Amanda Leonard's short opinion article explains an unknown option Wilkes students have pertaining to each departments often required 101 courses, that being the option to test out of them at a fee of only $90 per credit.She also voices her opinion on that fact that the school and advisers seldom, if ever, inform student's of this option when they could be taking higher-level classes that pertain to their major rather than spend time on subjects they were already exposed to.
In reaction to her article, I believe there are many reasons the school fails to inform students of this "testing-out" option to entry level courses. For instance, she doesn't clearly explain whether or not the student then receives those credits on their transcript or if it simply allows them to take higher level courses. If it's the case that they don't receive the credits, advisers may not inform students due to the fact that they would have less opportunity to earn enough credits to graduate. Unfortunately, the more likely answer as to why advisers neglect to inform students of this option is the thousands of dollars the school would lose if a student tested-out of most of their 101 classes!
Jeremy,
ReplyDeleteI am one of those students that was not aware of this option. My advisor had never even mentioned this to me, and I wish that I had been told about this before having to take some of the entry level courses here. Hopefully more advisors will start informing students so that they do not end up in the same situation.
Jeremy,
ReplyDeleteWow I never knew of this option either and I agree that the reason most of us don't know about it is because of the thousands of dollars the University would be missing out on. Hopefully this article gets the word out to students of this option and encourages advisors to tell their students they can challenge exams.