<p>I'm really worried that I might get a D in my geology lab class. All of my other classes should be A's and B's, but its just this 1unit lab that's killing me. I'm worried that it will hurt my GPA this semester and affect my admission to UCLA. This lab class puts me at 60units exactly, without it I'd be at 59 and would not complete IGETC. Any suggestions?</p>
<p>Try harder. Cut back at work if you have to and tell others in the clubs that you run that they will need to pick up the slack for the time being. Talk with your professor if you have to. If you CAN’T, then what you’ll want to do is to find ANY 8 week course and sign up for it. Consider weight lifting or some sort of sport, 60 units is a must.</p>
<p>If you don’t work AND run clubs, there’s little excuse for getting a D in a lower div geology(rocks for jocks) course. I’m apparently not even UCLA material and I am working part time, interning, VP of a club and taking 20 units simultaneously.</p>
<p>Definitely make sure you have 60 units and like @xelink said, find ANYTHING to get that 1 unit. UCLA will definitely drop you if you’re under 60.</p>
<p>good advise above. i would also go and talk to the teacher and ask if there is any way for you to earn extra credit, etc… just to make sure that you Pass the class. maybe work in the lab. i hope the teacher is not a nut. that would suck. if the teacher is a nut, sometimes it is better to avoid them. hmm. good luck! definitely show up to class early and leave late. and check now to see if this same lab class is offered this summer. if not at your CC then check all the other CC schools. that way if you do fail, you can inform the school that you are making that unit and class up and will complete your IGETC before fall 2012. but frankly, you do not want to fail the class. obviously.</p>
<p>@earell92</p>
<p>Seek out help from other students, go to office hours, and tutoring services–even if you feel like you don’t really need it. Don’t take any chances. Do the work for this class above the others. Study thoroughly for every test. Don’t give up, you only have to get a C to be in the clear.</p>
<p>My recollection from Geology Lab was that the students who got into trouble did so because they had not learned how to apply, in a systematic fashion, the experimental procedures used to identify a sample of an unknown rock such as the scratch test and reaction to treatment with chemicals such as acids. Also examine the specimen for visual cues such as crystal size, luster, fracture lines, color and striations.</p>
<p>If you are not sure whether or not you learned how to do these tests reread the lab manual and if neccessary try to have the instructor go over them with you.</p>
<p>Its Geology–> Oceanographic studies lab
The professor wants us to know how to sail nd we have to know all of these boating traffic laws and what signs mean and he tests us on theoretical situations if we were captining a vessle and what actions we need to take. I sometimes ask him questions about the homework packets that he gives us regarding this stuff and he himself gets confused b/c he writes abstract sentences/questions or puts bad info down. the problem is that on tests the sequence of questions are events that are somehow tied together but he might put down True North or Port Side, when he meant magnetic North or Starboad Side and that messes people up on our tests. And “You should have known what I meant” is a poor excuse for a professor. It’s just frustrating to be tested on this kind of material when we go on field trips to the beach and maybe 5 questions are taken from our entire 50pg field trip packet. I just hope I pull it all together nd can scratch out a C in this class nd move on b/c a 1unit lab class should not be this hard.</p>