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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son, at a bigger school, told me that he has issues with office hours at times.  They are all on the same days and times and he has to pick which one to utilize at times.  I wonder if smaller schools students have the ability to "drop" in more often.  [/quote]

Many smaller schools are better at that.  At my kid's school, the entry level Chem 101/102, bio 101/102, Calc 1&2, etc. have TA hours daily that are across all the sections, because all profs follow the same "lesson plans"/material taught.  So you can go freely to any TA hours any day.  The profs themselves have office hours 3 days a week typically.  My kid struggled freshman year with one of those courses, and the prof went above and beyond to help them, since my kid was always at Office hours (both prof and TAs).  For example, Sunday after thanksgiving, the prof was at the office (despite having 3 younger kids at home and it being a holiday weekend) to meet my kid at 7pm---my kid landed at 6:15pm and went straight to office hours with their suitcase.  There was a big exam that coming week and prof knew my kid needed help.  THat's going above and beyond...and it's what you often get at schools where they value students and want to help them and the profs are expected to do more than just research.  And if my kid couldn't make office hours or TA hours, they just contacted them and requested a meeting at different time and usually someone accommodated---as long as it's through out the semester and not just the day before a final, most want to help
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