<p>So basically, I transferred out of an institution, and even though I got a message saying all the classes I signed up for there were dropped (I signed up just in case the transfer didn't work), they didn't, and now I have Fs in all those classes (since I wasn't there), which appear on my transcript at that school. I tried contacting the institution and they claim that I need to fill out petitions which includes getting signatures from ALL those instructors and then turning it into their office and then they'll CONSIDER removing those Fs.</p>
<p>I'm just wondering, if this doesn't work out for some reason and they won't drop the Fs, what can I do? This is really irritating because I tried to drop, and because of an error with the server, I'm getting penalized for it. More importantly, I'm wondering how this will affect my chances at law school, since I'll have to send in all my transcripts and the schools will see the Fs. </p>
<p>Any idea about what I can do/how screwed I am at this point?</p>
<p>If the grades aren’t removed, I’m not sure I can envision any way that they wouldn’t be calculated into your LSDAS GPA. Since law schools base their decisions on the LSDAS GPA, you probably won’t be looking at the T14.</p>
<p>Sometimes, a school will overlook grades if there’s a compelling reason, but only for really borderline applicants. A 2.5 won’t become a 3.6 in the eyes of an admissions officer, brilliant compelling reason notwithstanding.</p>
<p>But…so you would have straight F’s in one college for the semester of Fall 2009 but you will have other set of grades in the college you transferred to, right? </p>
<p>I don’t get why you would just figure out about this error; contact someone higher up and tell them exactly what happened. Fs are pretty bad, though if that was what you wanted to hear</p>
<p>I agree that you need to contact someone higher up at your old school. Show them the messages you got, explain what happened and don’t drop the issue until the F’s are removed. There’s no reason they shouldn’t be taken off your transcript.</p>
<p>That’s actually the 5th person that has told me to sue. I don’t want to do something that drastic (yet), but do you think I should maybe use my school’s legal services and have a lawyer send a letter or something? This kind of thing can really wreck my life, and it really isn’t fair because its no one’s fault (just an error with the server, which neither party can control), but it could have catastrophic consequences. I have proof that I attended another institution, yet I have no idea why the school isn’t being more understanding that this is a special case and just making an exception. There’s no way I can skip a school day, travel to another campus, to get signatures from people I’ve literally never met with no guarantee that they will resolve my issue anyway.</p>
<p>The old “the server did it” excuse. Don’t fall for that. Obviously, someone can go in and delete those grades or getting the signatures wouldn’t matter. Have you spoken to the registrar - not an underling, but the person in charge? You need to let them know that you are not going away.</p>
<p>If you pursue the issue aggressively, I’d be really surprised if they force you to take on the grades. It would be manifest unfairness, which is a concept you’ll encounter often both practically and academically as a law student.</p>