The subject matter is not what you thought it was. It is too hard. It is too easy. It takes so much time and you have two jobs. The adjustment to college classes is too intense.

Yet you can’t drop the class without falling under your 12-unit minimum. What do you do?

You get a “Late Start” with a class chosen from Grossmont’s comprehensive schedule of more than 90 eight-week sessions that begin the week of Oct. 18.

“Students who have found they must drop a course but still need to maintain 12 units benefit greatly from this Late Start option,” said Mary Rider, chair of the Counseling Department.

More than 90 sections of classes from across the curriculum are offered, including AOJ, Art, English, Math and Theater Arts.

“The Late Start eight-week sessions help me because I can take more units during the part of the semester when my sport is not as demanding,” said a Grossmont student-athlete.

The sessions also serve prospective students who waited too late to enroll in full-semester courses, but don’t want to wait around for spring semester.

Several instructors who teach the eight-week classes also like them, saying they move at an accelerated pace, and adjunct instructors find the classes helpful in pacing their schedule more effectively.

The Second Eight-Week schedule of classes is found on Page 17 of the Fall Class Schedule. However, as many class sections were added after the schedule went to print, students are urged to visit the website for the “full deal” of second eight-week course offerings.