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I think I've throughly screwed myself.
Lardalish
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Well, I just took my last exam of this semester and I failed 3 out of the 4 classes, and maybe even the fourth. My GPA wasnt that great coming into the semester, and this is my 5th semester here. Im hoping I can fix that next semester, actually start working hard for my grades, but with the grades Im expecting from this semester, Im not even sure Ill still be here. Is there anything I can do to stay on another semester? Im going to send my advisor an email as soon as I post this but I have no idea when he will get it because winter break is starting and he might be gone already.
So is there anything I can do? Or have I just royally fucked myself beyond repair?
So is there anything I can do? Or have I just royally fucked myself beyond repair?
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Also are these classes in your major?
I had been failing many a class through undergrad due to slacking, partying, whatever, and had many professors do a "what you get on the final will be your grade" deal with me.
That's a little too late for this particular situation, but something to keep in mind for the future.
On a personal note I think it was BS that I was put on probation in the first place. I had been on the deans list a couple times before this and had never really had a horrible semester. But I tank one semester and they are ready to boot me out the door, lame.
I know that my university has a probation thing, and unfortunately Ive been on it once. I pulled it back up and got off probation, but I dont know if I can get back on again, and this seems like alittle more than just a dip in the GPA (which is what got me on probation in the first place).
Jordan of Elienor, Human Shaman
You could do this two ways...
1. My roommate would talk to counselors and tell them a family member was really ill in order to get the last semester removed. This is VERY HARD to do and also kind of a horrible thing to do. You'd have to basically lie and say like your dad hand an aneurysm or something like that. I don't suggest this route because it shows a extreme lack of integrity, but if you're desperate... you could try it.
OR
2. Deal with it and work hard to bring your grades up. Getting really bad grades in one semester and brining yourself up next semester and every semester after that can make you look a lot better than getting straight As in some people's eyes. It shows that you can fall, but get yourself back up easily. Some people have no idea how a straight A person will react to failure, but if you can show you can deal with it and then get back on your feet it says a lot. Now, not everyone thinks like this so keep that in mind too.
Why did you fail your classes? I understand you were taking one due to an override, but what was the main reason? Video games, laziness, drunken stupors?
as for why I failed? I was just apathetic (course at this point, Im wondering if that first "a" should be there). I'd get the HW and be like meh, I dont really care. When I didnt do my work, it wasnt even because I wanted to do something else more, I just didnt want to do my work. Im not sure what my problem is, I love my major (mechanical engineering), and when I take classes that are directly related to it I ace them. By directly related, I mean that thermodynamics is part of the major, but Im not majoring in thermo, but the design class I had a couple semesters ago was designing things using the designprogram and I loved that class, aced it.
Jordan of Elienor, Human Shaman
We've all gotten through it different ways. Myself, I said the hell with it, dropped out temporarily and started working full time. I've slowly worked my way up through the IT food chain, but it's been tough and continues to get tougher. A few years of working full time, especially after having it get tough to keep moving up, has given me the motivation I need to do well in school, though. I've since gone back and am pulling a ~3.8 GPA.
I'm not saying this is my recommendation, it's just what I've done. It certainly has some problems even once returning to school. I now have bills that require me to keep working full time. This means 1-2 classes/semester, which any degree, even an AA, takes a long fucking time at this pace. By the time I actually have a BA/BS I'll damned near be ready to retire.
Some of my friends went to community college. The workload was easier and the classes were smaller. This made it easier for them to adjust, get their GPA back up, and still continue with school. Towards the end it still meant holding down a full time job and taking classes, but isn't nearly as time consuming as the route I took.
However, since you've pretty much sunk the battle-ship, you are most likely going to be put back on academic probation, provided you got off it since the last time you were put on. Schools come down hard on grades, but are pretty good about offering second, third, and even fourth chances. One thing you should also check is how this will effect your financial aid if you get any (and if you don't, how it will effect your parents).
Honestly though, it is highly unlikely they will kick you out of school. You'll just have to work incredibly hard next semester to bring your grades up.
