<p>What does it take to get an F in a graduate school class?</p>
<li>Is there a certain score?</li>
<li>Some say you just have to basically not show up or do any of the work</li>
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<p>If I am trying but receiving marks in the 60s and 70s but going in for help weekly and talking in class, will that help?</p>
<p>heh, I guess you’re trying to repeat a graduate course? I’ve heard the lowest score you can get is a B- since they really can’t failed a graduate student. Maybe if you don’t do anything or come to class at all, but you might get expelled from the program too?</p>
<p>There were students in my program who’ve gotten Cs and C-s, though you’re technically out if your GPA falls below 3.0. To answer the OP’s question, I think it largely depends on the professor - quite a few still use curves and class averages to determine grading scales.</p>
<p>I’ve gotten a C- in a grad class before … I was an MS student and in the middle of interviewing for PhD programs – when you’re traveling cross-country for six consecutive weekends in a ten-week quarter, life becomes a little rough :/</p>
<p>(ironically, it was a class taught by my PI. thankfully i had pulled A’s in previous classes taken with him, so he didn’t have to think i was a dunce.)</p>
<p>So if I have a GPA around 3.8, I won’t be impacted too much by what I get? What do u mean they can’t technically fail graduate students? Is that a written or unwritten rule?</p>
<p>You’ve asked this twice, and the answer comes out the same both times:</p>
<p>F’s are rarely given in graduate programs, but are still sometimes given. I’ve seen a few in my days (if you want specifics, I saw maybe two F’s in my second master’s program, where all grades (excluding names) were posted in every class). If you show up, put effort into the class, and aren’t performing substantially worse than other students, you shouldn’t fail (and don’t ask for specifics on “substantial” - it varies).</p>
<p>But, no one here can tell you “get at least a 63.5 and you should at least get a C”. That depends on your professor, and your professor might not even know the answer right now. I’ve seen the C/D cut off as low as 30 in a graduate course before, and I’ve seen it as high as 80 (curved down, obviously). It’s all relative to the other students and dependent on your professor.</p>
<p>Just work as hard as possible, try to get your grade up, and things will end up however they end up.</p>
<p>Not showing up to class.</p>
<p>a general caution concerning what is considered “flunking” a course. In many graduate programs, there is a minimum GPA to stay enrolled and/or to keep your graduate fellowship stipend. In general, any grade below a 3.0 is considered not passing and can result in loss of your graduate stipend and/or tuition support. In graduate programs in which I’ve been associated with, students with overall GPAs of 2.7 have been expelled from the program.</p>
<p>However, if research excellence is demonstrated in other arenas, students can often appeal these types of decisions.</p>
<p>It depends on the program. In one of my programs, a single C resulted in expulsion, in one program, two C’s or a single D/F resulted in expulsion, in one program they actively encouraged C’s (“research is more important than studying”)</p>
<p>The program that encourages Cs because research is more important than studying is quite scary. GP Burdell, are these programs the same ones where students take 6+ years to complete their degrees??</p>