<p>I feel like I'm on the verge with one of my classes, and I've already sought out help. It's not working too well. I could pass, but I doubt it. Has anyone ever failed a class? How did you deal with it?</p>
<p>dangit. Everyone on here is perfect.</p>
<p>I got a D in Applied Probability Theory my first quarter. I actually discussed this with my parents during my winter break. I told them I thought I was going to seriously fail a class and I’ve never failed anything in my life, even if I didn’t try at all. Even if I didn’t study at all. I’m a first generation college student and I was kind of discouraged by the fact that I wasn’t doing so hot. So, when I got my D when he posted grades about 2 hours after we took the midterm (yeah, he graded that fast) I just swallowed hard and let it go. I felt so embarrassed that I was on academic probation after my first quarter and I kicked my butt into gear after that to get out of it. I made good grades and teachers would say I had a lot of potential as a math major.</p>
<p>I retook it about a year later, barely tried, and got an A. The first time I had trouble adjusting to college, being away from home the first time, and my professor was terrible. The next time, I had a lot under my belt and the experience of some tougher classes that made it seem like this class was a cakewalk the second time around.</p>
<p>Don’t let one bad grade get you down. We actually have a grade replacement form that we can fill out that will replace our classes with our new grades up to 16 units. Fortunately, this was the only one I had to fill out. I know many many people who have failed more than one class in my major. It’s not the end of the world, but I wouldn’t make it a habit. </p>
<p>I’m graduating in June.</p>
<p>I failed several classes and I dealt with it by dropping out of university, enrolling at a community college, and changing my major.
UCLA?</p>
<p>You need to start changing how you study.</p>
<p>1) Go to the professor’s office hours.<br>
2) Analyze why you got a question wrong on the test. Because you were unaware of the topic? Because you didn’t do practice problems?
3) Get a tutor for the class
4) Form a study group
5) Get a different book that has practice problems for the topic</p>
<p>Well there’s a problem with that Bopper. </p>
<ol>
<li>My professor doesn’t have office hours, and honestly couldn’t care. She’ll accept calls though 24/7. No email. Although, her line seems to always be busy…</li>
<li>I am already seeing a tutor, but she isn’t able to directly help me because she’s helping me in a different way than what the professor says goes. I’ve already told the tutor how the professor does it, but she doesn’t understand the methods.</li>
<li>How do I do that??? I don’t know anyone in my class.</li>
<li>Our book has practice problems, and solutions with how to do them, but they aren’t solved the way that the professor wants them solved.</li>
</ol>
<p>It’s Principles of microeconomics.</p>