Failing one of my classes

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<p>I'm screwed in my stats class. I'm so dumb because at the start of the school year I never went to class and now I can't catch up since I need to know the previous material to be able to catch up. We just had our second exam, My first was a 65, My second was a 38, I'm just really screwed and now it's too late to withdraw.</p>

<p>My GPA is a 3.7, I just decided not to go to this class and now I'm paying the price, is my life over??? I'm obviously going to have to retake this class next semester in order to get a new grade, since I can't see myself getting anything above a D. Will employers see that I failed a class and not want to hire me or anything?? I'm so ****ed at myself now and I feel like a retard. What can I do, should I even bother to go to class and take any of the others exams?</p>

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<p>Your life is over. Just google McDonalds careers and save yourself the rest of the tuition you would have spent.</p>

<p>…Where is it too late to drop? Are you on a quarter system or something?</p>

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<p>As someone once said . . . </p>

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<p>Xptboy-
I’m not going to pile on you but…
have you figured out your gpa with this class factored in?</p>

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<p>why not try to study the material that you missed? if you’re serious about doing well in college then i dont see why you can’t do that.</p>

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<p>just would drop out of that college and transfer to a different school. you wouldn’t want to be known as the guy who couldn’t pass an easy stats class, now would you?</p>

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<p>Elementary Stats? That class can catch up to you but it’s not too late. Email me, tell me what you’re doing. I had to take the thing 3 times before passing with an A. It’s not really that hard, just do the homework and study for the tests. Most professors allow you to put notes on there and use graphing calcs on the test. It’s not too late at ALL. Most professors also drop the lowest test. Right now your score in the class is just a 68% approximately, you can pull that out of the toilet.</p>

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<p>Can you drop and take a W? Can you fail and retake and replace the F entirely? Can you retake and the F won’t factor into your GPA? Talk to your school. Every school has different rules. Nobody here can help you. And stop being a drama queen.</p>

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<p>@you<em>of</em>eh – relax dude, don’t say nobody here can help. He’s not being a drama queen, he’s just panicked. As a matter of fact, people on here CAN help him. If not with just advice in general, with study tips or possible tutoring. There’s no excuse for that level of rudeness, that’s not like you. Like I said… is it Elementary Stats? Cause believe it or not that can actually be mastered rather easily if you took good notes in class and your professor teaches it in the manner the ones I’ve seen do. PM me and give me some more information, it’s really not as hopeless as you think if you’re willing to work. That stuff on the first two tests is usually just the basic framework and probability. If you learn the calc functions, you’re in good shape</p>

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<p>Itachirumon you’re right. Although asking “is my life over?” because you’re failing a class is pretty dramatic lol.</p>

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<p>^Duly noted, that IS a bit over the top. To be fair he could be one of those failed/burned out 4.6-ers from high school where just getting an A- means Bye Bye Yale/Harvard/etc. Although with a 3.7 that’s probably unlikely… unless he REALLY burned out lol. I’d hate to see the kinds of kids we’re gonna be pumping out in the next 5-10 years when they all turn grey by 25 from the stress.</p>

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<p>it’s cool guys</p>

<p>I’m gonna go to class and start studying now, hopefully I can pull off a C or better, otherwise I’ll just have to retake the class next semester I guess and replace the grade. I’ll admit to being a bit overdramatic, I just felt like **** in that moment in time and needed to vent for a bit, also vented to a bunch of my friends lol.</p>

<p>No offense taken from any of you guys</p>

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<p>The W is better than a C in most cases, especially if it is directly related to your major. It is definitely better than the D.</p>

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<p>Drop and take a W.!</p>

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<p>Does your school have a pass/fail option? If so, you can declare that and retake the class another semester for your real grade.</p>

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<p>Itachirumon, I’m going to take a slight dig at you…it’s no wonder it took you 3 times to pass stats;</p>

<p>The OP stated he got a 65 on the first test and a 38 on the second test, then in your post you say “Right now you have a 68% approximately”.</p>

<p>!!!..whatever you do, please don’t start tutoring the OP in Stats.</p>

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<p>^I misread and thought he said 68% on the first test, not 65% – that’s an oversight from sleep deprivation. I’ve mentioned this before but you wanna know why it took me 3 times? First time it was an online course and my computer broke 3 times leaving me with a 2003 eMachines that took 45 minutes to bring up a SINGLE graph on Minitab. Second time around was pure laziness mixed with extreme frickin depression. It had NOTHING to do with ability, just luck and drive. Third time around I believe my score was somewhere in the range of 95-97%? Maybe higher?</p>

<p>Jesus, there’s no need to be kind of an ass dude ^^ it was a simple typo. Forgive me, OP… if they drop your 38% you have a 65% in the class assuming you haven’t been assigned homework, I was off by 3 percentage points. I had a random bout of temporary sleep-deprivation-induced dyslexia and combined the 65 and the 38. Forgive me, for I am a braindead idiot. </p>

<p>Happy, Ominous?</p>