USF Muma dropped me from an online class during add/drop week and nobody seems able to help. What can I do?
I'm hoping someone at USF has been through this before because I'm honestly at a loss.
I missed first-day attendance for one of my online Muma College of Business classes and was automatically dropped. I understand that's the policy, but everything that's happened since has been incredibly frustrating.
Here's what's happened:
- I went to Undergraduate Advising around 1:30 p.m. and was told to come back at 2:30 to meet with an advisor. I came back, only to be told they never scheduled me and there were no advisors available.
- I emailed my professor asking if she could contact the Registrar to have me reinstated. She told me there were no open seats in the class, but there is currently one open seat—the seat that was originally mine. After I pointed that out, I never received another response.
- I tried to meet with my professor during her posted Thursday office hours, but the office hours are listed from 9:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m., which overlaps with the time she's teaching another class. How are students supposed to meet with her?
- I don't understand why advisors can't simply place me back into a class that has an available seat.
- I also don't understand why I can't re-add the class myself since we're still in add/drop week.
- Response times have been painfully slow, especially considering it's the summer semester.
The biggest issue is that I graduate this fall and am already taking 15 credit hours. Yes, I could take this class in the fall, but that would overload my schedule unnecessarily when the class has only been in session for two days and there is literally an open seat available.
I'd really appreciate any advice. Thanks.