I am 23 and a freshmen at a CC (decided working a poop job and buying a house was more important than having my degree) I was wrong! So now I’m attending school. I found out I was pregnant right as the spring 2016 semester started and ended up switching from 5 on campus classes to 2 online classes because I was getting such bad all day sickness. I gave up on them after a month or so, my first trimester left me with zero motivation and the want to sleep all day or puke. I let my math professor know and I told her I would try to get work in and if I could, I would take the final. Well there were complications and before I knew it, the semester is over and I did zero work. She ended up giving me an XF for the class. This was most likely due to the fact that I told her I would try to get work in and didn’t, right? That’s the only thing I can think of that I did that was “academically dishonest.” What are my chances of appealing it? How long will this stay on my transcript? I plan to retake the two classes after I have the baby and can go back feeling like a normal human again. My first semester I took 3 classes and received straight A’s. I am not a bad student, I just went through a really bad time, and I am super ashamed of this. Thanks to anyone who answers!
@betterthansophie Not submitting work isn’t “academic dishonesty” in the same way as cheating is, which is what academic dishonesty refers to. You could try appealing, but you will probably receive an F at best. Dropping the course once you knew it was too late would have been a better idea.
Grades normally stay on transcripts indefinitely, although some schools allow you to retake a class and, if you do better the second time, the grade you get replaces your original grade. But you should check the CC’s policies.
I know I should have dropped the class, that was completely my fault. I had every intention of actually completing as much work as I could but it just didn’t happen that way. Thanks for clarifying about “academic dishonesty” I definitely didn’t cheat, I barely did work for the class as it is. That’s why I was confused by that grade. I expected an F.