If you're like most high school students, you probably can't wait for your freshman year of college. Once classes start, however, some freshmen realize that they aren't ready for college coursework, and they have to enroll in remedial courses. In other words, their skills in certain subjects, like reading and math, are not up to minimum college standards. These remedial courses not only cost money, but they also do not count for credit. So if you end up taking remedial courses, you're still paying college tuition but earning no credit toward your degree.
Students taking remedial courses not only incur more debt and potentially prolong their time in school, but studies show they are also much more likely to drop out of school altogether. So it's not just time and money at stake: remedial courses can also put your degree at risk.
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