Receiving a grade of D?

marcdvl
Mon, 16 May 2011 16:58:32 +0000

First thing I’d do is make sure there wasn’t a mistake. You have an estimate of what your grade was pre-final, and an estimate of how the final was. This semester I ended up emailing 2 of my professors and asked for a breakdown, and both responded right away (within 2 days) (they were B+ where I thought I should have gotten an A- especially in one of the classes). Find out how you got the D, retake it, and make sure to avoid any pitfalls again.

Can’t speak to Bio directly, but my advice would be find out what happened. Not only for retaking it (assuming you do), but for other classes as well. My GPA went from a 3.3 first 3 semester, to a 3.8 something semester 4-6 (just those particular semesters). I learned my mistakes and worked hard at figuring out ways to not repeat them.