Bad Grades

[applepwnz]

Alright who else is going to get killed by the 'rents after finals? I can't be the only one, can I? :confused3 :guilty:

[DisneyFreak43]

Oh, I'm sure they won't be that bad, will they? I plan on going easy on Nick- after all, this is a first for him. Nobody there to nag him to study and all! Good luck, and have a safe ride home!

[Simba]

I was always told to do my best and that in the end it is only the degree that matters. I may have had my worst semester thus far but know that everything will be alright. Good Luck!!!

[Horizons16]

It usually does work out in the end.

[Uuaww]

im boosting like a 2.3 in 4 quarters onf college thus far, my parents have learned to accept the fact that i am not going to put maximum effort into college, and that i will just coast through it on a ton of C's with a few sprinkled A's and B's when i feel like it. although i get a talking to every quarter, but oh well.

[weare6travelers]

i'm sure i will get flamed, but are your parents paying for you to go to college? I make it very clear to my three daughters :get A's and B's and I will pay all college expenses. If you get below those grades you are on your own!! Sound like you need to grow up.

[Ashes8380]

You might want to be careful if your grades dip into the low 2's, depending on your program. I'm a music ed major, and if you have below a 2.75 you can't student teach. If you can't student teach you don't graduate even if you passed all your classes. At least not with an education degree, you'd essentially have to change your major which would be a huge time commitment and several more semesters in school. I have a friend who's at a 2.8 now and is sweating bullets over the next two semesters cause it could make or break him. Of course, I don't know what your major is, so this could be completely irrelevant to you, but make sure you know about things like that.

[Simba]

That's true about falling below a certain GPA, but if you get a C it isn't going to kill you. My parents pay for all my expenses and we have never set a line. As long as you do your best then that is all the matters. You never know when you will get that horrible prof that gives you a C!!! & trust me it does happen!! The last thing I want to be worried about is how upset my parents will be just because I got a C

[Uuaww]

i'm sure i will get flamed, but are your parents paying for you to go to college? I make it very clear to my three daughters :get A's and B's and I will pay all college expenses. If you get below those grades you are on your own!! Sound like you need to grow up.


Read my sig to answer your question, i took out loans for tuition. worked since i was 14 year round at the pool as a lifeguard/swim instuctor saving at least 90% of my paychecks to pay for housing and books and other items like that. I only work about 20 hours a week or so during the school year and thats just to feed myself. Still think I am immature and need to grow up? I am first generation college student, I don't think I am doing THAT bad.

[Jewels]

who said education was to remain in a class room? As for exams....everyone feels like they could have done better or studied harder. In the end its great to have good grades that reflect motivation and that is important, but its also important to have people skills cause you can't get through life just on academics alone. Sounds like your motivation might not come in the form of grades, but hard work none the less.

...as for myself and my grades...i'll get the "we know you can do better" but thats my parents trying to have me set my goals higher...until then...6 days and 2 exams and i'm off to our favorite place on earth! woot woot!

[BeNJeNWaFFLe]

i'm sure i will get flamed, but are your parents paying for you to go to college? I make it very clear to my three daughters :get A's and B's and I will pay all college expenses. If you get below those grades you are on your own!! Sound like you need to grow up.

Please don't take this the wrong way. It is not always possible to get A's and B's. I was a 4.0 student in high school. With only a little bit of effort I could pull off A's. In college, I studied my butt off, all nighter study sessions and everything, and sometimes a C was the best I could do. The professors a lot of the time would only give out 3 A's to a class of 40 or more. College is not like high school. The professor determines everything and if they are a little snot, you can only do as well as they want you to do.

[DisHornFan]

Please don't take this the wrong way. It is not always possible to get A's and B's. I was a 4.0 student in high school. With only a little bit of effort I could pull off A's. In college, I studied my butt off, all nighter study sessions and everything, and sometimes a C was the best I could do. The professors a lot of the time would only give out 3 A's to a class of 40 or more. College is not like high school. The professor determines everything and if they are a little snot, you can only do as well as they want you to do.

AMEN!!! ::yes:: ::yes:: ::yes:: ::yes::

I think I am in one of those classes now:(. College grading is so completely subjective, sometimes its just impossible to get a good grade, especially if the professor thinks they are always right.

