores, though you should definitely check. three years is still ample time to settle in, and it would probably be a lot easier knowing that you’re only paying for room and board.</p>
<p>either take more interesting classes or transfer. or try to find more passion for the subjects you’re taking…?</p>