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Re:Udacity restructures operations, lays off 20 percent of i... by jcora on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @01:08PM (#19626691)
> Many of these fail two courses and are asked to withdraw.

Wait, after a single failed course?! That seems... cruel to do to people straight out of high school. I failed linear algebra 1 (sort of by accident). But here in a European country, people fail stuff regularly, only like the top 40% maybe have "clean years" every year, actually some very good students sometimes fail stuff too when I think about it.

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Re:Udacity restructures operations, lays off 20 percent of i... by chongli on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @03:45PM (#19628111)
No, you are asked to withdraw if you fail 2 math courses out of the 5 courses you take in your first term. Most people take 2 math courses, a CS course, an English course (required), and an elective.

You can fail your elective and they won't care, but that's really unusual since people choose easier courses for that.

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