<p>Now I know what you're thinking: "You failed a CC class, you must either an idiot or a slacker, you wouldn't survive an engineering program anyway." I probably deserve at least that much and won't try to make up any sort of an excuse.</p>
<p>Long story short though, I slacked off way too much this semester and wound up failing my Electronics I course. The instructor's approach was just too unconventional, and instead of persistently asking him EXACTLY what he wanted on assignments I became discouraged by the mediocre grades I would usually receive and I just didn't even show up for the final.</p>
<p>My GPA is still above a 3.0 though--all thanks to the decent grades I've received the two semesters prior--and I'm wondering what can I do to kind of dig myself out of this hole? I hope to get accepted into LSU but I'm afraid that even if I graduate with at least a 3.5 as I plan the 'W' I have for Alg. based Physics and the 'F' for Electronics will look bad and I'll have to settle for Southern A&M.</p>
<p>Do CC's replace grades on transcripts if you retake the class and pass?</p>
<p>What people fail to realize about CC is that it is still very difficult. They are not like for profit schools. There are strict standards in place at most all CC in which the curriculum must match a 4 year university in order for them to exist. They depend on students to successfully transfer and graduate. A lot of times the regulations for the programs at CC come from the 4 year college</p>
<p>Honestly, your only option is to continue to fail, or suck it up and seriously reconsider your work ethic. Not showing up for the final means you really didn’t care that much. Normally schools will list both grades on the transcript. Some will average them, some will be nice enough to do grade replacement. Either way, the F will not vanish. </p>
<p>Obviously you are in school because you feel that this education will take you to a place you want to be in the future, otherwise, why would you be doing it. Good luck though, try to push through.</p>
You will need to check with your CC what their policy is. </p>
<p>Not showing up for the final makes me wonder if there is something more going on in your life than what you are saying. We’ve all had classes/teachers we don’t like. Either you grin and bear it, or you withdraw from the class. The anecdotes I’ve heard of students not showing up for finals are because of:
Disorganization: messed up the time/location or overslept
Rebellion: student only going to school because parents forced it, not motivated
Depression
Addiction</p>
<p>I’m not saying that you fit into one of those categories. I’m just suggesting to consider if some factors outside of the class itself influenced you to skip the final, and to try to address those other factors, to avoid a recurrence. Your CC should have academic and mental health counselors available, and I suggest you take advantage of both of them.</p>
<p>Good luck. You sound very motivated, and hopefully you can move past this.</p>
<p>You suggested 4 points, and I’ll go through all 4.</p>
<p>1st-Yes, that can be it, I’ll work on refining my organization skills during this month we have off. I think I just need to get more binders and work on rewriting my notes.</p>
<p>2nd-As a high school dropout, my mom didn’t have much hopes for me even doing well my first semester, but I was able to sway her after showing her my letter saying that I made Dean’s list.</p>
<p>3rd-Yeah that could be it, but I went to a shrink a couple years ago and he prescribed some medication, the problem is that I no longer have insurance and can’t afford the medication. :(</p>
<p>4th-You can say that too, but I’m currently in a situation where I can control that habit and it shouldn’t be an issue come next Spring.</p>
<p>Your only option should be to keep moving forward! Keep moving along keep trying and you will get through! Don’t let this one semester bring you down! Everybody has a rough semester! ( not saying everybody fails but a transition semester into tougher classes)</p>
<p>Please do follow up on this. Assuming that as a student your income is low, you would likely qualify for subsidies under the Affordable Care Act and should be able to get health insurance at a very low rate now. Or perhaps health coverage is available through your CC. Good mental health is very important for being able to be successful as a student.</p>
<p>I’ll give it a shot, he told me I have some level of anxiety–which makes sense. </p>
<p>As for the class, it wasn’t necessarily difficult, just the teacher was extremely unconventional. Imagine a class that is supposed to have labs but was 90% lecture and the instructor did most of the labs himself because he was obsessed with lecturing. He also gave us take home tests for credit, but instead of just answering the questions, he wanted us to use colors and a certain format. H also wanted it all typed and wanted us to do most of our drawings in MS Word. Students who had him before knew what he wanted and passed the first couple of assignments, but those of us who had him for the first time had mediocre grades on the first assignments and we didn’t know until just before the drop date.</p>
<p>I won’t try to blame it on him though. Had I been in my right mind this semester, I would have just asked him to grade my first assignment so I can make adjustments and make every assignment from then on that same way. The endless lecturing with barely any labs made me lose interest in his class though. No other teacher in the department is like him.</p>