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retaking a subject

edited December 2009 in General
hi, i recently got a D for retaking econ 105 and had a C- before. does the new score count towards my gpa or do they ignore it?
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  • IVTIVT
    edited December 2008
    they take the higher one within your first 5 retakes (in total)
  • edited December 2008
    How do you do worse in a subject the second time around?
  • edited December 2008
    Pretty much was IVT said. They count the best one no matter it is the first or second, or god forbid, third attempt.

    If I were you, I would rethink rather Econ is really a subject for me.
    JayDub;43675 said:
    How do you do worse in a subject the second time around?
    Maybe Economics is not really the subject for him.
  • IVTIVT
    edited December 2008
    lulz fail.

    but then again...I got a C in econ 103 because i slacked off too much :sad:
  • edited December 2008
    oh man, go for general studies, lol
  • edited December 2008
    It's kinda sad that you did worse the second time around... cause you should've known of the stuff already beforehand.

    If this was an elective, this is even more sad cause you just wasted your time, money, and one of your re-takes, retaking an elective and doing worse in it.

    The saddest part is that you retook an elective over a C- which was already a passing grade. You should've fulfilled your WQB requirements and forget about it.

    If you're majoring in economics and you failed an intro level economics class the second time around, I don't think economics is cut out for you and you should probably drop out and save yourself the time and money.
  • edited December 2008
    These guys are normally a-holes with their sarcastic and unhelpful responses, but I think I would have to agree, although you didnt ask, that if you failed a course and did worse the second time around you're in trouble...
  • edited December 2008
    randomuser;43692 said:
    These guys are normally a-holes with their sarcastic and unhelpful responses,
    Oh come on, don't put me in the same category as IVT!
    but I think I would have to agree, although you didnt ask, that if you failed a course and did worse the second time around you're in trouble...
    Thankyou.
  • edited December 2008
    I was referring to a group of generic people, as opposed to just people who posted here-- no names mentioned, who tend to troll around giving unhelpful responses.
  • edited December 2008
    That sucks about the grade; as far as I know, though, SFU will take the higher grade of the two. Some unis compute an average grade, and will do this to your transfer credit if you transfer. Keep that in mind.
  • edited December 2008
    It is always good idea to know more about a course before you take it. Some students can sell you to a course and tell you that it easy. It happened to me. My friends told me that take philosophy 001 course, you will do fine, it is grade booster... Well, according to them, it was easy but it wasn't for me. I didn't do well in that class and it really ruined my GPA (I got C-). I wana take it again. Besides, I heard a student who took Bio101 3 times. So, don't worry take it again and you will do fine. As stated above, SFU will take the higher grade.
  • edited December 2008
    randomuser;43697 said:
    I was referring to a group of generic people, as opposed to just people who posted here-- no names mentioned, who tend to troll around giving unhelpful responses.
    you can say my name, i won't be hurt, haha
  • edited December 2008
    Hope_2016;43700 said:
    My friends told me that take philosophy 001 course, you will do fine, it is grade booster... Well, according to them, it was easy but it wasn't for me. I didn't do well in that class and it really ruined my GPA (I got C-).
    I will get rid of that "friend" if I were you. In SFU, friends don't let friends take Philosophy.
    I wana take it again. Besides, I heard a student who took Bio101 3 times. So, don't worry take it again and you will do fine. As stated above, SFU will take the higher grade.
    If you are that desperate to finish your last Q credit, then take Chemistry 192 in Fall 09.
  • IVTIVT
    edited December 2008
    i just got another D in macm. looks like attempt #3 next semester.

    lulz fail :sad:
  • edited December 2008
    IVT;43712 said:
    i just got another D in macm. looks like attempt #3 next semester.

    lulz fail :sad:
    :( which macm?
  • IVTIVT
    edited December 2008
    201
  • edited December 2008
    Student0667;43711 said:
    I will get rid of that "friend" if I were you. In SFU, friends don't let friends take Philosophy.



    If you are that desperate to finish your last Q credit, then take Chemistry 192 in Fall 09.
    I postponed all my Q credits to 2011.
  • edited December 2008
    IVT;43714 said:
    201
    :S
    I may be taking 201 along with 2 other heavy math courses (152 and 232) but I am definitely thinking of delaying macm now
  • edited December 2008
    MACM 201 isn't bad. I got a B+ in it.
  • edited December 2008
    echicken;43687 said:
    oh man, go for general studies, lol
    haha fuck u eric
  • edited December 2008
    Who was your prof for Econ? Marshall?
  • edited December 2008
    JayDub;43675 said:
    How do you do worse in a subject the second time around?
    lets just say, i suck... :(
    accession;43727 said:
    Who was your prof for Econ? Marshall?
    first time i did it with cox then marshall
  • edited December 2008
    Student0667;43711 said:
    I will get rid of that "friend" if I were you. In SFU, friends don't let friends take Philosophy.
    No wonder I don't have many friends.
  • edited December 2008
    Student0667;43711 said:
    I will get rid of that "friend" if I were you. In SFU, friends don't let friends take Philosophy.



    If you are that desperate to finish your last Q credit, then take Chemistry 192 in Fall 09.
    why? i heard from my friends that phil 100w is hard as hell in this semester
    is philosophy particularly hard in sfu?
  • edited December 2008
    ccc22;43726 said:
    haha fuck u eric
    how was ur phil 100? did u screw it?
  • edited December 2008
    IVT;43712 said:
    i just got another D in macm. looks like attempt #3 next semester.
    Attempt #3!? I thought you can only attempt any course twice. Anymore and you will need departmental approval.
    Hope_2016;43716 said:
    I postponed all my Q credits to 2011.
    Just take Chem 192 in Fall 2009.
    echicken;43733 said:
    is philosophy particularly hard in sfu?
    Yes, Philosophy is particulary hard in SFU.
  • IVTIVT
    edited December 2008
    Student0667;43740 said:
    Attempt #3!? I thought you can only attempt any course twice. Anymore and you will need departmental approval.
    right! i'm going to go try getting that tomorrow.
  • edited December 2008
    echicken;43733 said:
    why? i heard from my friends that phil 100w is hard as hell in this semester
    is philosophy particularly hard in sfu?
    don't listen to them, it's not particularly hard, it's just that most people suck at it.

    and if you want to define hard as "the number of people who suck at it" then literally every course at every university is extremely hard, seeing as at least 50% of people in every course suck at it.
  • edited December 2008
    Philosophy isn't hard, you just need to learn the art of bullshitting.

    As long as you can string together some bullshit and it sounds confusing and philosophical, then you got a C+ at least in the essay (just like any other essay). The deduction/induction part may be hard for arts students but they should ace the essays.

    And I agree that in EVERY course, a large percentage of the people just plain fail at it. And there's ALWAYS this one person in EVERY course that gets 95-100 on EVERY ASSIGNMENT AND EVERY EXAM. I begin to wonder if this person really exists or instructors make up this "perfect" person acing every single thing in the course.
  • edited December 2008
    IVT;43712 said:
    i just got another D in macm. looks like attempt #3 next semester.
    Hmm...Maybe I did know what I was talking about for the last several semesters (except this past one, when I was on Co-Op) when I told you you had to work your ass off.

    Just consider yourself lucky you had Liu in 101 and not Pearce. You'd still be trying to pass that too if you don't do the work.

    Phil

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