I made a stupid and terrible mistake

juillet
Sat, 30 May 2020 01:23:40 +0000

This happens a lot!

Please talk to your professor. Don’t just assume there is nothing you can do. They may allow you to retake it - perhaps with some penalty, but a grade is better than a 0.

As for your transcript: the secret is your transcript only matters if you’re trying to get into graduate or professional school, and even then, one bad grade (even one F) doesn’t “ruin your academic career”. I failed a few classes in undergrad and I have a PhD from an excellent program in my field, and I bet other folks on this forum have similar stories. You CAN come back from a mistake. Nobody is perfect.

Everyone makes mistakes. Everyone fails sometimes. What matters is not that you made a mistake, but what you do to move past it.