Grades

[Lizzie95]

Hi everyone. So I'm going in to my third year of university and I'm still devastated over my second semester of freshman year. I decided to take a heavy course load and a new job & it ended up crashing on me. I failed 3 classes (horrible) and I am still worried about that semester. I haven't failed a class since then and I never failed a class before(been taking college classes since I was in hs)... I was wondering if anyone had any advice for me?

 

[cacajuate]

Don't fail any more classes and get A's.

 

[Typical Average Student]

Move to North Dakota and change your identity.

 

[ajj70]

What is your overall GPA?

 

[cdp1210]

Make sure you can explain that situation and convince adcoms that's not the type of student you are. Simply explaining you took a heavy course load and new job isn't sufficient. That was your choice and you had plenty of opportunities throughout that semester to cut back on working or drop a class or two. Getting 3 C's in a semester because you put too many responsibilities on yourself is slightly more understandable. Getting 3 F's is not. Make sure you show them you grew from that experience and that it won't happen again.

 

[Lizzie95]

Well I was able to handle the courses and work until the last month when my mom went on a business and my brother was partying every night, including finals week.

 

[ajj70]

Well I was able to handle the courses and work until the last month when my mom went on a business and my brother was partying every night, including finals week.

Did you go to the library or something while your brother was partying non-stop for a month?

 

[Lizzie95]

I did, but there was only so long that I could stay at the library. I had to come home eventually

 

[OSUkid]

Lizzie 1995 aged 20 years old going into junior year. you failed 3 classes ( Let me use my @tooth knockn voice here)....hmmmm
Lets do the math ok......
So roughly 120 credits to graduate.....
3 Classes estimated to 12 credits,......
120-112= 108 Credits....If you got A's in 108 credits, and F in a grand total of 12 credits....
Thats a 3.6GPA.
According to my calculations, you probably will not get A's in 108 credits..
So lets say you got ( since you did not specify your GPA).....
Lets say you get 60 credits of A's, 30 credits of A-, and roughly 28 credits of B+, including 12 credits of failure, thats roughly a 3.4 GPA. ....
So if you dont have grades that equate to my chaos mathematics, I assume your GPA will be less than 3.4......
Also these grades are grades you can attain, provided you didn't get C's, because EVEN if you get 1 or 2 C's..... prayers to your GPA.

Not joking here but if you do well in the rest of your courses, I think maybe you will have higher than at least a 3.2-3.3GPA, and if you get a good DAT score 22+, you should be alright so use it as motivation and do well(A's) in your courses.

Oh also play around with this http://www.back2college.com/gpa.htm

 

[Lizzie95]

I didn't receive Fs in my classes, Ds... I know a d is just as bad but not an F

 

[Lizzie95]

Also thanks for the comments. Harsh but well noted & appreciated

 

[ajj70]

I didn't receive Fs in my classes, Ds... I know a d is just as bad but not an F

Then you didn't fail your classes. When someone fails a class, they get F's. Check with your school to see if you can retake those classes or not. Some schools won't let you retake if you didn't actually fail the class.

 

[OSUkid]

I didn't receive Fs in my classes, Ds... I know a d is just as bad but not an F

Lol I thought you said you failed, I did say on the bright side plus since you got D's, you can def get above a 3.3 or maybe 3.4 GPA

 

[Lizzie95]

Sorry, I'm used to Cs and higher being passing only. I have been able to retake two classes and received A's, will take the last one in the fall. Thank you a ton!!