have you ever passed a college class without attending lecture the whole semester?

[NikolaeVarius]

Yes I have. I went in the first day of class of course then went in for the midterm test. I decided to attend the last class session before the final to see what was up. The professor got so piss off with so few students attended his class during the year he decided to give a very hard final but gave the answer to the questions during the lecture. Needless to say I got an A in the class.

I've seen that. It was hilarious.

 

[middlehead]

Did it with Calculus in college. First day, the professor gave us a sheet listing what assignments he wanted done out of the textbook and said there'd be no tests other than the final. He'd be there every day for anyone who wanted help, otherwise just turn assignments in by two weeks before the final.

I was apparently the only one who never came back until the final, the rest at least attended sporadically when they hit a wall.

 

[ElFenix]

yes, way upper level economics class. showed up for the first day, prof wasn't there, TA handed out the assignment for the semester, said lectures were completely optional and really had nothing to do with the grade, and left. intended to show up for lectures to begin with but never did.

 

[Uppsala9496]

I skipped going to classes for an entire year and ended up with a B average each semester.
Went to the first and the last class of each semester. Received a 3.00 out of 4.00 for the 24 credit hours.
Instead of going to class I socialized. Played volleyball 6 nights a week, went out to the pubs Monday night through Saturday night. In general had a lot fun, met a lot of interesting people and traveled a lot.

And then my university changed the foreign exchange program to only allow 1 year overseas versus the 2 I got away with. I don't think they were too happy that I figured out how to manipulate the system and get a B average in senior level courses whilst not attending any classes except for the first and last.

I did learn more that year in school than any other time in my life.

 

[torpid]

I went the first day to a class, learned that the grade was 50% essay 1 due on x date with approval by professor on the subject, and 50% essay 2. Never went back to class. I got essay 1 in on the right date and with subject approval. I called about essay 2 and he sent me into a huge panic about having missed exams and studied the wrong material, but then it turned out he thought I was talking about his other class. I got essay 2 in and ended up with an AB. I later learned from a grad student of his that he barely reads any papers and that he is known as an easy class. Now I feel bad for not getting the full A

 

[OverVolt]

Teachers have a vendetta against class skippers these days. So no.

 

[master_shake_]

Child Psychology class.
Instructor offered those that were parents, a B+ to not attend after second class
3 of us w/(total of 7 children) were disruptive because of questioning her "theory" methods vs real life experience.

the theory of child care?

lmfao

really. wtf is that?

 

[chubbyfatazn]

Yep, pretty much my entire CS degree (well, the CS classes and all the ones that didn't take attendance). Went to the first few lectures each semester, then only showed up for the midterms/finals.

I don't really pay attention/take notes during class, so I'd just skip and cover the lecture materials on my own. Might have been more work, but I ended up learning a lot more on my own just doing more reading than necessary. Came out with an overall A- GPA, so I think I did pretty well for myself.

 

[Imp]

...Everything I managed to pass in second semester of first year. I also managed to get 36% in a fairly easy course and averaged 56%, but hey, I passed. Attended probably the first few lectures, and skipped most of the rest. That was so fu*king stupid.

 

[olds]

While in the Army, I passed and received 3 units for Intro to Business by passing the final exam without ever going to a class or opening a book.

 

[tcsenter]

I actually got an F or I (failed or incomplete) in a literature/essays and short stories course (with no lab) once due to missing more days than permitted without an excuse such as medical. It was my second semester and thought college was supposed to be more lax on attendance policies. I still had to pay for it so what is the big deal if I'm there? It was not the first course that I skipped a lot, just the first one where apparently there was an attendance policy and the instructor enforced it. I couldn't drop the class, either, because the window for dropping had closed. And it was over half-way through, too.

 

[SteveGrabowski]

Got an A+ in real analysis without ever going to lecture. I hated the book (bought and studied Baby Rudin instead) and looking at the syllabus it looked like a waste of time to go to class. Same thing in my numerical analysis classes. I went to one lecture and thought it was a waste of time watching the professor go through simple algorithms in painful detail. Microeconomics also; that had to be the easiest class I ever took.

 

[TheVrolok]

I skipped the vast, vast majority of my classes. Lecture just wasn't that useful for me.

 

[Blanky]

Very close. I passed with half decent grades a class I attended two lectures of. I borrowed somebody else's notes.

 

[Rakehellion]

I've passed classes by showing up and doing no work.

 

[Rakehellion]

Because you're paying for a degree, not really knowledge. 80% of what I learned in college, doesn't even apply to my current job.

For me, it's just the opposite. I hate jackasses with useless degrees and no knowledge. And the worst is when they have a degree unrelated to their field. Might as well just hired a bum from craigslist.

 

[Maleficus]

Yes, several. My biggest concern was the smaller classes where the teacher would notice I wasn't there. Talk to em, let em know I didn't need to come (most notably for statistics) and that I'd be there for test days.

 

[Possessed Freak]

Yep, a crooked Spanish instructor gave students A's if you signed up for her Summer class. See, she was a full tenure professor so she got a large portion of her paycheck added again if she taught a Summer course.

 

[torpid]

the theory of child care?

lmfao

really. wtf is that?

Is this a real question? He said child psychology first of all. Secondly, there is a lot of current work regarding early childhood and most of indicates that your early childhood education (before entering grade school) is one of the most, if not THE most, critical periods of time in a child's life and has sweeping implications all the way into adulthood.

But yeah, you go ahead and laugh it up.

 

[rednas]

I did not pass any classes like that but I did pass quite a few classes for which I never purchased any of the required books for.

 

[AnMig]

cramming works if you want to pass a test but if the point is to learn then studying repeatedly is more appropriate. cramming tends to load information into your short term memory and after a few days knowledge is lost at least in my experience.

 

[BurnItDwn]

I got a B in a 200 level macro economics class.
I attended the 1st session, the midterm, and the finals. Would have gotten an A if I had done any of the homework assignments.

Yea, I was a bad student. Hated classes and all the brainless mindless garbage associated with them. My favorite was drunken computer sciences, where I would drink lots of rum, and then write code... did quite well writing C or Fortran when drunk, though I am much better at debugging code when Im sober.

 

[OverVolt]

It was something you could do in the late 90's and early 2000's but not anymore. They have tamped down on this hard. You could practically google anything you needed and just show up and take the exam.

Most classes are structured now so that you will fail if you don't show up. Assignments given in class only and you will be out of the loop, instead of spelling it out from day 1. The information on google/wiki in terms of being up to date is basically non-existent now. Wiki is stuck in the early 2000's.

 

[kt]

I did the opposite, I attended a class and was acing the tests. Turns out I didnt actually register for that one. This is back when registering was done via phone. I was 1 digit off so I failed the actual class I signed up for. That was bad.

How is it possible for you to be taking tests and receive grades when you are not registered for the class? Professor and the TA's wouldn't be grading your exams if you are not enrolled.

 

[sourceninja]

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