I need your advice

[zitiqueen]

pandce.proboards.com/thread/174318/question-hr

I posted this over on Careers but that board is pretty slow. Please read it and tell me WWTIPD?

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Honestly? I'd probably take the D- and graduate. That situation totally sucks. FWIW, no one ever asked me what my GPA was or asked to see a transcript of my grades for work. Is this person applying for a graduate program or going into a job where they would look at the transcript? Is there any way to get the situation in writing to explain the D-?

And I did have one bad class in graduate school, mainly because the professor was a d!ck. It didn't pull down my GPA too badly and I only ever had to explain to my adviser what happened.

[zitiqueen]

Well, my... friend... has no plans right now to apply for grad school. She's just planning to apply for jobs once she graduates, and every job listing she's seen that requires a bachelor's degree also requires that college transcripts be included with the application.

[smock]

I'm not in HR, but I'd assume that one bad grade had an explanation.

However, you might still want to talk to someone in the English department. You cited the source but not 100% properly, and I cannot understand why that warrants failing the paper and dragging your grade from an A to a D-. It can't hurt to make an appointment with the chair to express your concern over the way one paper is affecting your grade.

[partiallysunny]

Not in HR, but I'd take the D and graduate. If I were in HR, and saw a transcript like that, I would think there was a story behind it and not throw it in the "no" pile based on the D alone.

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May 9, 2013 7:41:12 GMT -5 smock said:

I'm not in HR, but I'd assume that one bad grade had an explanation.

However, you might still want to talk to someone in the English department. You cited the source but not 100% properly, and I cannot understand why that warrants failing the paper and dragging your grade from an A to a D-. It can't hurt to make an appointment with the chair to express your concern over the way one paper is affecting your grade.

Yes, this! Especially since job applications are requesting your transcripts. 

[zitiqueen]

May 9, 2013 7:41:12 GMT -5 smock said:

I'm not in HR, but I'd assume that one bad grade had an explanation.

However, you might still want to talk to someone in the English department. You cited the source but not 100% properly, and I cannot understand why that warrants failing the paper and dragging your grade from an A to a D-. It can't hurt to make an appointment with the chair to express your concern over the way one paper is affecting your grade.

The only thing stopping me from doing that is they can pull out this professor's syllabus, point to where it says how things need to be cited, then point to where it says all three papers need a passing grade in order to pass the class, then they question why he didn't fail me like he was supposed to and they override his decision and fail me anyway.

The semester ends tomorrow, and so far everybody I've consulted, IRL and here, has said take the D- and graduate.

[smock]

I've never heard of a chair failing someone that the professor had agreed to pass. And unless the syllabus says that papers using a different citation style will automatically fail, you do have a good argument against getting a D- in the class.

Could you file to take the class pass/fail at this point?

[Muddled]

High fives that there is, indeed, a board slower than this one.

I would fight it. The worst they say is no. It is unreasonable to think that one incorrect citation would give you a failing grade on a paper and, therefore in the class.

Either way, go ahead and apply to jobs. If you run into resistance, you can always retake the class at a CC and show them that transcript along with the other. You could probably even re-enroll in your school for a class. Find out what your options are.

[fussbucket]

I imagine the request for transcript is to determine whether you actually completed the coursework and credit hours you claim on your résumé. I don't think they will be analyzing any one particular grade. That said, if you want to try to fight it, there's nothing to lose. They won't turn it into an F!