[Ashes8380]

It depends a lot on your school and program too. A friend of mine is a biochem engineering major at a very competitive school, and kids in her program DO NOT get all A's and B's. Her gpa is in the high 2's generally, and she is a smart girl who is working very hard. I think the A's and B's or nothing approach is a bit harsh, but I also think that if I were a parent and my kid were just lazy, I'd get frustrated

The worst grading experience ever was in a music ed class. The teacher was a big fan of the "bell curve" and she explicity stated that if more than 3 or 4 kids got A's on her tests then she would curve them so that would be the case. Because the majority of students should be getting C's, and a few should be failing. Umm nice in theory, but if that's the case, then why are there so many scholarships that require a 3+ gpa? Way more than a small percentage of the population gets those types of awards.

[BeNJeNWaFFLe]

I was a Computer Science major at a well named school. Everyone who goes to the school gets a scholorship. Thats how they get students to enroll because the drop out rate is so high. I was actually reading the percentages: 60% of the students take MORE THAN 6 years to graduate, less than 10% graduate in 4 years. Yes some of those students that take a long time to finish are lazy. They would rather play games then study. But there is a huge majority, my DBF for one, who do their work but the professors, well I don't know how else to put this, royally screw them over. A lot of professors have the god-complex and will give out very few A's, a few B's, a couple C's and fail the rest even if they have grades that qualify for a C+ status. Another reason a lot of the students did horrible was because of the math department. I understand that an engineering college has to have a tougher-than-normal math course. But they took it to the point of ridiculous. I was always in honors classes in math in HS and I was always very good at math. In college I was lucky if I got a C. Each math course was a half a semster and you would take a midterm and a final. Your grade was only based on your final. Why even bother with the midterm then? And the final was only 6 questions, no omitions, and they were usually very tough questions.

Now I have also had some great professors that would do anything to have every student pass with at least a B. Extra credit, curves, study sessions, anything to help everyone pass.

To the OP, as long as you are studying and trying to pass your classes, congrats and good luck. I understand how hard college is. Now wait until you get your degree and then there are no jobs. But that is a story for another time.

[Tiggerfan14]

are you going on the cp program? if you have bad grades can you go?

[T-CoTink411]

I think I am in one of those classes now:(. College grading is so completely subjective, sometimes its just impossible to get a good grade, especially if the professor thinks they are always right.



so true!
My biggest problem was that I did really well on assignments and papers in high school which kept my grades high. In college, all our grades are tests and for some reason I happened to be an awful multiple choice test taker. It's soooo frustrating! :worried:

[applepwnz]

My main problem I think, was that in high school (and in community college) we'd have a test just about every week, so basically, because we had so many, even if you didn't do well on a couple of them, you'd still be just fine, but at the school that I'm at now, we only have like three or four tests per semester in most classes, so if you mess up on any of them, it really affects your grade.

[sammielynn]

Uuaww
Please remember that most employeers will only hire "C" students when they feel like it. When you have a few "C's" sprinkled in you look better than a few "A's" and "B's" sprinkled in. College is all about preparing for a future and what you put in you get out.

[Joanna71985]

I did pretty average. I took 4 classes (I had to drop one) and I got a Pass, a B+, a C+, and a C. I was happy with the first 3, but I thought I did better in the last class. My dad wasn't happy though. He says if I fail a class, I can't go on the CP. So I guess I can't fail any classes next semester because I want to go down Fall 2006 :teeth: (OT- I got accepted to Spring 2005 last year. I was really afraid that i had failed a class because it was REALLY hard to understand and the professor was REALLY bad at teaching. Anyhoo, I ended up getting a D in the class. I think that was the closest I've come to failing a class :goodvibes ).

[Uuaww]

Oh yeah? I never hear of employers asking, "oh can we get a copy of your trascripts by the way?" They care about the degree, and if you read my post on what I have to deal with then you'd know that unlike many, I am putting in my own money to pay for college, so don't go telling me how I am not putting in much. I may not be giving 100% in the classroom, but I damn well earned the right not to by just getting there. College is a time to have fun, I earned it.

