<p>I'm taking 15 credit hours. 2 of those credit hours are 2 pass/fail classes. Right now, it looks like I'm going to fail them no matter what I do from here on out. Since I'm going to fail them, will that prevent me from getting a 4.0 or external scholarships?</p>
<p>Why wouldn't you withdraw or try to arrange an incomplete and perhaps start over again next term or another term? How is this possible? Did you miss class or a deadline? Firstly you need to look online at the grading policy. Secondly you need to find any reasonable excuse to get yourself outta the classes. That is what I'd be looking into. Some schools have an FX policy or a drop policy with might leave you with a W on your record.</p>
<p>can't you drop the courses?</p>
<p>i'm assuming if he were to withdraw from 2 classes, he would no longer be a fulltime student because he would only be taking 9 credits - also voiding the scholarship.</p>
<p>i don't understand how you could be so certain of failur ethis early...i don't have any grades in any of my classes yet - how can u be failing so early?</p>
<p>It would help to know what courses and why he feels he is failing. It would also help to know if he already has an outside scholarship. I'd say that one bad semester isn't the end of a scholarship as they are usually awarded for a year.</p>
<p>So I looked it over, and it appears as if I'll only fail one class. The one class I'll fail isn't even required for my major. So if I was to withdraw how would that be any different than a fail?</p>
<p>How in the world can you know if you've fail a class this early? I mean if you're not going to go to class anymore or you've had a max amount of absences or something of that nature that can't be excused I suppose that maybe be understandable (with a good reason of course). I don't see how anyone can know this early that they'll fail.</p>
<p>withdrawing is infinitely superior than failing. it has no affect on your gpa and should have any bearing on your scholarship status</p>
<p>Ok, first off it's way early to KNOW you're going to fail.. all you need to pass is somewhere in the C range of the curve (C- at UC Davis). Also look into your school's perticular policy on how p/np (pass/no pass) courses affect GPA. Here, p/np courses do NOT count towards your GPA at all.. nothing if you pass, nothing if you fail. There are limits to the number of courses you can take p/np and basically the course won't count towards any requirements if it is taken p/np (it's just for units). Therefore, if you failed the course, you could still get a 4.0. It would still show up on your transcript that you failed that course so if the scholarship asks for a transcript it may affect your chances but your GPA would be fine.</p>
<p>Yeah, I'm with Pearlinthemist. I don't see how you can know after about a month that you're going to fail a class. More importantly, dude, you could miss the entire month of November and still pass.</p>
<p>Here's a breakdown of the class grading.</p>
<p>Coming to class 50
Test scores 80
Homework 40</p>
<p>Homework 10points if done right on time. 5 points if day late. 0 if late.
Test- 10points-100%, 5points-99%-90%, 0points 89%-0%.
Class Att. -5poitns day.</p>
<p>I have one late assignment, and another assignment that was one day late. Thus the max score I can obtain is a 155/170. I seriously doubt I'll get 100% on the next 3 test.</p>
<p>Must be at least 150/170.</p>
<p>Four exams and you must have had one at least up to this moment. Is there a test score that is dropped? Meaning you could theoretically not take one exam?</p>
<p>I find it hard to believe this course won't ulitmately be curved. Anybody else have a comment on that?</p>
<p>They actually give you points for going to class?</p>
<p>yeah, it seems like they would have to curve it...
only allowing for 20 missed points is really hard.</p>
<p>This course must be well known and a revenue generator for the school. Certainly this kid is freaked and the class is P/F. Gotta know that the word about this is on the street amongs upper classman. I'd ask around what the real story is. Getting kids to drop is just more revenue.</p>
<p>Kinglin, P/F courses don't count into your GPA at UNL...that's part of the beauty of taking them in that manner. While I don't know how this will affect your chances on external scholarships, I have friends who didn't seem negatively affected by failing Library 110 when looking for internships...</p>