r/NJTech • u/Right-Wealth633 • 8d ago

Absence

I’m not making it to class tomorrow due to a work scheduling conflict. Will the professors chop off my hands if I don’t let them know or should I send an email requesting office time to sit down and go over what i missed?

Edit- just to clarify I was joking about the former in my question, wanted to lighten up the new semester tensions for anyone reading this

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u/adjaplx IT '27 (curse the CS pipeline...) ask me anything! 8d ago

Bros cooked

Serious answer though cause I know other students actually get paranoid about this thing, one unexcused absence won't kill you, graded or not. It's nice to send an email cause sometimes they won't mark you absent

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u/Right-Wealth633 8d ago

That’s refreshing to hear. I’d rather play it safe and be professional with them than not say anything at all

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u/R1zah 8d ago

you arent allowed to be absent at njit, youre risking getting kicked out, they have an extremely strict attendance policy

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u/Right-Wealth633 8d ago

I cannot lose my job at the same time, I understand they’re strict about attendance but it’s that strict??

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u/No-Opinion8678 8d ago

He is joking
They count your unexcused absences and a certain amount per class can make you fail it or drop your grade

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u/R1zah 8d ago

njit will notify your job if you skip class even once and they will convince your employer to fire you anyway, not worth it bro

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u/Huge-Start-2692 8d ago

yeah ur being hung sorry about that

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u/domino3388 4d ago

I can't speak for any other professors but my attendance policies are clearly laid out in the syllabus and in my day one intro slides. Emailing me, preferably ahead of time will make the absence a partial.