<p>Here is how it works at my school. You can get a D in a core class and it can be a passing grade depending on if that department’s head decides its a passing grade. But if that D (or any other) beings your GPA under a 2.0 you do not graduate. If you get a D in you major related classes it is a fail.</p>
<p>I can see how someone can put in all that effort and still not pass a class. Math would be a good example of that. I am taking a math class, I have don’t really good up until the chapter we are in now. I am just not catching the concepts, I have had 3 tutoring sessions with my teacher and another tutoring session with another teacher all in the last week. I am still not catching all the concepts I need for the next test. It happens that is life.</p>
<p>Pea - I didn’t give details because I really don’t think you need to know what school I go to or what class it was. The fact is, I failed </p>
<p>I can’t take it at a different college because it’s an upper level class and therefore needs to taken at my college. </p>
<p>I’m going to see if I can just get a BA instead of a BS. I have more than enough credits for a BA. At this point, I just want to graduate with a degree…any degree and move on. </p>
<p>I talked to my prof and of course, there was nothing he could do about it :(</p>
<p>I’m going to see if I can take a different upper level class, but there aren’t any available over the summer, just during the fall semester. But maybe, the grad school will allow me to take an undergrad class during the same time as grad classes…?</p>
<p>My college has a Committee on Academic Standing that reviews cases just like yours. The idea is that a single low grade should not prevent a senior from graduating when they put enough effort into their classes. A successful appeal leaves the low grade on a student’s transcript but allows the student to graduate anyway.</p>
<p>Does your college have something similar? Have you talked to an academic advisor who is familar with the relevant college policies (e.g., your Dean)?</p>
<p>At my school you can appeal a grade. I know someone who sent an e-mail to their professor explaining their situation and they got their A- bumped up to an A. I would send an e-mail to the professor and ask for a grade appeal. I’m pretty sure most schools will allow you to negotiate a grade and if you tell him your situation, he might change the D to a C-. The person who got their grade changed from an A- to an A did so because her gpa would have dropped so she would have had to pay an extra 300 dollars car insurance. You have an even better reason than that. I would definitely write a heartfelt e-mail/letter explaining your situation and appealing your grade.</p>
<p>I’m not sure how sympathetic the professors would be. If this class is essential for your major and graduate studies, and if you studied incredibly hard for it, and still didn’t understand it, obviously there would have to be something wrong with the academic integrity of the institution if they allow a person who lacks important knowledge about the major to graduate with this major. If I failed my intro to algorithm design class like this then I probably didn’t really deserve to be a CS major anyway. </p>
<p>However, this is a moot point if the class wasn’t required. But I don’t see why you needed to take an upper level course like this if it wasn’t…</p>
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