In Erika's blog Ehauer Government Summer Blog, she evaluated the law that limits first time undergraduates or transfers from dropping more than six classes. Her critique was very well written and thoughtful. The arguments made against this bill were thorough and evidence was provided to fully support her argument.
The biggest argument made in regard to this bill relates to rule that states a student is allowed to drop a class before the 12th class day in order for it to not count as a withdrawal. I completely agree that this is not enough time for a student to decide how the course is going to go. Most of the time, the first exam of the course has not even taken place. From my personal experience, there have been many upper division biology courses that I have taken that seemed easy at the start. However, I quickly discovered after the first exam the class was going downhill and by this time, the only way I could drop the class is to count it as one of my six drops.
As Erika made clear, things happen and they are never expected. Placing a limit on the number of drops makes it challenging for people with harder majors and people who might encounter extreme circumstances through out their time in college.
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