What will this do to my GPA?

[StephandOwen]

Help me figure this out please! My GPA at the end of summer classes was 3.667. This semester I'm taking 5 classes. 3 of them I'm on track to get an A in. 1 of them I'm high B or low A. The last class.... it's a joke. I will fail, no doubt. Lesson learned- never take a statistics course online unless you're a genius Life got in the way, I didn't devote as much time to that class as I should have (it's HARD!) and one thing lead to another until we're here- and there's no possible way for me to pass the class (In order to even pass the class you have to pass the final with a C or better.... not a chance). I'm tempted to just quit now and not waste any more time on it, since there's no chance of me passing it anyway.

So the question.... how much is an E/F going to kill my GPA? Obviously I'm going to have to take the class over in the spring (on campus!!) which will put me up to 6 classes in the spring so I can graduate. That sucks, but I would rather take it on campus in the spring than continue to struggle for the next few weeks only to fail it.

It's too late to withdraw. I could only get an incomplete if the course was 80% finished and there was a "reasonable expectation" that I would pass the course if I completed it. So I can't withdraw, I can't get an incomplete. My only choice is to fail it.

This sucks. I had been doing so well too

Another question that goes with this... if I fail that class what happens with my financial aid situation? I had grants that covered tuition. Do I have to pay back what I used in grants to pay for that class?

[Witch's Titee]

((((HUG))))

Talk to your financial aid office. My Pell grants are not compromised if I complete 2/3rds of attempted hours. Hope the same is true....

Also, have you actually talked to an advisor about withdrawing? I needed to drop a class once, got the 'it is way too late for you to drop it' runaround....Spoke up for myself, and nagged until the (jerkish) dept. head signed off on it. Squeaky wheel and all.

Talk to someone today!

[mamakah]

Can you change it to pass/no pass? I don't even know if they do this anymore, but when I was in school years ago, if you realized that you were going to fail a course you could change the option and instead of getting a grade in the class you either get a pass (P) or no pass(NP). if you change it from getting a grade, then it doesn't effect your GPA.  You will always have a "NP" (no pass) on your record but it wouldn't touch your GPA.  If you pass the class, it still doesn't touch your GPA. I'm pretty sure there is a time limit on it, you can't go on the last day of school and change to (P)(NP), but you may still be in the time frame.  I'm not sure how it looks to financial aid though...

Like I said, I don't even know if they do this anymore but it was designed for situations like this. I was 19 and totally took advantage of it of course.

It's so discouraging when you are doing so well then don't do well in a class. Forgive yourself. ((hug))

[JElaineB]

I work in an acadmeic services office. My office is the one that grants drops/withdraws after the deadline and other policy exceptions. I can't say that every school it is possible to do this. But it never hurts to ask. Start with your advisor, if they don't know anything try the Dean's office (acadmic dean or dean of students, depending on your school). Our office frequently lets people drop an online class after the deadline if it is their first such request, as many people get in over their head with the online format as it sounds like you have. That said one F will not kill your GPA. As long as you remain a full-time student for fall it shouldn't affect your financial aid either, but check with your financial aid office to be sure.

[LynnS6]

It'll hurt your GPA, but it won't be deadly.

My advice is the same as the previous posters': See if you can petition to drop. Don't you have an unreasonable ex somewhere in the background? If he's been causing unreasonable stress, or there are health factors with you or your son, you might have a case. I've served on committees that grant those petitions. You'd be surprised at how few people put together an argument that makes sense. (And at what gets granted: "My astrologer told me I had to go back to my home country and get married ASAP.")

If that doesn't work, is there any way you can find a tutor to help you learn this in the next few weeks? Are there any on-campus stats tutoring resources? (Most universities have them because stats is hard for a lot of people.) If you can even get a D, that'd help your GPA.

And no, you don't have to pay back money if you fail.

[Carita]

I would get a IRL tutor and kick butt into gear and just get the C/passing grade.  Its better than taking 6 classes next semester, starting all over, and paying for it all over again.  un/fortuntately math tends to be the one where many employers forgive you for a low grade because its common.  a IRL tutor will be MUCH cheaper than tuition for the class in the spring.

[StephandOwen]

Thanks for all the advice and support! I talked to my adviser today and she said the only thing I can do if the instructor won't let me withdraw (she won't) is to take a failing grade and retake the course in the spring. My GPA will take a hit for the short term but when I finish the course in the spring then that grade will replace the failed one and my gpa will raise back up. She said it will remain on my transcripts though, but since I've done well in all my other courses it shouldn't be hard to explain that I had a lot of other stuff on my plate at the time (a court custody battle with my ex, my ds has special needs and I'm dealing with that, etc) and I just bit off more than I could chew at the moment. She was very reassuring that it would be okay and shouldn't affect anything too bad. Now I feel much better :)