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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I get it OP. 
You're probably paying $90K/year for this year of college and have the perspective that changing your major from XX to YY based on one professor or class is not always the best decision.

I did something similar as a college student and I regretted it for years.  I ended up in a default major that I never really liked but once the decision was done I was stuck if I wanted to graduate.  My parents wouldn't (and couldn't) pay for a 5th year.

My high school senior daughter just switched to a different level of math in part because she wanted to be in the same free period as her friends for senior year.  This switch will really impact her application into engineering programs.  But for her, being with her friends in the here-and-now meant more to her than any engineering goals "i'll just apply to a different major."  HUH?  Kids can be very short-sighted. [/quote]

Thank you. I understand what you are saying about your daughter, too. If it were just a matter of switching to YY major, I'd be fine. It's just that this class - or a class she would hate much more - appears to also be required for the YY major, and any other that she's currently considering.

I would be 100% supporting of dropping the class if it were an option. She could choose to take it later or not. But now, I think she might be locked into taking it twice - and it is not a hard class, just tedious.

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