<p>i just checked my grade for math and i got a D. everything else is an A, but math...the only class that was listed under my contract thing. any suggestions as to what i can do? i really don't want to wait a whole year to apply again, or TRY to get in the next semester.</p>
<p>You better get on the horn with whatever school you signed your SIR with. Hopefully, they’ll take mercy on you, and let you in.</p>
<p>However, chances are good you will be rescinded.</p>
<p>yeah, man this is so effin demotivating man. i haven’t signed my SIR with anyone yet, i was waiting for this grade to be posted. imma have to call Davis tomorrow. :((((((( ■■■ and i really mean that ish</p>
<p>You won’t know what happens till you hear back from them.</p>
<p>Worst case scenario, you get rescinded, but you can always reapply. </p>
<p>It could always be worse, you could be dying. Puts this whole thing in perspective</p>
<p>How far away were you from a C? Do you know? I would try talking to your Prof; tell him your situation and see if there is anything you can do to bump your grade up.</p>
<p>i understand there are much more terrible things that can happen, but for the moment this just gives you a $hitty feeling, i haven’t gotten anything lower than a B n this D just effs with my head. i just hope davis is nice about it n lets me take it in the summer, although all UC’s pretty much made it clear that they won’t accept summer classes that are required towards trasnferring.</p>
<p>I don’t want to get off topic, but why does everyone think it’s ok to negotiate a grade?</p>
<p>It’s a humbling experience, baller. Trust me on this one: It will happen throughout your academic career. Need to learn to roll with the punches.</p>
<p>^^Because it is a community college and for the most part professors will help out a student also in some cases like this its worth a shot. </p>
<p>i agree that people deserve the grade that they get i’ve never personally tried to get my grade changed but if i was in this person situation i would probably try.</p>
<p>But see, that sends the wrong message. If a CC ever hopes to be taken seriously, it has to stop letting its students argue for a better grade. It’s not fair to anyone involved. Hell, if I could’ve argued all my B’s to an A, I would have left CC with a 4.0…</p>
<p>i got two B’s changed to A’s in fall semester ( another one declined)
here i am now choosing between ucla and cal</p>
<p>I’m not disagreeing with what you are saying. It isn’t fair but whether it sends the wrong message or not, it happens. Which is why I mentioned it in the first place. </p>
<p>Again, knowing I am transferring I wouldn’t put myself in a situation to get a D and violate my contract but things happen and I dont know the whole situation. If it happened to me I would try to atleast talk to my professor and if nothing changed I would hope for the best. </p>
<p>Getting rescinded is a big possibility if it happens then try, try again. Take the course over and get a better grade.</p>
<p>you gotta do what you have to do. Talk to your prof and see if there is anything you can do. This sucks major… but dont give up! Its the not end of the world, you can always reapply which might sound like s**t right now, but still. If it happens then it happens, move on. But I hope everything goes well for you, good luck!</p>
<p>@sac: I know, I know. But trying to advocate for it, is tantamount to supporting it.</p>
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<p>Not true, I would hope the OP takes the moral high road, and gets in through honest means.</p>
<p>Just hoping this doesn’t turn into another thread where people support shady behavior. Like that one thread where people were openly supporting lying on the UC app.</p>
<p>Here’s hoping they all die in a fire.</p>
<p>Asking for a higher grade does not necessarily need to be “shady.” There are honest reasons as to why the OP did not get the grade he wanted. I think we are assuming the OP slacked off and got a D in a core IGETC class prior to transferring. Pretty dumb right? Well, he might just not be a math person and tried hard despite what it looks like. If this is the case, surely he could talk to the professor and explain how he worked so hard and needs a C so he can go to college. If I was a professor, I think I would give a kid a little slack and give him a C.</p>
<p>I’ll never ask a professor for a grade change, but that is because I believe the grade you receive is the grade you deserve, in most cases. The difference between an A and an A- is not worth begging your teacher over. If I was in a case where the option was failing or passing, however, might as well give it a try since you have nothing to lose.</p>
<p>^No one needs to die in a fire. Better get used to the lying and cheating now, cause in the real world, people will stomp all over you to get that better job, the better office, the better office chair, etc. Of course I never cared that much about office politics or moving up the ladder, so I don’t do that crap, but I’ve seen some people go nuts, especially now in this economy.</p>
<p>Anywho, you don’t have to negotiate for a better grade, just talk to your teacher ASAP and ask to go over your grade, like what you turned in and whatnot, maybe your teacher missed something or maybe you were right on the border and she will bump you to a C. I say this not as a form of cheating, but just because some teachers do bump students up if they are right on the border, like within a point, and she may have just missed how close you were (this happens even at UCs and private schools, that’s how my friend got an A in her Math class at Harvard, or possibly because her professor wanted to bone her).</p>
<p>Maybe you forgot an assignment and she still might accept it. I know at my CC, professors have up to two years to change a grade, so if you got deathly ill and missed a test and they failed you but then you came back to life… well you get the picture. Just don’t lie, that crap always comes back to bite you in the arse (especially if you post on here how you lied, cause UC<em>Transfer will kick your butt ^</em>^).</p>
<p>Haha, we’re not talking about a promotion here. We’re talking about a grade, and in Academia no less. The grade you get, is the grade you earned. Negotiation should never be an option. If the teacher missed something, or if you can turn in a missing assignment, ok. </p>
<p>But if you feel you deserve a grade simply because you tried hard, well…</p>
<p>People lie and cheat all the time. I know. Hell, most people are just a-holes. I know that too. However, Academia is the one place where that behavior should not be tolerated.</p>
<p>^Hey I’m all in agreement with you. I remember sitting in my Honors English final in 11th grade, and when our teacher stepped out everyone started cheating off each other. I always sat away from everyone (so I could daydream in peace), and it annoyed the crap out of me. Honors students are the worst cheaters and I hated that I had to compete for colleges with those same people. </p>
<p>I’m not saying I’m a saint, I’ve cheated in high school too. That’s right folks, I cheated on that career placement exam. For reals though, if you cheat something, it should be the government, not your school. If you lie to someone, it should be your girlfriend/boyfriend, not your school/professor.</p>
<p>If worse comes to worse, you can do Academic Renewal. I did. I had to stay at CC longer, but now look at me, I’ve been accepted to UCLA and Cal and it was worth the wait. And I didn’t have to cheat on a test to do it.</p>
<p>Haha. What’s funny is those same people don’t stop cheating when they get to college.</p>
<p>An o-chem midterm was postponed a few days ago because someone had stolen a copy of the test a few days before the exam. That kind of stuff happens a lot.</p>
<p>UC_Transfer,</p>
<p>I heard about that! One of my friends is in that class!</p>