grades

[tropicalisland]

<p>Does MIT allow students to retake a class if he/she did badly in that class? And does the original grade get erased if the second grade is better?</p>

[molliebatmit]

<p>You’re definitely allowed to retake a class if you so choose, no question about that.</p>

<p>The academic guide says,

@&lt;a href="http://web.mit.edu/acadinfo/undergrad/academic-guide/sec6.html#repeating_a_subject"&gt;http://web.mit.edu/acadinfo/undergrad/academic-guide/sec6.html#repeating_a_subject&lt;/a&gt;

If a student takes the same subject more than once, all grades will appear on the student’s record. The student will receive unit credit for the subject only once, but all grades will be used in computing the term and cumulative ratings, each with the appropriate normal unit credit for that subject. In special cases in which subjects are specifically designated as repeatable for credit, both grades carry full credit and are computed fully in the cumulative rating.

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<p>Ways to get around this:

1. If you take a class as a sophomore under the [exploratory</a> option](<a href=“http://web.mit.edu/uinfo/academics/grading/grades/class.html#soph]exploratory”>http://web.mit.edu/uinfo/academics/grading/grades/class.html#soph), you can choose whether to keep or reject the grade you get at the end.
2. Drop Date is late enough in the term that if you’re doing poorly in a class and anticipate getting a bad grade, you can drop without penalty and retake the course later.</p>

[pebbles]

<p>woo! exploratory 8.033 baby.</p>