Alma can save you from a lot… but not these classes.

Shopping period is stressful. So is add/drop period. But have no fear, Bwog is here to help in this trying time. We’ve provided for you a list of classes to avoid at all costs, along with our very own reasoning behind each drop. As always, feel free to leave additional suggestions in the comments, or send them to tips@bwog.com.

• Advanced Programming: Jae literally says in class that he wants you to struggle, and that he tells the TAs to let you struggle… if you fall behind at all, you quickly fall VERY behind (and there isn’t much you or the TAs can do to get you out of that position) tldr; Love yourself.
• Any Poli Sci Colloquium: …that is taught by a professor who makes you walk out halfway through the class because you didn’t know it was for seniors only. (Guess that’s more of classes to get kicked out of before you die, but whatever, we love intro classes, it’s cool.)
• History of Photography: 3 credits but meets 3 times a week. So not cool.
• The Theoretical Foundations of Political Economics: Did the name not scare you off already? Then just wait for the comments you’ll get back on your first paper. Examples include “Abysmal,” “Horribly written,” and “Come and see me.” Unless the professor is Drake, we’ll pass on that last comment.
• Media & US Politics: A smart yet technologically challenged German professor gave 2 people spots in the class because they knew how to use a projector.
• First or Second Year Arabic: The class is 5 pts. It’s a shit ton of work, and the work itself is hard. Also, you learn formal Arabic, so it feels particularly useless when you try to speak the Arabic you’re learning to the halal cart guys and they laugh at you.
• First Year English: Oh, wait.
• Human Rights seminars: …that your sad youthful ignorance will get kicked out because they’re only for senior and graduate students, but Columbia doesn’t feel like letting you know in advance online.

Image via Columbia’s website.