<p>I am on probation and will not get financial aid in two weeks because my cumulative GPA is .20 to low (1.8). Is it worth asking any one of my three professor to raise any or all of my grades to make up the difference? I can't go any further otherwise, and I have wasted all this time and money if I quit here, I can't think of anything else, I am facing homelessness because I had no plan b either, Is it worth asking or not? Am I finished? </p>
<p>I cannot condone asking a professor simply to increase your grade; to do so would be unfair to your classmates and would possibly violate professorial ethics. It would also fail to hold you to reasonable standards of performance and accountability.</p>
<p>HOWEVER, this does NOT mean you are “finished.” Why not approach one (or more) of the professor(s), explain the situation factually, ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR POOR GRADES with no excuses, but ask if there is one (or more) additional assignment(s) that you could complete to obtain the needed grade increase(s).</p>
<p>EARNING something is ALWAYS preferable to charity.</p>
<p>Although nobility is highly admirable, this has turned into a practical matter, but thank you for the factual answer. There are reasons that no matter how noble my future actions would be, they would not correct the material mistakes that were made by the counseling advice and lack of, that got me where I am. This has turned into “damage control”.</p>
<p>The likelihood of your professors changing the grade ranges from nil to zip.</p>
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Your counselors did this to you?</p>
<p>@DannyDC (re #2): “My counselor did it” simply isn’t going to cut it (it’s right up there with “my dog ate my homework”). What could a counselor do that would cause you to have a projected semester GPA of 1.8 (which, frankly, is abysmal)? What “got me where I am” (to quote you) principally isn’t your counselor; fundamentally, it is your own performance, or lack there of. You – and no one else – are accountable for your scholastic achievements, and a 1.8 GPA almost certainly indicates that you just didn’t work hard enough.</p>
<p>I renew my recommendation in #1. It might work, while begging professors for unearned and unwarranted grade increases almost certainly will not (in fact, to do so will likely be offensive). </p>
<p>Do you have an actual basis on which to argue for a higher grade? Or are you simply trying to go in and say “hey, I’m gonna flunk out if I don’t get my grades up. Wanna give me a higher grade?”</p>
<p>“Although nobility is highly admirable, this has turned into a practical matter”</p>
<p>It’s a practical matter, yes. But why should you be given preferential treatment when many other students are not given that same treatment? This is what you’re suggesting. There are grade cutoffs for a reason. You should have kept this practical matter in mind before getting to this point. </p>
<p>“they would not correct the material mistakes that were made by the counseling advice and lack of, that got me where I am.”</p>
<p>How is it your counselors fault? Were they with you while doing your assignments and taking your exams, causing you to fail? Poor counseling advice can certainly be a problem at times, but that doesn’t excuse ones own performance in a class. That’s not a reason. It’s an excuse…and not a good one. </p>
<p>The chances of your professor(s) raising your grades without a legitimate reason to do so are virtually zero…which is as it should be. It would be highly unethical for them to do so. </p>
<p>Give it a rest, I’m done here, I have been in the business world (reality) and came back to college when the economy turned sour. Idealistically, your advice works, in reality, and mathematically, because they don’t move these numbers, everybody is going to lose. In the business world, expediency takes precedence, it’s been fun, bye. </p>
<p>I’ll sum it up for you, my way, I continue the education, get the degree, advance my career, feed my kids, pay my bills, and your way; there are no jobs here in the next 2 weeks, I have no money, I loose my place, homeless, file for welfare, look for work, default on my loans, and who knows when if ever I go back to school or what my future holds, for the difference in grade of what amounts to an subjective opinion of a grade of 2 tenths., in business it would be a waiver and the deal gets done.</p>
<p>This is not the business world. It’s college. You got yourself into the situation in the first place. Grades exist for a reason. Don’t act salty toward the people that are simply explaining the reality of the situation to you. You make it sound like that 2/10 of your GPA is equivalent to asking for a couple extra points on an exam to get bumped up to the rounding point. It isn’t. </p>
<p>Your story sucks. Life’s hard. Believe me, plenty of us know all about it. If you feel that it’s worth a shot to go ask them, then by all means go ahead. You’re the only one that can make that decision. We can’t make it for you. </p>
<p>Not everybody is going to lose as a result of them not moving these numbers. One gets what they earn in college. You have a 1.8 GPA because it is what you have earned. You can point your finger in whatever direction you’d like, but it isn’t going to make a difference. You feel that you should be given preferential treatment because of your situation. You want them to just push you through so you can move on to the next stage. Then what happens to the person with a 1.7? 1.6? Are they close enough to the mark too? What about a 1.5? 1.2? This is an unfortunate situation, but the line has to be drawn somewhere. </p>
<p>Are loans an option?</p>
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<p>Why don’t you go tell your professors this and see what happens?</p>
<p>In business, below average work gets evaluated as average work and “the deal gets done?” Yikes.</p>
<p>I don’t think you fully understand how college works. Professors are not going to raise your grade just because you’re failing and probably have been slacking off in your classes. As others have said, not only is it unfair to the other students, it goes against university policy. The ONLY time they’ll change your grade is if, for example, they made a mistake calculating all your points in the class, and that’s rare. </p>
<p>Perhaps this would be insightful to you: [Professor</a> Destroys Student Email Grade Bump](<a href=“http://www.businessinsider.com/professor-destroys-student-email-grade-bump-2013-12]Professor”>Professor Destroys Student in Email After He Asks for a Grade Bump) </p>
<p>Below average work does get passed through sometimes in the real world. Let’s apply that to some other situations. </p>
<p>City: Ah, I see the construction on the bridge is completed. How did it go?
Engineer: Well, we’re pretty sure it’s safe. I mean…it SHOULD be able to support the weight of rush hour traffic. I’m not 100% sure of my calculations here, but it’s pretty close.
City: Well that sounds good enough to us. Great job!</p>
<p>Can you imagine this conversation actually taking place in the real world? Neither can I. </p>
<p>@comfortablycurt: Your post #9 simply can not be improved.</p>
<p>@DannyDC: I rather expect I’m one of the CC participants you’ve criticized in #8 and #9. Here’s a pertinent “news flash:” Most of CC’s adult participants aren’t only reasonably well educated, they have also long-prevailed in the “real world” and in the “business/professional world” you keep you keep citing. For example, I spent 40+ years (probably about twice the time you’ve lived) EARNING multiple successes in those worlds. Your claim (in #8) that “it would be a waiver” (that’s a precise quotation) is entirely false MUCH of the time. To illustrate, in four decades of ever increasing leadership and responsibilities for tactical naval aircraft, I never – not even once – saw a 10 percent waiver granted for anything (and 0.2 is exactly 10 percent of the 2.0 GPA you require), simply because the standards and the criticality (lives actually depend on engineering, programmatic, manufacturing, logistical and operational excellence) of meeting all requirements with exactitude are simply too important. So, Danny, don’t make claims like this one (or excuses) that are plainly untrue. Your rationalizations my delude yourself, but there are a huge number of others – with a GREAT deal more “real world” and “business/professional” experiences than you currently have – who will immediately see how obviously self-serving and fallacious they are. </p>
<p>Also, this attitude of yours isn’t going to help you in the “business world.” Getting mad at other people who are only telling you the truth and likelihood isn’t going to get you anywhere; simply getting angry because you’re not hearing what you want to hear is not going to help you out.</p>
<p>You can ask your professors and see what they say, but if you address them similarly to how you addressed people here, I can guarantee you that they won’t want to help you even if they could.</p>
<p>It’s all about manners and about learning the proper way to express yourself.</p>