<p>@ucboundanswers: I understand, but if you had filed the appeal after receiving a D with a cumulative score of 71.8% you may have had a better chance. Taking the final again shot holes into your case. I don’t understand your last sentence so I can’t respond to it.</p>
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<p>What I’m saying is if you were to retake a final for a g.e. history class. You retake final score would probably be considerably lower than the first. And yea I really regret retaking the final.</p>
<p>I just looked at the school document pertaining grade appeals. It doesn’t say anything about retakes. So I guess I can make a point that the grade appeal should solely focus on the tests and hws taken and completed during the duration of the course.</p>
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Of course it doesnt say anything about retakes… why should it? lol People who appeal grades usually arent given any retake opportunities…</p>
<p>I mean if the prof is willing to compromise with you with a “retake” and you accept the retake, its a done deal if you dont meet the limit…</p>
<p>arbitrary and capricious? I think that might be a good point to pin my argument on retake.
And a link I found on chronicle (CC but for profs and teachers). Not sure if my college has this policy but I’ll ask around. </p>
<p>[Grade</a> Appeal](<a href=“http://chronicle.com/forums/index.php?topic=75225.25;wap2]Grade”>http://chronicle.com/forums/index.php?topic=75225.25;wap2)</p>
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<p>This won’t work because when you retook that final, that act was an implicit agreement between yourself and the professor. That fact that you didn’t receive a score worthy of a C grade and are now appealing will make it appear that you are failing to meet your end of the contract. Additionally, the professor was under no obligation to give you a second final a fact that will only weaken your appeal.</p>
<p>eyethink has the right idea . Everyone hopes this turns out well for you, but the fact is the teacher isn’t obligated to change your grade now, and the school is EXTREMELY UNLIKELY to change the grade on appeal .</p>
<p>Good luck though.</p>
<p>^You brought this thread back just to give your two cents on that subject. Really?? it’s been stated like 5 times atleast already. people…-.-</p>
<p>A second chance on a Final, wow! You must have had that Obama Swagg to convince her/he to give you a retake. And on top of the you failed again. Believe it or not, you don’t deserve to pass Calc if you got a 60 percent on a final. If she does let you pass, she need to not be a teacher again because that goes against all the ethics of teaching. You failed once. You failed twice. Be a man/woman and take it on chin.</p>
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<p>She gave you another chance to redeem yourself and you got a 60%? Bullsiht excuses aside, you blew it and your chance of getting a C went out the window.</p>
<p>I think that you were very fortunate to receive a second change at taking a final. In some ways this is unfair to the students who studied their butts off throughout the semester and for the coming weeks up to the final. I know if I was a student in your math class I would feel as if you were getting preferential treatment. Like a lot of the other CC members stated you had the chance to read the syllabus and know what your Professor’s grading criteria was. </p>
<p>So hopefully, you can have better luck taking the course over summer. You really need to let this go and accept the grade you earned and received.</p>
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<p>I sure can. I know some profs who use a 94/86/78/70 scale where a 70 would be the bottom of the D’s. I also know a prof teaching pre-pharmacy courses where a 70 is an automatic fail, because you don’t get to be a pharmacist if you only get the meds right 70% of the time.</p>
<p>Sounds to me like the professor just didn’t like you. Were you a loud/obnoxious student?</p>
<p>In words of the great Gandalf the Gray, “YOU SHALL NOT PASS!!!”</p>
<p>I’m sorry to say that you’ve pretty much shot yourself in the foot by retaking the final and not passing it. Not many professors are willing to let you retake a final to change your grade. </p>
<p>You and the professor both agreed on having you retake the final and you blew it. That’s not going to go too well in your favor when you appeal for your grade.</p>
<p>Regardless, I wish you the best of luck.</p>
<p>I’ve been following this thread for the last week. Your professor gave you a second chance to prove yourself by retaking the final exam, and it seems to me that you didn’t put in enough effort into it nor into the class. I’m sure you would’ve had a much higher grade if you were more dedicated. Sure, calculus is a tough subject, but there are so many resources you could’ve consulted to help you out if you were struggling during the time you took the class. A good grade is possible with effort. </p>
<p>Unfortunately, as others have said, you’ve blown your chances. It’s not a matter of whether or not your professor liked you as a student, it’s a matter of how much work you actually put into the class itself. </p>
<p>Your admission to any of the schools you applied to is most likely going to rescinded since you have a grade lower than a “C.” You can always try to appeal and ask if you can repeat the course over the summer, but it looks like you may have to apply for spring admission instead. Good luck!</p>
<p>How do you fail Calculus 1 at community college? </p>
<p>As you already know, there’s no point talking to the professor about the grade. What you don’t know is that UCs don’t rescind crap. I transferred to Cal with one of my friends. He failed 2 classes during his last semester, one was a prereq, he talked to his admissions officer and promised to take it during his first semester. He’s graduating with me in Spring 11.</p>
<p>But honestly, has it gotten to the point where universities are accepting people like this guy who can’t even manage a C in a class that high school children pass every year. Let me guess, you’re a cake major.</p>
<p>@aRandomHobo: Calculus is a tricky course to classify; a professor can make it very simple, a class where taking derivatives and integrals is pretty much it, with one or two very straightforward “applications”. Other professors can make you understand it very in depth; and as a person who is very passionate about math, I can tell you the depth to Calculus knows no (greatest lower) bounds. Usually, people in high school can manages A’s in Calc without even understanding the most fundamental stuff, like the definition of a derivative. </p>
<p>There are numerous ways to fail a class, and for numerous reasons. Get off your high horse and realize that almost every situation is unique, and making arbitrary comparisons doesn’t help anybody, especially not this person who is probably just freaking about getting their admission rescinded for ambiguity in grading (something that shouldn’t be a problem in math and science courses, and many times when it is, bad things happen).</p>
<p>There are different level calc 1 classes, I went into calc 1 for engineers and it was probably one of the most challenging classes I had taken at the time. You really dive deep into the material, way deeper than any high schooler.</p>
<p>So, did this thing ever resolve itself?</p>
<p>Yea there’s the calc 1 class where you are expected to prove at least a half dozen versions of popular derivatives by using the definition of the derivative… on an exam… </p>
<p><em>shudder</em> I don’t wanna remember XD</p>