Withdrawing

There is an air of tension at the American University in Cairo right now. Students are busy studying for their finals, preparing their final projects and presentations and scrambling to get research done.

This semester has been hectic, to say the least. Delays in lab openings and unstable internet have made it difficult for the professors. In these last few weeks professors have been attempting to make up for lost time. Everything seems to be coming at once. Many students have just given up.

According to Dr. Nayla Hamdy, more students have submitted requests to withdraw from classes this semester than any other semester. They just can't handle the stress any more and would rather repeat the class. Furthermore, she says even though the withdrawal deadline was the 26th of November, she was still signing forms yesterday (November 30th).

I wonder what President Arnold, and Provost Lisa Anderson's thoughts are on this situation. What does it say about AUC's quality of education if so many students are unable to complete the coursework? I also wonder what reasons students are giving for withdrawing. Are most students just unable to handle the pressures at the end of the semester?

Perhaps this would be a good online story......