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I've seen kids bitch to their dean and inflate their grades through corrections made by some board in charge of grades. If you mak a good case, you can get a final retake, or wtv they decide
You say you're a freshmen and you have electives and multiple summer internships so I am going to assume you're in undergrad.
See if there are any 1 credit electives that are free A's that you can take. I volunteered to tutor high school kids each semester and received a 1 credit A - up to 3 A's.
Speak with your deans and see what they can do (DO THIS NOW). Don't wait. I had a 97 average in calculus and the professor gave me a C for no reason and then left my school - completely dicking me in the process. Don't wait on this.
Take summer courses for additional credits (maybe pick up a minor). This will cost you more money but it will allow you to grab some more A's. If you know that your fall semester will have 3 really hard courses consider taking one over the summer and also taking another fluff course with it. You will ace both classes and your work load will decrease for the fall semester as you now only have 2 hard courses as opposed to 3. You get a nice bump in the summer, going to summer school shows that you're a hard worker (going to SS to complete additional courses as opposed to making up a bombed semester) and you will have more time to focus on your difficult fall courses because you got one out of the way and have a BS elective in its place.
Find out if your school accepts online credits from other schools. Take some B.S. kniting 101 online course in your free time from xyz online U. and transfer those credits over for an additional boost.
Read your schools student handbook and see if there is anything in it relating to your situation.
Ask upperclassmen if they've ever heard of anything similar. Also ask them if they've had to pull their grades up and what courses did they take etc.
Rate my professor dot com is your best friend - use that to pick your teachers for your BS electives.
Best of luck and let us know how it goes.
If you choose to list your major GPA on your resume, you have to list your cumulative as well.
Either way, that 2.8 will show. If you only put your major GPA, recruiters will know something's up and ask you about it.
That's not necessarily true that you HAVE to list your cumulative GPA, but yes, if it's not there recruiters will assume it's 3.0-3.2. That being said, forcing them to ask you about it is the perfect opportunity to explain why your GPA is so shitty. Much better than walking into an interview and having to steer the conversation towards why your GPA is so low.
"I don't include my cumulative GPA on my resume because it includes poor performance in classes that are not relevant to this job function. My major is much more applicable to the skillset for this position, which is why I've included it on my resume instead. Note exceptional performance in X, Y, and Z classes."
Thanks for the quick response guys. Sorry I didn't clarify - yes I'm an undergrad who just finished my first year.
Got my one credit bird electives set to go, taking online "Intro to Rudiments" (I've been a percussionist for 7 years), and "Ancient Humor" as electives in my second year.
I did appeal the fail to the dean of our faculty but it got denied because a) they're serious as shit about academic integrity and b) the course is in the arts department so they gave some bs about it being beyond their jurisdiction. Talked to the professor as well but due to a lack of class attendance he's not really budging.
I'm worried about how taking some summer courses will be on top of another internship next year but I gotta do what I gotta do. Great point on the whole "working hard in the summer to make up for the bombed semester" deal.
Great advice though, really do appreciate it.
wait... so someone leaked the answer key that had incorrect answers? And you didnt realize they were wrong?
That sounds like a great idea glosed, and kind of the answer I was hoping for. If I grab these summer courses, continue with easy birds, and pull up my average for 2nd and 3rd year, I think I can spin the fail in a positive light because I worked even harder to make up for it, + it was completely irrelevant to the field I'm going into.
If you're really that interested in the situation lonestafferr, heres what happened: Business students (including myself) had no real interest in drama, and took it as a bird course. This involved skipping (all but one) class. Still fared fairly well with around a 3.7 going into the exam, because the essays were serious bs. The exam was all long answer questions that were based off a play we were supposed to watch in a live performance during the year (whoops). Someone sends someone a detailed long answer who sends it to someone who sends it to someone. Thus, the chain is formed. The long answer goes off on a huge tangent about chinese mythology and some dramaturgical elements - sounds great because I faintly remember someone saying something about chinese theater the first day. We all submit it - turns out it was completely about scenography and the play was actually based in Japan (which apparently is completely different theatrically to Chinese theatre). They professors assume that 18 people can't all go off on such a long tangent for something completely irrelevant, and thats where the shitstorm began.
So uh... you can't just retake the class?
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