Dismissed from a masters .How can I explain to recruiters that it has nothing to do with my knoweldg

Graduate School Business School - MBA
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Hey guys,

I got 2 bachelor degrees in accounting and management and did part of a masters degree in Accounting w/ a concentration in tax. At first everything went smoothly. I did 6 classes and got bs in all of them.

Then I did a accounting I.T class. I got a C because I did the projects poorly. There were some difficult projects involving excel/data bases. None of this had anything to do with tax or accounting.

Then I did a financial analysis class. The whole class is based of memos due to the virus outbreak recently. I turned into one memo/analysis but the professor gave me a 70 for various reasons. I don’t know anyone in my class so I can’t work in a group, plus they are all away. I feel like I will get a C in this class as well. I’ve spoken to my adviser and he told me that 2 Cs w/o any As mean that I will likely get dismissed.

However, I feel that I can understand actual accounting/tax very well. I passed international, corporate, partnership tax, advanced accounting with flying colors. I just have difficulty writing financial analysis memos and doing excel projects. How can I explain to recruiters that it has nothing to do with my intellect or understanding of accounting/tax? Thoughts?

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Writing financial analysis memos and doing excel projects is part of being an accountant in today’s day and age.

I would see if there is a way you can make up/improve the grades and/or if the school will be lenient with grades due to to the fact that they are online (a number of schools are giving people a P/F option this semester). Perhaps you can take additional summer classes to bring up your GPA and get your degree.

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Do you think that my professor will be more lenient with grades since its online? He seems like a nice guy.

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Ask him.

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Or can you drop the class because of the online format? Again, the school may give this option later than the regular drop date.h

But before you drop talk to the professor and ask him what you can do to bring it to a B.