Failed a class.

<p>What can I do when I got an F in one class? Can I make up for it in anyway? How much will it hurt me throughout my life and my cumulative GPA at the end of college years?
Am I screwed?
Am I worth being alive?</p>

<p>First off, yes, you are definitely worth being alive. I know lots of people who have failed/are failing right now, so it’s not like you’re this total outcast or anything. We’ll need more information to help you, though. Does your school have freshman forgiveness? What class was this?</p>

<p>Just failed Poetics. I hate McGill’s grade deflation. Probably going to fail another as well. What the hell do I do? I don’t want to have to transfer to a subpar school as a result of this.</p>

<p>I failed a class my first semester and bombed another one. At my school, you could retake a course once and replace it with your new grade. Is that a possibility?</p>

<p>If not, the longer you are in college and the better you do the less that grade will matter. Is it still going to hurt? Sure. Might you get some questions about it? It’s a possibility. But if you take this experience and learn from it and do well from now on, by the time you graduate you can pull your average up quite a bit. It’s not the end of the world. Lots of people have at least one class that just didn’t work for them. It’s okay. You’ll be okay. Just keep trying and it will work out.</p>

<p>I failed a class, in my major, in my junior year. I didn’t retake it until after I’d applied to graduate school, so it was definitely on my transcript. It was in the same semester as two Ws, also in my major. I got into all the top programs I applied to and am getting a PhD at a top 20 school in my field.</p>

<p>It will not ruin your life. You won’t have to transfer. You’re a freshman; everyone has a difficult time adjusting and it manifests in different ways. Headhunters and graduate admissions committees won’t hold what you did at 18 against you for the rest of your life! Just retake the class, and see if you can replace the grade, but even if you can’t one F will not kill your career.</p>

<p>Like some have said, a lot of schools allow you to retake the class and replace the grade. Bear in mind that credits you are retaking sometimes do not count toward full-time status, though I think that might only be if you passed but are retaking for a better grade.</p>

<p>It definitely is not the end of the world. I had a poetry professor who had just received his PhD who told the class that he had started college as a pre-med major, but changed his mind once he failed one of his core requirement courses. He still managed to get a PhD with that on his transcript, so I guarantee you that your life is far from over. :)</p>

<p>It is alright if you fail a class or two…just don’t make a habit out of it, ok? Especially if you want to go to grad school. I know of a person who flunked out of college, but is now going to school to become a mechanic. So even if you do flunk out of college, you still have options, ok?</p>

<p>Figure out why you failed. Did you work hard but not understand the material or did you blow off the class?</p>

<p>I worked hard but did not understand the material. If I just blow off the class, at least I would know that if I tried, I can do it but now that I gave it a try but completely failed, not even a C!, I am just really disappointed and feel totally hopeless and I feel that I am not worth the tuition.</p>

<p>What class(es) did you fail?</p>

<p>As hard as it may seem to be able to get by right now, you will. We’ve heard the cliche “We’re all used to A’s”, so when we get anything less we tend to really feel bad about ourselves. Just do well and find out what you can do about retaking the class as some have mentioned, and just enjoy life!</p>

<p>I think the most important part about getting good grade in class is to understanding the material. Try bug your professor about anything you don’t or not fully understand until you get it. I spent more time understanding the concepts than actually doing the homework for all my science classes.</p>