If participation points are measured in attendance, comments during lectures, or other in-person actions, skipping class means losing out on those points. Even if attendance and participation are not part of the class grade, repeated absences may factor in when professors are grading your projects and assignments. Once you skip class once, you will likely be tempted to skip again. This can lead to a pattern of skipping class that you never meant to get into.
When you miss a class, you need to find out what you missed, what happened in class, catch up on any revised due dates, study the material, and more. You may spend more time playing catch up than you would have spent in class! If you skip a class, you may start to worry about what you missed.
You also may need to start scrambling to catch up, reach out to classmates to find out what happened, and worry about what your instructor thinks about you. If you lean on the anxious side, it may be better to just attend the class and skip the worrying.
Professors are passionate about the subject that they are teaching, and show up to share that knowledge with students. Moreover, they put a lot of effort into the classes that they teach.
So just deciding not to show up sends a message of disrespect to the instructor. Alternatively, students who regularly attend lectures show the professor their commitment to their education and can make an excellent impression, leading to potential professional and academic opportunities.
Overall, the choice to skip class really depends on something called opportunity cost. If the opportunity to do something useful or beneficial means skipping class, then it may be worth the cost of skipping that class.
However, the vast majority of the time, class is the most worthwhile or beneficial use of your time for that hour. It is important to get the most out of your education, and the most out of your financial investment — and that means going to class. Apply Now. Request Info. Ask a student. UoPeople Arabic. Business Administration. Master's Degree MBA. Bachelor's Degree. Associate's Degree. Computer Science. Health Science. Master of Education M. Ask Me Anything. UoPeople Quality. Academic Leadership.
Academic Experience. UoPeople Difference. Online Learning at UoPeople. Global Network. Career Development. Life After Graduation. Student Life. Program Advising. Virtual Tour. Whenever I skipped class, it was due to one of these 5 reasons. During my freshman year, I had perfect attendance. I went to all my classes, even the am ones. As time went on and I became an upperclassman, I began to realize what was really important.
It was doing whatever was necessary to learn, get good grades, and position myself for a career after graduating. Once I discovered that I could achieve those things without attending each and every class, I started skipping. Prior to college, we attended school from kindergarten through 12th grade with attendance being one of the most emphasized aspects of school. We associate missing class as something negative.
If your class gives out points for attendance, then skipping would have a negative impact on your grade. I only skipped class for courses that did not track attendance. What makes skipping class good or bad depends on the cost-benefit analysis you run on any given day. Whenever I skipped class in college, I always weighed the pros and cons and determined if skipping would be beneficial.
Another misconception is that we should attend all our classes because skipping would be a waste of tuition. I measured value based on my learning, development, networking, and setting myself up for a career upon graduation. As long as those things were occurring, I was not wasting my tuition money. The general reason I skipped class was due to inefficient lectures.
More times than not though, I simply did not find educational value in attending lectures. I enjoy and prefer to teach myself. Lectures are so slow and in one lecture you may get through half a chapter of the textbook and go through 5 examples. When I read the textbook on my own, I can get through the entire chapter in one sitting and practice many more examples.
Note that yes, I skipped class, but only to learn more efficiently. Skipping class lead to something more beneficial to me. Attend all your classes and analyze their worth. Is it worth going to class or could you accomplish more in less time by teaching yourself? Here are some posts on learning if you are interested in teaching yourself in college:.
If I had a large assignment in one class, I would sacrifice other classes to get that assignment done. These could be large homework assignments, group projects, presentations, etc. On the metaphorical scale, I would have class on one side and the assignment on the other side.
In addition to large assignments in other classes, I would nearly always skip the classes leading up to a quiz or midterm in another class. These usually have the largest impact on your grade. Because of that, it is essential that you perform well. For most quizzes and definitely every midterm, I want to ensure I am fully prepared. Preparation entails studying and making sure my mind and body are also optimized.
I thankfully learned early on in college how important networking is. Through your network, opportunities and partnerships will unfold. In my few years out of college, I have already witnessed the benefit of having a strong network. During your college years, your school will put on countless events. Some may be explicitly for networking and others may be simple events where you can network if you want. Do as I say, not as I do.
There are truancy laws that mandate high school attendance for minors. College is like high school in many ways, but it's ridiculously expensive, your parents aren't there, and the liquor stores in the area don't ask for ID.
In college, however, you pay for your education which is no longer required by law, and you're legally an adult, so skipping class is far less frowned upon by the school. Truancy laws don't apply, and nobody will force you to go to class.
You can show up late every day, or not at all, or hungover. I only had a few professors that cared about attendance, and even then, skipping class wasn't a big deal. If you're in a big lecture hall, they won't even notice, but in a smaller class, it's probably best to let your professor know about it. Since you're technically an adult in college, nobody holds your hand or forces you to go to class.
It's your responsibility. But just because you're allowed to skip class doesn't mean you should. Skipping on a regular basis definitely has negative consequences. First of all, skipping class is expensive. You're paying for these classes, and you can break down the exact price of each class with some basic math. Assuming your school has a flat tuition cost per semester and you're taking five, 3-credit classes, it's easy to calculate the cost per class. Still, not every class is important to attend, especially if your professor isn't covering any important material.
Conversely, you don't want to miss a class going over test material. Timing is important here. But you're not really paying for the class material, you're paying for the degree, which shows employers that you'll be a good employee. You're paying to sit in class and take tests so you can get a degree. Otherwise, you could learn the same things for free online.
In fact, Harvard has a ton of their classes online for FREE, but if you want the degree, you'll have to cough up tuition money. Going to college is an investment in your future.
You need to make sure you'll earn more than you would without a college degree to have a positive return on investment and justify the decision. If you're bailing on class because you're super hungover again and would rather play video games, that's probably not a good idea.
On the other hand, if you want to skip to attend an awesome conference where you'll network and meet new people, that's probably a much better reason. If you show up to class, get enough sleep and study regularly, you'll do well in college. College weeds out those people so only those who are at least responsible enough to pass will graduate. For example, I had a Calculus 2 professor who didn't speak English, and rambled for two straight hours while writing on the board. He only graded labs - which were posted online - and exams.
After the first few classes, I only went to take tests and turn in labs.
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