2. setting yourself up to fail: doing (yourself) what is necessary to cause failure
3. . . . so that doesn't matter: . . . so that isn't important.
4. What's the big deal about missing some classes?: What's so important about missing some classes?
5. out of status: not meeting the requirements to keep your visa status
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Notes on Usage
1. You wanted to see me?
The student changes a statement to a question by using question (rising) intonation, not by using an auxiliary verb (did).
People often use this kind of question in conversational language to suggest that they think a statement may not be true or accurate. (The student means something like "Is it true that you wanted to see me?" By using this kind of question, the student also suggests that she thinks there's no real reason for the advisor to want to see her.)
2. About what?
"Reduced" questions are also very common in conversational language. The full form would be something like "What do we need to have a serious talk about?" or "About what do we need to have a serious talk?"
3. Your attendance--or rather lack of it
"Reduced" answers are much more common than full answers in conversational language. The advisor means "We need to have a serious talk about your attendance--or rather, your lack of attendance."
4. OK, so . . .
Both OK and so are used very frequently in conversational language. Here, the student uses "OK, so . . ." to show that she admits that she's missed class a few times.
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