• Jankatarch@lemmy.world
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    13 days ago

    I actually want someone to test this scenario:

    Universities don’t ask for ID when going into individual classes, what classes are at what hours can be found online in their semester coursebook, and all textbooks are available on annas-archive.

    So can any dedicated person with enough time, at the cost of school supplies and maybe a parking pass, just go complete a degree plan?

    • Warl0k3@lemmy.world
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      13 days ago

      It’s called auditing a class, pretty much every university has a mechanism for this. Otherwise though you’d get caught pretty quick when it turns out I don’t have a record of you. In some 600+ person weedout class you wouldn’t, but any smaller group lecture you’d get noticed on the 1st day when taking roll for waitlist placement.

    • mfed1122@discuss.tchncs.de
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      12 days ago

      Yeah, I think it could definitely be done, but unfortunately it would be completely not worth the time since you wouldn’t have any degree.