Accidentally repeated a pass/no pass course, how to explain on secondaries??

[Anonymouse321]

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Hi everyone,

This is a very embarrassing situation, but I would really appreciate some help.

My freshman year I took a very easy 1 unit pass/no pass class that covered health care career options and invited guest speakers during the lectures (one of those classes where you pass by attending a certain number of lectures). My senior year, I completely forgot that I took the class my freshman year and repeated it... and I now have an "unauthorized repeat" on my transcript.

My question is: for secondaries that ask to explain any repeated courses, how would you recommend approaching this question?

 

[Goro]

Just tell the truth

 

[eteshoe]

What @Goro said, but how does one sit through a whole class (s)he already took?

 

[Catalystik]

Just tell the truth

I agree. No one will care. Mistakes happen. It's not a big deal, as it doesn't affect your GPA.

 

[Goro]

What @Goro said, but how does one sit through a whole class (s)he already took?

Seminar classes may have different speakers from semester to semester or year to year. When I interviewed for a faculty job at CSU-Long Beach years ago, I was asked to design a seminar course like the one OP described!

 

[Toutie]

Seminar classes may have different speakers from semester to semester or year to year. When I interviewed for a faculty job at CSU-Long Beach years ago, I was asked to design a seminar course like the one OP described!

You actually wanted to be a California guy @Goro? Who knew? You like tofu and spouts and boba? 😛

 

[Goro]

You actually wanted to be a California guy @Goro? Who knew? You like tofu and spouts and boba? 😛

I do NOT like earthquakes! Tornadoes, blizzards and hailstorms are bad enough as it is.

 

[Toutie]

I do NOT like earthquakes! Tornadoes, blizzards and hailstorms are bad enough as it is.

Earthquakes aren't so bad. It's not like the big ones happen every day or even every year or even every 10 years. Heck, I lived in the LA area for over 35 years and we only had 2 that actually did any real damage and less people died in those 2 quakes combined than the average number of people who die in tornadoes in the entire US every year.

 

[Anonymouse321]

Seminar classes may have different speakers from semester to semester or year to year. When I interviewed for a faculty job at CSU-Long Beach years ago, I was asked to design a seminar course like the one OP described!

Thanks for your help! Yes, that's exactly why I didn't remember it. I wasn't required to attend all classes, and the ones I did go to there were different speakers covering different topics. So, it all seemed new to me.

I would like to be fully honest, but I'm not sure how to express that I "forgot" I already took a class without looking completely stupid. 🙁

 

[ortnakas]

Thanks for your help! Yes, that's exactly why I didn't remember it. I wasn't required to attend all classes, and the ones I did go to there were different speakers covering different topics. So, it all seemed new to me.

I would like to be fully honest, but I'm not sure how to express that I "forgot" I already took a class without looking completely stupid. 🙁

Say the first paragraph. Honestly it seems weird you can't take a class like that more than once (I was registered for the same seminar six quarters in a row in grad school in a course similar to what you and Goro described)

 

[Anonymouse321]

Say the first paragraph. Honestly it seems weird you can't take a class like that more than once (I was registered for the same seminar six quarters in a row in grad school in a course similar to what you and Goro described)

I also find it odd that it's limited. What's even more unusual is I wasn't notified when registering that I already took it and couldn't repeat it. You'd think that the school would display some sort of error message, but no it just let me go ahead and sign up.

Would you mind sharing why you chose to take the same class six quarters in a row?

 

[ortnakas]

I also find it odd that it's limited. What's even more unusual is I wasn't notified when registering that I already took it and couldn't repeat it. You'd think that the school would display some sort of error message, but no it just let me go ahead and sign up.

Would you mind sharing why you chose to take the same class six quarters in a row?

It was a one-credit pass/fail seminar. I had to take it the first three quarters and just kept going my second year. No exciting story for you.