<p>I am considering to purposely fail that class and retake it next semester. I got an A- on first midterm, and F on the second one. I was really sick that day, and just kind of fall asleep during the exam =(. Since teleman does not drop lowest test grade, I am expecting an C+ or C (midterm2 is worth 20%). I am a EECS major with major gpa over 3.7 and I am planning to go to grad school, so this C will severely ruin my GPA. Given my current situation do you guys think I should purposely fail this class(drawing pictures on final exam) and retake it next semester?</p>
<p>Are you sure you’re gonna get a C+/C? I mean while failing it, you get the chance to retake, there’s also gonna be a blemish on your transcript.</p>
<p>While a retake won’t hurt your GPA, it also won’t stop admissions from knowing that you received a failing grade since they will see the retake. Maybe you could try for one of those “deferred” grades but you probably need to have a legitimate excuse. You should talk with your student affairs adviser and figure out what’s best.</p>
<p>If you do decide to kill your grade make sure you do it properly, otherwise LOLOL if you get a C-.</p>
<p>I had a lot of friends who were in the exact same boat as you last semester. All of them decided to take the C-. I think they decided the hassle of retaking the class given the amount of time they had already put into it was not worth it. Of course, none of them liked the subject material either, and didn’t want to have to go through another semester of the same thing. Plus, you don’t know whether the professor you take it with in the future will write better tests (though it is hard to get much worse than Teleman) and assuming 54 is a prereq for your major classes, you’re going to have to take it soon.</p>
<p>I say give the final your best shot. The second midterm is only 20%, as you said, so you could easily still end up with a B. I don’t know what Teleman is like for 54, but for 53 his test averages were very low, and it’s much easier to drastically pull up your grade in a class with low test averages. That said, even if you do get a C, grad schools will definitely forgive this one “blemish” given your already high GPA, especially if you take some time off between undergrad and grad school (i.e. to work for a couple of years).</p>