Ever flunk a class in college?

[Q]

Originally posted by: RaistlinZ
I failed a class twice, and withdrew from it twice. Passed it the 5th time with a C.

what class was it?

 

[PepePeru]

always managed to withdraw before flunking.

 

[Deeko]

Failed a class once - barely. I got a 56, a 60 was a D. I missed a midterm exam worth 25% of my grade because I was at volleyball nationals, had a note from the athletic director saying so, still gave me a 0. Kinda a dick move if you ask me, but his call to make. I ended up retaking the course and doing fine, although it dropped my final GPA something like .2

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: nkgreen
Withdrew from class, never flunked.

:thumbsup:

call it a "Get out of Jail Free," and plan to use it only once. Plus, if you get a counselor's signed note suggesting something along the lines of "too stressed/depressed/life complications" blah blah blah...then not only will it get withdraw, that grade will never appear on any transcript.

 

[pyonir]

i failed astronomy once. so i took it again. Then i failed it again. I learned something very valuable from that class. I don't understand astronomy.

 

[S Freud]

How did some of you fail out of the university, then go to a community college and back to the university with a clean slate?

Was this after a long absence from school? I thought you had to be out of school for 7 of more years before your grades get erased?

 

[Deeko]

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: nkgreen
Withdrew from class, never flunked.

:thumbsup:

call it a "Get out of Jail Free," and plan to use it only once. Plus, if you get a counselor's signed note suggesting something along the lines of "too stressed/depressed/life complications" blah blah blah...then not only will it get withdraw, that grade will never appear on any transcript.

I withdrew from lots of classes. I maxed out my credits every term, and if I didn't like a class/professor, I just withdrew...doesn't hurt your GPA, and I really don't care if some W's showed up on my transcript.

 

[JohnCU]

dumbass, which class are you about to fail? i've already told you several times who to go see and what to do and you refuse to listen to me. i may be dumb but i did graduate.

 

[ConstipatedVigilante]

Originally posted by: Deeko
Failed a class once - barely. I got a 56, a 60 was a D. I missed a midterm exam worth 25% of my grade because I was at volleyball nationals, had a note from the athletic director saying so, still gave me a 0. Kinda a dick move if you ask me, but his call to make. I ended up retaking the course and doing fine, although it dropped my final GPA something like .2

I'd be pretty pissed if that happened - I would probably complain to the dean or something. Seriously, going to nationals for a sport is a school-sanctioned thing and should be excusable.

 

[Q]

Originally posted by: JohnCU
dumbass, which class are you about to fail? i've already told you several times who to go see and what to do and you refuse to listen to me. i may be dumb but i did graduate.

I'm not about to fail any, I was just asking.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I almost failed math, 3 times. Math I - C, Math II C, Math III, D. (needed C to pass in first two, and D for last one). I worked 10 times harder for those Cs and that D then I worked for all my other classes (mostly A's) put together. Math is my weakness. Thank goodness it was not calculus. Now I'm just happy I graduated and it's over.

 

[Deeko]

Originally posted by: ConstipatedVigilante

Originally posted by: Deeko
Failed a class once - barely. I got a 56, a 60 was a D. I missed a midterm exam worth 25% of my grade because I was at volleyball nationals, had a note from the athletic director saying so, still gave me a 0. Kinda a dick move if you ask me, but his call to make. I ended up retaking the course and doing fine, although it dropped my final GPA something like .2

I'd be pretty pissed if that happened - I would probably complain to the dean or something. Seriously, going to nationals for a sport is a school-sanctioned thing and should be excusable.

I was very pissed - probably could have taken it to his department head, or the dean, but an adviser misinformed me on a policy, and by the time I realized this I was about to graduate, had a job lined up, and didn't really care enough to go through the trouble.

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: ConstipatedVigilante

Originally posted by: Deeko
Failed a class once - barely. I got a 56, a 60 was a D. I missed a midterm exam worth 25% of my grade because I was at volleyball nationals, had a note from the athletic director saying so, still gave me a 0. Kinda a dick move if you ask me, but his call to make. I ended up retaking the course and doing fine, although it dropped my final GPA something like .2

I'd be pretty pissed if that happened - I would probably complain to the dean or something. Seriously, going to nationals for a sport is a school-sanctioned thing and should be excusable.

how much revenue does volleyball bring to a school compared to say...Div 1 football or basketball?

I think Deeko would agree, or at least understand how this works...

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: alkemyst

In many classes I would rarely attend especially all the bullshit you couldn't just test out of.

Most of even my highest level classes I may have arrived late or had to leave early...on exam days I'd be usually first to finish though and set the curve.

While I do buy into many are just lazy, I also know many also try their damnest and still are fucking failures. In today's schools, parents are able to go to bat and dumb down the whole cirriculum to their retards level.

If anyone cannot get an A easily the second time in the same class they are trying beyond their abilities.

http://despair.com/potential.html

Perhaps there is just no effort. I have very little effort in my college classes even now after realizing how important it is that I finish up. Nothing can motivate me to want to do my calc homework at home. I still get a B because I know enough but it isn't because I'm trying hard. School is different then work, and it'll never motivate me.

Or its the class. I could take non-western humanities 100 times and never pass it.