Academic Suspension, what to do

zannah
Fri, 26 Jan 2018 17:41:07 +0000

In college, grades are often decided by tests primarily with other requirements listed on the syllabus. Answers can be poorly explained or unclear. When asked about symptoms, a student replied eating and challenged denial of credit. The answer was unclear so did not receive credit. D and F grades are not awarded without careful consideration of the student’s performance and potential fairness. Faculty can explain their grades to administration when an appeal is made. If your appeal was denied, especially when the grade weighting was reviewed.

Talking to your advisor or dean will probably not change the grade by very much if at all. No extra credit or
do over are likely. What other grades did you earn last term?

Along with other faculty, a few of my grades were challenged. The dean was not so happy that I assigned a A when the student turned in what I had requested at the end of the previous semester and her advisor apologized. I am unaware of colleagues whose grades were changed in an appeal. Did know a handful considered easy graders. While schools aren’t perfect, but grading standards seem firm.

Find out where you might earn credits for your major at other schools. Replace both grades. Take this experience as learning a hard lesson, be angry for a few days and then move on. Gather credits elsewhere and delay transfer, if considering it, until the two grades are replaced. You will survive; your parents will be seriously angry, but that too will pass.