<p>I saw a thread about grades, and it led me to wonder: Have any of you ever failed a course? And if so, what was the reason? (If you don't want to say why, that's fine)</p>
<p>I failed my Interpersonal Communication for the worst reason of all: plagiarism.</p>
<p>They say that everybody fails a class at least once. As long as you man up and retake it it typically doesn’t kill you in the long run.</p>
<p>This is my first semester, and I’m not failing anything yet, thank god.</p>
<p>^ “They’re” wrong.</p>
<p>^Depends on what you wanna do. Most professional schools will frown upon it, but otherwise, if you can explain it in an interview and it’s not required for your major or something, you <em>might</em> be able to get away with it.</p>
<p>it’s a big problem to fail a class due to academic dishonesty. As far as I know, it shows up on the transcript, and a lot of employers look at your transcript for that particular reason</p>
<p>Wisc, I was referring to the statement that everyone fails a course. Of course they don’t.</p>
<p>Thankfully, I have yet to fail to course, although I am only speaking from high school experience since I’m in my first semester of college.</p>
<p>Thankfully, there’s no notation on my transcript as to why I failed. However, there was some error in recording the credit hours for that course, so the grade doesn’t count in my GPA. It’s 2.86 without the F, and would be 2.15 with it. 
I sure got off lucky on that one.</p>
<p>There might not be one on your transcript, but plagiarism can absolutely follow you and be shown in other ways.</p>
<p>Failing something because you had health problems or really struggled with it and sought help too late is one thing. Failing for plagiarism seems significantly worse, and at every school I’ve been to, at least, is denoted differently on transcripts.</p>
<p>I’ve never gotten an F, but I got 1 D in my undergrad career and it wasn’t from lack of working hard. It was a combination of health issues and being in the wrong major in the first place (started in chemical engineering, realized by the end of sophomore year that chemistry was what I really wanted to do).</p>
<p>I got 1 D in my undergrad career so far (a weed-out mathematics course) so I can imagine that it could be quite hard on me. But I have never gotten below B- otherwise and I have an A- average (and, if I maintain it, I may as well be graduating with honors)…</p>
<p>spectastic, </p>
<p>Do employers really look at transcripts for such reasons (as plagiarism)? From where did you hear that?</p>
<p>yes. i failed once in my course</p>
<p>I think i am a lucky one, i never fail a course…</p>
<p>I failed a class, in my major, in the specific subfield I’m studying in graduate school (social psychology). Looking at my transcript, it was pretty clear I was having a rough semester in an otherwise great college career. I was battling my first (and to date, worst) depressive episode that semester. I still got into every grad program I applied to and am studying for my PhD at an Ivy. So yes, you can come back from an F.</p>
<p>But not everyone fails at least one class.</p>
<p>Never failed a class ever, even if I put in barely any effort for most of the semester.</p>
<p>It is mostly just because the last month I’ll get my butt into gear and work way more than I ever have and wind up saving myself. I don’t know how it is possible, but it is very possible to learn 3 months of multi-variable calculus in two weeks if you put your mind to it. Or an entire course of art history in a night. </p>
<p>I don’t do this anymore, though. I study every week.</p>
<p>I failed my physiology class last winter quarter because I thought I knew the material pretty well, but when it came to the midterms, it turns out I didn’t, and the way my professors phrased the questions were rather confusing and I interpreted them the wrong way. I’m taking it again this quarter and not repeating my mistakes from the first time I took it.</p>
<p>Juliet, if you don’t mind what year were you in at the time time? A lot of grad programs only look at last 60 credits or at least take improvement into consideration. OTOH at the grad program i work-study for, i was told no worse than 1 ‘B’ in the major is accepted, unless there’s great achievement outside of class (publishing etc).</p>
<p>I took a 200-level Anatomy course over the Summer and just bombed it. I honestly thought I could make it, but it was as if my best just wasn’t good enough in that short frame of time.</p>
<p>julliet, </p>
<p>If you don’t mind me asking, how were your GRE scores, and do you have any work experience?</p>