My husband failed an entire semester of college when he was young because he quit going to all his classes. He's back in school and much more serious now but those grades are killing his GPA. Is there any way at all to get that off his record?
2007-08-21 17:36:42 · 5 answers · asked by Marci S 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
Nope, I had the same problem. I stopped going to classes when I was younger because of financial and family problems. And it was too late to withdraw from those classes so I had to take failing grades in all those classes. I tried to get them removed or changed to an incomplete but they said it was too long ago. I talked to everyone including the president of the community college but they would not change them.
It was 4 years from that semester I stopped going to classes to when I started classes again. But I finally graduated from community college and got into a good 4 year school by just working hard and getting A's in my classes that I had left for my AA which brought up my GPA a lot.
All I can tell you is take easy classes for your General Education credits to bring up your GPA. You can get a pretty good idea which ones are the easy classes by using www.ratemyprofessor.com
2007-08-21 17:59:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure this has been done but if not, he should talk seriously w/a guidance counselor explaining what happened. The reasons explained and/or the years since the last semester could help in getting the bad grades 'removed'. It may not work tho' depending on his circumstances or school policy.
I left a semester of classes bec. of being on welfare, 3 kids and it was X-mas again and NO presents for that yr. either. So, I took a job to have something to give them. I just dropped my classes. Now, 14-15 yrs. later, they were removed and my grades have been all "A's" or "B's" because I'm more serious and of course the 'kids' are adults. [I attend a city college.] Good Luck!!
2007-08-21 17:55:28 · answer #2 · answered by caves51 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not likely- you should still do what CoachT says, worth a try.
The good news is that if he applies for grad school it does not matter that much at most schools. Admissions knows that people mess up when they are young. If he's doing better, this should simply be addressed in a personal essay. He should let them know what the deal was (without whining/crying) and leave it at that. If he has significant time left in school, he can bring the GPA up by continuing to do well.
You said husband- which leads me to think you are adults, and he may not want to repeat the classes if they were taken when he was either trying a major he wasn't interested in, or just messing around. If he wants to repeat them, fine- if not, he can just move on and keep doing well.
2007-08-21 18:14:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In some cases yes. It depends upon the school. There is something called academic forgiveness whereby some schools will remove old grades if you come back later and perform dramatically better. In favor of the idea are those that believe (not wrongly) that we shouldn't be penalized for bad decisions we made when we were younger.
At many colleges, the idea of academic forgiveness is treated with hostility as a form of academic dishonesty. They would argue, not wrongly, that those are in fact the grades he earned and they should stay.
Also, some schools allow "repeat for replacement" which simply means if you take the class over and get a new grade, you keep the new grade and the old grade falls off.
You'll just have to approach the registrar and see what the policy is at this school.
2007-08-21 17:53:32 · answer #4 · answered by CoachT 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No. It would be nice though because my transcript would look much better.
2007-08-21 17:39:22 · answer #5 · answered by Elizabeth E 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