I’m in my 2nd year of JC, I have a 4.0, one WD on my record (which is under protest), and am wondering whether I should take a likely B in a course or withdraw. I’ll be transferring for the 2016 fall semester (management/marketing major applying to SMU, Richmond, UW-Madison, UT-Austin, UNC-Chapel Hill, Washington-St.Louis and other similar programs).
I had to take a light course load this semester due to health problems. The class in question is Business Ethics and I received a zero on a paper for submitting it a day early of all things (online course).
I’ll be talking to my transfer advisor as well, but would appreciate any feedback that the CC.com community could provide.
Wow, I have never heard of being given a zero for turning something in early. There must be a way to contest that.
However, if there is no recourse, I would recommend that you just take the B rather than a WD. One B is unlikely to hurt your admissions prospects, and giving up the credits and potentially having to retake and pay again for the class so that you don’t have a B on your transcript seems like a horrible waste of your time and your (or your parent’s) money. The costs of withdrawing too many times so that you have that perfect GPA add up in extra tuition and the potential of extra time it will take you to graduate in the end.
I had the same situation at the beginning of this quarter. I ended up dropping a class. However, I have regretted it so much… I wasted my parents money, my time and my mental health (stress). I wad obsessed with keeing 4.0 , but i found that one B would not affect that much on transfer. If u can get A- or higher than B- , I would say , just take it!
I spoke to my transfer advisor, she was equally shocked, and recommended that I contest the grade with the Marketing chairperson, which I have.
She also said essentially the same thing that you did. Take the B over the W. It probably won’t break me and schools would prefer the B to a W. I have serious buyer’s remorse either way, so the money ends up being a moot point.
If the paper was submitted a day early, it is entirely possible that the submission could not be registered by the electronic system. Not being recorded would then later be interpreted as not done at all.
You need to find a way to demonstrate to the instructor that the paper was indeed submitted at a certain date and time, and then the instructor would need to get help from the IT department to determine where the paper ended up (if indeed it did end up anywhere, and did not simply vanish into a bunch of random electrons.
@nomoreschool One B will not hurt your chances. Keep it. But you need to seriously protest that zero grade. Go to the higher-ups, wherever you need to go.