title: ASP.NET MVC4 Drop Down List in Create View For Model
body: <p>I am trying to create a drop down list within my create view. For example, I want the drop down selection "AM" to map to the value "0" for the "Wednesday" property within my model. So far, I have this code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;div class="editor-label"&gt;
          &lt;%: Html.LabelFor(model =&gt; model.Wednesday) %&gt;
          &lt;%: Html.DropDownListFor(model =&gt; model.Wednesday, new SelectList(new List&lt;SelectListItem&gt;(){new SelectListItem{Text = "AM", Value = "0"}}))%&gt;
      &lt;/div&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>When testing this in the browser, the only item in the drop down list has the text "System.Web.Mvc.SelectListItem." Instead, I want it to display the user-friendly text "AM."</p>
  
  <p>What am I doing wrong?</p>