To drop or not to drop

ZEFFER14
Tue, 16 Oct 2012 01:09:12 +0000

Hey, this is Steve. I’m a CS major here at UIUC, and I’m facing a rough decision with one of my classes, Math 415 (linear algebra).

My teacher is Haboush, and as I’ve seen on RateMyProfessor (and in class, in person too) that he just doesn’t fit well with the students.

Last week, we had a midterm, and there were problems on there that we hadn’t even learned yet! Half the class didn’t even have time to finish. I also think I got a couple others wrong, too.

Now, as I’ve heard, the drop deadline is coming up on Friday, and I don’t know my exam score yet. Part of me says to stick it out, but I also don’t want to risk getting a low grade on the exam and having to get perfect scores on everything else to get say, a low C.

Anyone here at UIUC have any advice? It would be very appreciated.