Decided not to take the W, now quickly regretting it.

Hi, im a freshman at college and im struggling in my gen Ed anthropology class. The material is extremely hard no matter how much I study, and we are only graded on 4 exams I the two we had so far, I scored an F and D each. The tests all get progressively harder and the finals are right around the corner.

We took our first exam pretty late in the beginning of the school year, which was when withdrawl period was happening. I decided to hang on after seeing my first score because I thought that a withdraw was more detrimental, I was completely wrong

im doing ok in my other classes, this is the one that im most scared of, any advice?

Also, I was afraid that a withdraw would hurt my scholarships, which are about 60-70% of my financial aid. Would I lose my scholarships if I fail this class?

Talk to your academic advisor.
Also if you have not done so already meet with your professor and/or TA during office hours. Try to understand what you can improve upon for the final.

Do your best not to fail this class. How much time do you have before the final? Can you meet with the professor during that time, to better understand her expectations? Can you get a tutor? Do your best to salvage the class. Know that it may be too late to do so - but that it’s worth trying.

As you do all that, find out what the terms of your scholarships are. We can’t tell you if you’d lose your scholarships for one F, because we don’t know what the terms of your scholarships are. Find that out. At the same time, find out if getting any Ws in the future impacts your scholarships. That way, you’ll know. Never assume this stuff - always find out.

Talk to your adviser now about what you should do if you do fail this one class. I’m thinking it might be best not to retake it - to instead, take another class that fits this same requirement, but which suits you better. But talk to her about that.

Withdrawal can hurt if you go below the fulltime credits…so if you went below 12.

  1. Go to your professor’s office hours. Talk to them about what you are doing wrong on the tests.
  2. Make sure you read everything you are supposed to
  3. Get a tutor (your college has a tutoring session).

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