Oh, and if you play WOW, cancel it now, delete your characters, and uninstall it. I can't tell you how many of my students I've seen drop out over that game.
edit: also, dwarf fortress
The more thieves and robbers there will be.
-Lao-tzu
Yesterday at about 6 pm, I'm sitting in front of my computer cramming for my chemistry exam that I thought was starting in an hour. I open up my syllabus to check the exam location, and it turns out the exam was already over. 2 hours over, to be exact. Somehow I had gotten my engineering and chemistry syllabi mixed up in my head. So naturally I'm thinking OH JESUS FUCK so I email my professor about it. I sit there for about an hour ready to strangle a kitten or something equally innocent, when I receive a reply from my professor, informing me that another professor was having her exam the next morning (ie. this morning) and that I could take it instead.
After engaging in celebratory acts, I went on my merry way with cramming, much more relaxed obviously since I now have a whole night to study. What luck! Someone up there really likes me!
Anyways, flash forward to 30 minutes ago, and I've just taken my make-up, gift-from-God chemistry exam, and now I'm studying for my engineering , when I go to check my engineering syllabus for exam locations. Ok, so the exam is scheduled for Thursday, 12/14/2006, 7:45 AM, just as expect - AAAHHH FUCK! AM IS NOT PM OH SHIT...
I'm awaiting a reply to the email as I'm typing this, although I can't really expect a deus ex machina escape out of this one, since it seems all of the engineering classes took their exams at once. You'd think that I'd learn after the first time, but I guess not.
tl,dr: I missed two final exams in the span of 24 hours, for pretty much the exact same reason. Got to take a make-up for one, but probably not for the other.
Sometimes you gotta be your own motivator. You gotta buckle down and just do the work. You say you like the subject, so switching majors doesn't seem like something you need to consider. You just need to find ways to motivate yourself to do the work, no matter how boring it may be.
Same semester I'm failing trig horribly because the teacher was absolutely awful, right off the boat from china, most of the class was failing because we couldn't understand him. To top it off, he was very absent minded. He would have us write out 2-3 pages of notes on how to solve something and then go "oh, no no no, this alll wrong. I sorry, I tell you wrong. I start over." So the final comes and I'm like "sure, whatever. I'm not gonna pass anyway." so I skip it. Turns out he gave anyone who showed up for the final a minimum of a C in the class no matter what they actually earned.
That was really generous of him.
That story makes me shiver because I worry about that exact thing happening to me all the time. Thus, I check my exams each morning and each evening to make sure they haven't changed on me.
My advice though is to get a calendar, lol. Maybe use Outlook or iCal and put in plenty of notifiers.
Just make sure you read it right the first time.
That's nuts man. Over here we can request to reschedule our exams a few weeks in advance, especially if you end up with 3 within a 24 hour period.
need a 2.0 here to stay in
1st time I got a 1.97, was dismissed, wrote a letter of pledge and got back in
next semester I got a 1.95, dismissed again, wrote a better letter and got back in if I met my advisor 3 times a month
this semester I pulled up my grades and am getting off it
Good question. I'd talk to a course councillor about changing your course to reflect your interests.
After I totally bombed out in first year Uni, I immediately changed my major to something that I hadn't done since High School. I also took a summer school - which is something I'd highly reccomend - and worked my ass off. I used the marks from that summer school course to leverage my way into the same position I would have been had I not failed.
The key to doing well in school is to take responsibility for your own learning. Don't enjoy something? Unless you absolutely have to take it, change up and do something you like/will do well in.
To the OP, don't stress too much. As others have said, your life isn't over. You might have to walk away from school for a bit, or retake some classes, or something else. You'll get it right with time though, trust me.
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It may be time to consider a change in major, or school. It may be time to consider that you're simply not ready for college. There's no shame in that, sometimes people just need to get away from school, get a job for a while. It's very tough to go back, but it can be done. If what's going on right now isn't working, that's probably a sign that a change is needed.
That said, don't wait any longer on this. The sooner you address the issue, in a calm and mature way, the better the eventual results will be. Good luck.
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