I recently took an online course offered by a nearby community school as a high schooler. I had maintained the grade at almost 100 until the day of the final exam, which I forgot to take. The final exam is worth 15% of the total grade, so I am guessing my total grade would be a B (85%). The course is somewhat related to what I would like to study in college so I am not sure if getting a B would act against me during college admissions. I know a B is not a bad grade at all, but I’d like to know how the colleges would think of this, especially those top universities.
If you didn’t get any college credit for the class, it will mean nothing to top universities. If you earned college credit, it will mean very little, because you are up against thousands of students with dual enrollment credits.
If you earned credit, you are now obligated to send that college transcript to everywhere you apply. That B will follow you in any graduate school applications too.
The first thing you need to do is ask the instructor if you can have a make-up. S/he may well say no since it was your fault, but it does not hurt to ask.
But, if you end up with a B, will AOs consider it? Yes. Will one B be the reason you are rejected, if that happens? No.
Chalk this one up to a learning experience. At my college, for many classes, a failure on the final, regardless of the percent the final contributed to the final grade, resulted in a failure for the course.
The big question is how somebody forgets to take a final, since there is obviously going to be a syllabus listing key dates.
Right now it doesn’t matter one way or the other. If you had a legitimate emergency, the instructor might allow a makeup, but of course the instructor is under no obligation to grant a makeup for forgetfulness.
Should have already contacted the instructor.
@Hamurtle My student forgot to take her final on her Object Oriented Programming Design class. It was listed on the syllabus, but the instructor never added it to the calendar. She checked her syllabus because it didn’t feel right for the course to be over, and e-mailed him as soon as she recognized the oversight. He told her he was under no obligation to put it on the calendar online instructors used, but since she had been such a good student to that point, he’d open the final to her that night. It never hurts to try, but anycub’s instructor may have felt differently.