failing a class in college?

Question

plz help i think i failed a class in school, I attend Harvard Univeristy and it was my intro to law and i think i failed... what do i do?if i fail i loose my scholarship and my gpa goes down.. plz help!! im soo nerveous..any advice
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actually i am in Harvard thanks very much.. and im only 19 so im talking im style duh!! grow up a little bit who really rites the right way!! and im scared bc my parents dont know yet!! my gosh.. adults think they have it hard!!

i would say attending Harvard,1st in family 2 go to college

As a Harvard student im actually taking a intro to writing for several reasons bc i kno my writing sucks!! duh!! and dont be jealous bc ur not where i am!! sorry.. i asked 4 advice not cruel remarks...i write like im 10.. word of advice 4 those ppl who commented me.... look @ some of your question not so "adult" like now are they? hmm i wonder

actually 4 the one who said i bought my way in.. you have no idea about me.. i am really smart i graduated 2nd in my class of 450+kids.. junior and senior we were taught how to write college level papers and i missed it b/c i was in and of the hospital.. so please if anyone has advice okay no more rude comments.. and i ended up getting a 25,000 scholarship so if i bought my way in how would i have gotten a scholarship?? Think b4 you write:D

yea ur def jealous..ends up i didnt fail.. he posted grades. therefore i looked and got a B-..hmm like you sed jealous of a failing college student.. HAHAHA u r!! most def.. who wouldnt be? passed all his tests and everything messed up on the final.. his thing was fail final fail class so thats why i thought i failed but I was one of the most prestige students in his intro to law classes!! thanks every1 4 ur help:D Harvard Class of 2011, then more school after that!!

Answer 1

Usually scholarships, if they have continuing grade requirements, are based upon overall GPA, so if you did well in your other classes, your scholarship won't be in danger. If you barely passed everything else, though, there is a chance that it could be at risk.

As a professor, I have to disagree with what some others have said. Don't, under any circumstances, bring your case to your professor! Your chance to do that was during the semester, when you realized that you were struggling early on. Once the semester is over, there is NOTHING the professor can do about your grade. In fact, and my colleagues and I have discussed this, there is nothing that angers us more than a student who comes to us AFTER doing poorly in a course and even hints that we could change their circumstances by raising the grade from the one they earned to something higher than that. It is absolutely offensive when a student says, "Because of you, I am losing my scholarship, or my chance to get into law school, or my opportunity to graduate." We don't give out random grades, so the failure was the student's - not only in the class, but the failure to address the problem earlier. The grades are objective and reflective of the students' performance, and we can't just change them to make your life go more easily, or it would lack integrity on our part.

I would advise that you talk to two offices - the financial aid office, to see if your scholarship is affected by your grades, and your academic advisor. You need to plan for the future - how to retake the class you failed, how to study more effectively for this kind of class in the future, when to seek help if you run into trouble again.

Failure in one class isn't the end of the world. I know that it feels that way, because if you are really at Harvard, you have probably never done poorly on anything academic before, but keep in mind that you are now in a new playing field. Everyone around you is in the same situation, and the meaning of failure is pretty different than it was in high school, where you were clearly the best student around. Now you are failing to live up to Harvard standards, which are a lot higher than those at your high school. You will live, and in fact, learning how to handle failure gracefully is a very helpful skill to have, because almost no one avoids failure in life.

Answer 2

Well, I'm not from Harvard but I, at least, write the "right way", as you so aptly put it. You can't blame people for finding it hard to believe you go to Harvard as you typed your question in a manner unbecoming of a Harvard student, at least from the perception of outsiders. Forgive me, but I believe I speak for everyone else when I say that you claim you're 19 but you write like you're 10.

On to my advice. As far as I know, most professors in most colleges have consultation hours, which most students ignore simply because they think they don't need it. If you're failing a class, you should consult your professor before things start to get ugly.

Sorry, that's about all I can offer. Oh, yeah, wait, you should try actually STUDYING, too. Good luck, I guess.

Answer 3

Sit tight until you know whether you actually failed or not. Who knows you might do better than you think.

Failing is not the end of the world. It might feel like it, but it is not. Failure is an opportunity to learn.

There is a saying in the theatre: "Love the art in yourself, not yourself in the art." My question to you:

Which is more important attending Harvard or being a lawyer?


There are other universities where you can pursue a law degree.

Answer 4

It may already be too late, but sometimes talking to your Prof might help.

First he may be able to review your test that failed you (and maybe you could ask to get it regraded... maybe he'll find a few points to add to your score).

Second there my be some sympathy or he may have failed "too many people" so a curve might be necessary.

As far as how you feel, Im sure you feel terrible and you dont want to lose your scholarship or tell your parents, so try to confront your professor first. The earlier the better.

Answer 5

If your in Harvard I'd doubt you'd be asking this question. If you really are in Harvard and you failed the class and so you will lose your scholarship then find a job, if you are worried about your gpa then study harder from here on the bring it back up.

Answer 6

If you're in Harvard, then you already know what to do if you're failing a class because you should know that you can talk to your professors or any of the counselors they have there.

The other posters are correct... how in the world can someone attend Harvard and type like that!!!

Most intelligent people type the correct way and speak the correct way. What's stylish about typing like you're 14?

LOL I'm definitely not jealous of where you are. You're a failing college student at Harvard? Who in the world would be jealous of that?

Answer 7

Ive failed like 3 or 4 classes...i mean. There's nothing you can do about it but do better next semester. I'm not at Harvard but in college!

Answer 8

I would agree talk to your professor. He/she might be able to help if they see that your serious about passing. Most big colleges are only trying to weed out the people who don't really want to be there. So, if you approach the professor like an adult with your concerns they may be able to give you some extra credit and help you out. They want to help the students who want help and they can't know you want help until you ask for it.

Answer 9

You must be one of the people who "bought" their way into Harvard, because no way would they admit someone like you who couldn't even write a personal statement properly.

Instead of posting on here, either STUDY or talk to the counselors or professor at your school.

Answer 10

You should drop the class and retake again in able to save your GPA. You will do better the second time around.