Professor still hasn't changed to Pass/Fail

dodgersmom
Wed, 11 May 2016 04:53:02 +0000

Maybe I’m mistaken, and the registrar does have the authority to make these kinds of changes. I know they weren’t able to do anything in my son’s situation, but perhaps in your case, they can.

I wouldn’t be surprised, though, if some of the people who’ve been sending you from one person to another just don’t fully understand the rules, and those who do understand them may not be very good at explaining them. And as soon as a student from one college has a question about a course taken in another college . . . well, everything goes to heck in a handbasket!

Again, what resolved things for my son was finally getting through to someone high enough up in the Registrar’s office that they were able to explain things. They couldn’t fix anything, but they were able to say “this is possible” or “this isn’t possible.” They should also be able to explain how a grading change (from letter grade to pass/fail) gets processed. Once you have that information, you can decide for yourself whether it’s worth pursuing.

If you’re going to go that route (speaking to someone in the Registrar’s office), write up your questions ahead of time, so you can approach the topic calmly and logically. And explain right at the beginning, to the first person who answers the phone, that you have some detailed questions, you’ve been getting a runaround, and you’d like to speak with someone who knows enough about the system that they should be able to answer your questions.