Hi. I’m currently in the last two weeks of my 2nd semester with finals coming up. I am at community college with hopes of transferring to a university. I currently have an F in my Honors Biology class (not a bio major btw) and I wanted to get an opinion if it’s better to intentionally fail the class and ask for academic renewal/retake the class or try and ace the final and get a c in the class. For some unknown reason, I just can’t get stuff started (not only with this class but also for my other classes), which is why I’m currently in the situation I am in now. If I pass the class, my GPA will suffer but I know that if I retake the class, I can get an A.
Thoughts?
Getting an A on the final is doubtful considering you have done so badly during the semester and probably didn’t learn the material. It’s also doubtful you’ll get an A if you take it again, unless you really had a reason for doing so badly that you can correct. Do you need a C to transfer after this semester? Or are you transferring after another year? I would get advice from your college advisor if there’s time.
I understand the material it’s just that I haven’t been turning in the work. To give you a picture of how much work she gives us, last week we had to turn in 6 (at least 20-pages) chapter summaries and 4 article summaries. That’s only for that week. She gave it to us like two weeks in advance but in those two weeks we also had tests going on for that class. This is her first time teaching it and she overestimated how much work we can do. That class has more work than all of my other 4 classes combined and I’m taking other honors classes. An A is doable since I only have to study for 3 finals since two are in-class essays. I am planning on transferring by Fall 2018 to make sure that I have all the classes I need. I would talk to a counselor but our honors counselor is currently on leave and I’m telling you, the other counselors suck.
Sounds like your gut tells you to take the final. Maybe that’s best.
Pass the class.
Depends on what university you’re trying to transfer to. I know some people who have purposely failed a class so that they could retake it and get the grade replaced. It worked out for them since they were able to get an A afterwards.
I also have intentionally failed a class since my professor was not understanding of my situation. Currently acing it on the retake and already did the paperwork before the semester started so that as soon as my grade is in, it replaces my old one.
Note: Try not to fail classes and if you’re really struggling, go with taking a W instead.