Sometimes, school is really hard. Not just the workload, but it’s also hard sometimes to get the motivation to get up and go to class. Nonetheless, we still have to do it.

However, I’ve noticed that many students are very cavalier about skipping class. I don’t think they understand that skipping class has more consequences than you may think.

Lets pretend that instead of paying your tuition all together, money gets taken directly from your account every time you have class, whether you’re present or not. Would you still want to skip class?

Thanks to William Paterson mathematics major Meo Howard, I am able to show you a monetary breakdown of skipping class:

On average, one credit costs $558.27 for New Jersey residents. The minimum credits per semester is 12 and the maximum is 19. For a three credit class, you’re paying $1674.80 which means on average, you’re paying

Now on an average, a three credit class will meet twice a week, for 14 weeks. That means that you’re roughly paying $59.82 per class and for a three credit class that meets three times a week, you’re paying roughly $39.88 every class.

That may not sound like a lot of money, but a student who works a minimum wage job in NJ gets paid $15.92 which means for three to four hours of work per class depending on how many times you meet a week.

In other terms, skipping a class that you are paying for is like buying food and then not eating it.

However, some people do not pay this much because of Financial Aid, EOF, or a scholarship.

But in reality, skipping class, and even being late, can add up and cause your GPA to drop or force you to withdraw from the course which would greatly affect you and may result in losing these financial aids.

So the next time you think of skipping your 2 p.m. class to hang out in the student center, imagine paying that $60 up front. It’s time to grow up and face the music that some actions have consequences.

These statistics are for NJ residents. Out of state students will be paying more