I've actually asked something like this a long time ago, but this question is somewhat different. I am taking a required course for my degree in computer programming (a business communication course, go figure) and I'm having an extremely hard time with it. I'm not sure but I feel like the only person in the class that might fail, I'm tiring very hard, yet I still get extremely low grades on the assignments. I've had a couple talks with the instructor but it really didn’t help at all. My question is, since this IS a required course for the major, is it better if I just drop the class and get a W or take a chance at failing? I would really like to stay in the course and not quit, but since I haven't graduated yet, I think I may want to think about staying the full course of the class.
Advice would be greatly appreated.
I’m starting to think maybe my loner personality is affecting my grade in the class and I have a huge problem communicating with anyone.
2006-10-23 11:33:05 · 6 answers · asked by D 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
The strange this is this is one of the VERY few classes I've ever had problems with, and the thing that gets me is that everything in here SHOULD be easy!
2006-10-23 11:33:55 · update #1
Either way, you might have to end up re-taking the class before you graduate. I'm not sure what the graduation requirements are for your school, but at my college we were required to pass our core classes with a C or better in order to graduate. I did take a couple of core classes, like Physics, on a Pass-Fail basis, but if your school even has that option, they always make you declare it as a Pass/Fail class at the very beginning of the term. There's a cutoff date for that. I think it's in your best interest to just keep plugging along until the class is over, seeing what your grade is like on your report card, and then either re-taking the class Pass/Fail or accepting the bad grade and moving on.
As far as your loner personality goes: I know what that's like, I have been there. There are a lot of classes that weigh heavily on "in-class participation," and however unfair it seems, the big-mouths will always pass those classes with flying colors while the shy people who don't speak up will barely squeak by. It's pretty unfair, but you're probably not going to change the minds of tenured professors who have been teaching that class for decades, so you might as well just play their ame and force yourself to raise your hand at least once per class for the rest of the semester. If the thought of that just makes you sick, maybe you should go talk to the professor about maybe doing an extra-credit project to make up for your lack of class participation. Good luck!
2006-10-23 11:45:17 · answer #1 · answered by fizzygurrl1980 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very bad..... failing in a college class. It follows you forever in your GPA.
However, I suggest you 1) talk with your counselor, 2) consider the W, 3) check out other instructors in the same class, 4) go thru your classmates-- there may be a person who likes to explain things (because it helps them learn-- I'm one) who can help and 5) a study group-- while you are going thru your classmates, mention studying together with likely candidates-- a study group saved my bacon thru three degrees, and I highly value them.
Do look at your time frame-- sometimes you can miss the W window.
I sincerely hope one of these ideas will help-- you may need to come out of your "loner" personality-- but you'll need to do that at some time in your life-- it isn't bad out here.
good luck
2006-10-23 11:48:32 · answer #2 · answered by omajust 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You never know what future has installed for you.. What do you have to loose? I was once so scared of an algebra course (which had nohing to do with programming) that I wanted to skip the test. Well I didn't simply because I had nothing to loose... the worst thing that could happen was to fail at the exam...
You have a chance so don't waste it...
Good luck!
2006-10-23 11:46:17 · answer #3 · answered by agent-X 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your best bet is to take the W if you are that concerned. It will be on your transcripts forever but it doesn't affect you GPA at all. If you keep taking the course and get an F that will pull your GPA way down. Hope that helps.
2006-10-23 11:44:41 · answer #4 · answered by DressageGal 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey just do not give up I mean so what if you do not pass try again and you will get it
(= Good Luck =)
2006-10-23 11:45:17 · answer #5 · answered by Bullz_ eye 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Let a school counselor be your guide.
2006-10-23 11:42:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