ZachCHartwell

If you fail one, do you still graduate?

Gmac

YO will need a certain number to graduate if not you will have to make one up befor you get your diploma

johnson

so your failing an elective ?

if sowhat class ? whats the grading system :2 tests and a final or just graded on assignment ?

ZachCHartwell

3 tests and assignments

I was an 80 + student in college last yr, this course I cannot understand. The teacher is not veyr good. I am going for a tutor tomorrow to see if that helps.

goofball2k

iTrader: (1)

For us, if we fail our Gen Ed course, we still need to pass it to get our diploma. Our's are all online, we only met once with the teacher, first class. All the notes/assignments are done online.

johnson

sounds like tis time to learn the fine art of cheating !!

ZachCHartwell

I got 31% on the midterm and its only going downhill. I'm worried since all my other classes are at 75+%, then I am failing this one.

johnson

can you still drop the class (with out academic penalty ???)

you may be able to drop it and have it not show up/ affect your G.P.A

JohnnyToronto

iTrader: (2)

Umm when I graduated from College, I had a course I had dropped. I had to retake it in order to get my diploma. (Got an 86 in it too, boo yah)
So I would assume if you dropped/failed it, you would have to retake it. Also, depending on your college, you may even be able to take it online.

maltesechicken

Since it is an elective, that course itself is not required for you to graduate. The credit hours that you would get for it are needed for graduation. I would agree with the above post. Since it seems like there is no hope of pulling out of the slump, drop the course. If you do it early enough it won't appear on the transcript at all - I think that time has past. However, if you drop it now, it will likely only appear on your transcript as "Withdrew failing/passing" whichever one applies to your situation - but this will NOT affect your GPA, it might only look bad if you decide to pursue further studies (ie graduate work etc) but even in that case, a failing grade looks equally bad.

My $0.02 - drop the course now so you don't waste more time on it. Since it is an elective, you can replace it with a different course that you really WANT to take and can benefit from.

The only con is that you will have to over-load a semester in order to make up for the lost course (which you would have to do if you failed it anyway) As for it preventing you from graduating - unless you're going to some nuts school like Harvard etc, or unless this causes your GPA to drop too low that you will be on Academic probation, you don't need to worry.

But, different schools work differently. Talk to your registrar and find out for sure. He/she will be able to give you the best counsel/advice.