Uuaww
Please remember that most employeers will only hire "C" students when they feel like it. When you have a few "C's" sprinkled in you look better than a few "A's" and "B's" sprinkled in. College is all about preparing for a future and what you put in you get out.

[Piecey]

Oh yeah? I never hear of employers asking, "oh can we get a copy of your trascripts by the way?" They care about the degree, and if you read my post on what I have to deal with then you'd know that unlike many, I am putting in my own money to pay for college, so don't go telling me how I am not putting in much. I may not be giving 100% in the classroom, but I damn well earned the right not to by just getting there. College is a time to have fun, I earned it.


Completely agree with you. I'm paying for my college too -basically because I saw the hell my parent's put my older brother through about grades and money. I wasn't going to let them do that to me.

Things are incredibly tight now (I've got.. oh, $4 bucks in the bank and $800 dollars outstanding on my Credit Card (books and gas and such) and about $2500 in loan money to pay back, just after the first year but it's worth it to me.

I've had a lot of people look down on me for choosing to do it myself and it really pisses me off. Other people assume I'm living in the lap of luxury (I just took a 6 day trip to WDW with my brother, completely on me) and letting my parent's pay for everything..
What they don't know is that I worked two jobs while I was in school to pay for that trip. One job for the trip, one job for school.
Neither of those employers ever asked for a Transcript, either.

[sammielynn]

I'm here to tell you that your transcripts most likely will be looked at. All job applications I have ever filled out wanted to know you GPA.

[Uuaww]

well maybe over there, but so far, ALL jobs any of my sisters or cousins (most in the same field as me) applied for, so far a big fat ZERO have ever asked for transcripts. maybe your applying to grad school and don't even realize it, i wouldn't be surprised.

[Piecey]

Yeah.. you know.. My dad works for a major, major company here and has a lot of say in hiring *as he runs half the plant* Just asked him- Nope, if you've got the degree- you've got the degree. His company, or him, don't care what your grades are.

Same thing from my cousin who manages a pharmacy.. my mom who is an accountant....

Just where are you applying to?

[applepwnz]

From how I understand it, you'll never need to give a transcript to get a job (I sure haven't ever been asked for one) but if you're applying for the type of job where you need to give them a resume, it wouldn't hurt to put your GPA on the resume (if it's good) but you can still leave it off if it's bad, and it wouldn't really adversly affect you.

[BeNJeNWaFFLe]

I've had one potential job ask for my transcript. They didn't look at it for the grades though, they wanted to see all the classes I took. If they cared about the grades I probably wouldn't have gotten the job.

I was really afraid that i had failed a class because it was REALLY hard to understand and the professor was REALLY bad at teaching. Anyhoo, I ended up getting a D in the class. I think that was the closest I've come to failing a class :goodvibes ).

Trust me I know all about not being able to understand professors. Most of mine had horrible accents. It was tough. And others just didn't care whether you passed or failed, as long as they got to do their research. Try becoming friends with older students who have the same major as you. A lot of the time they can help you with the class and they have good notes. Or maybe even stay in touch with a professor who can help you. I had a professor who was great at teaching and was very helpful. I knew that even if I wasn't taking his class I could come to him for help. Be friendly to everyone, you'd be surprised at all the help you can get.

[outstandinfarmer]

Speaking of professors you can't understand. In two years at my university, I think I have only had 3 clear English speaking people. It so frustrating! And then you start to wonder why you are even going to class when you can't understand a word that they are saying. You'd think when you are spending as much as you are, that they would require ENGLISH when teaching college in America.

[applepwnz]

you need above a 2.0 I believe to do the CP, but I agree with someone above that said that if you have below a 2.0 that you have bigger things to worry about, although at the current moment, I have bigger things to worry about :(

[FutureAshleyDukes]

there are jobs that require a transcript! Some even base your pay on your GPA.

[hmeadq]

In my university, in my major we were required to maintain a 3.0 to recieve our "proffesional" degree (architecture). This degree is required to take the exam to become an architect. So either you got a 3.0 in major classes (2.75 overall) or you went to grad school to get a Masters so you could take the exam. But what grad school would take you with a 2.8?

So, my employer never asked for a GPA, but my degree gaunteed a certain level...