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NEC’s 2026 Adds and Drops

NEC’s 2026 Adds and Drops

Student Life January 13, 2026 The New England Classic

It’s not just required classes, however, that we’re cutting out of our lives by January 21st. We’ll be getting all sorts of things right... NEC’s 2026 Adds and Drops

As we Eagles flock back to the nest from chilling at the ski house and objectifying former high school classmates on Tinder all break, it’s time for what the Jesuits call “the second most important time of the semester”: the add/drop period. It’s not just required classes, however, that we’re cutting out of our lives by January 21st. We’ll be getting all sorts of things right this semester! So buckle up and bust down, here are Spring 2026’s definitive, beyond-question, science-backed, and high-protein adds and drops.

Adds:

  • Flat bell curves
  • Going out on Mondays, but not Tuesdays
  • Hitting engineers
  • Sexual confidence
  • Non-sexual anxiety
  • Office hours romance
  • Aircraft carriers for birds
  • First dates at the Rat
  • Using The Heights as toilet paper

Drops:

  • Class in Higgins
  • The Nicene Creed
  • Passive income
  • Ointments
  • Sneaky Links
  • Sausage links
  • Internet Links
  • A cappella groups whose names are musical puns
  • Going to office hours empty-handed