HELP: Spring rush and error on transcript

[mariemilly]

Thank your for your words of advice and encouragement. I feel I have demonstrated myself to be responsible and proactive in remedying this situation. As soon as I became aware of the Grade Error, I called my professor, backed it up with email. Contacted my pi chi, who contacted head of recruitment. I have since emailed my professor 2 more times (I will stop now until after the holiday) and have forwarded my emails to the dept. chair. I don't know of anything else I could do. What is concerning is the amount of time that has already taken place (I know the holidays isn't helping). It has become obvious to me that it will be a fix that takes time. If it has been over a week and still no email has been returned, I think it is not going to be fixed in the 4 days that I will have to get it done before rush starts. I feel that as long as I have my illness documentation (which I do) and I will copy all my emails and correspondence, etc. that I don't see why they wouldn't let me participate as long as the ball is rolling in the right direction. I am now going to try and relax and enjoy my holiday Thank you all for your support. Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas!

[greekdee]

Yes, you've been very proactive in trying to get this cleared up. I am willing to bet that the slow email response has everything to do with the holidays. As for how long it takes the school to process and post your grade change, it may not take as long as you think. An incorrect grade can impact a student being able to start a subsequent class the following semester, qualify to continue scholarship assistance, or in the case of a senior, even graduate. I like to think that colleges and universities rectify these situations quickly, but could be wrong. Those on here involved in academia, or who have had your same experience, know more about how the internal workings could possibly flow in this case, based on their schools.

Remember, too, Greek Life offices are not about keeping students OUT of recruitment. They want interested, qualified students to have every opportunity for successful outcomes, along with Greek systems that grow and thrive. This is why it's hard for me to imagine them being difficult over an error that is not your fault. I'll be real surprised if they don't work with you on this, i.e. accepting confirmation from the professor and other things I mentioned in the other post.

These things always seem to happen during holidays, summers, breaks and other times when people are hard to reach! I understand the frustration, as I am someone who likes things "settled" right here, right now and with nothing hanging in limbo. Things will be back to "business as usual" soon enough, though, and you can get to work on wrapping this up. In the meantime, rest easy over this and Merry Christmas!

[mariemilly]

Thank you very much for taking the time out of your busy holiday time to help guide me with you words of advice. It really is helpful and I wanted to take the time to say a big "Thank You" to all of you that have helped. It means more than you know. It reassures for me my commitment to Rush because I want to part of this amazing group of women.

I am hoping for a quick resolution but from what I've been told, grade changes have a formal process to go through, even for errors, and it takes time so I am not confident that it will be done in time for recruitment, but I feel good with how I've handled it and I really really hope that if they know the process is underway, they will let me continue in recruitment. Also, this professor, although really nice and understanding, is absolutely notorious for being found out of the classroom and reading emails. There are no office hours, etc and only teaches 2 classes so is not on campus very often. So that will work against me. I specified in my phone emails to call me ASAP and schedule an appt so hopefully after the holiday, that will be done.

Again, thanks again for your words of wisdom. One more question, My Pi Chi is aware of the situation, etc. but when I go through recruitment..should I mention it during the "parties" etc.? Any advice is appreciated..

[HQWest]

Ummm I would not bring it up in conversation.
One zero on one exam is not enough to put you grades as low as the minimum to go through recruitment unless you werent taking a full courseload or got Cs in other classes too? You might also still be recovering from mono? That can take a toll on your ability to participate in classwork too.
You might want to consider taking a semester to work on your grades?

[justgo_withit]

Originally Posted by HQWest

Ummm I would not bring it up in conversation.
One zero on one exam is not enough to put you grades as low as the minimum to go through recruitment unless you werent taking a full courseload or got Cs in other classes too? You might also still be recovering from mono? That can take a toll on your ability to participate in classwork too.
You might want to consider taking a semester to work on your grades?

I'm going to throw out some numbers here. The OP mentioned strong HS grades/SATs, so it's possible that she tested out of some things.

So let's say you're a freshman taking 13 credits- three 3 credit classes and a 4 credit science with a lab, or calculus, or an intensive language class, or whatever. You tested out of things like freshman comp and your non-lab science so you had some room to take a lighter first semester, took an AP science class but didn't test well enough to get out of it but you still felt confident enough to take the college version right off the bat, things like that. You've got two As and a B in your three credit classes, but that lab is really kicking your butt.

With those first nine credits, two As and a B is a 3.66. Let's say now you've got a midterm or a final that's 20-30% of your grade in that lab class. If you've got a shaky B or C in that lab and that big test grade is put in as a zero, you're getting a D and that 3.66 is suddenly a 2.8. If you work hard and pull out a B, you've got a 3.5 and everything is fine. All Bs and a D and you've got a 2.38, all Bs and a C is a 2.69, etc etc. I didn't do spring formal so I don't know what the hard minimum would be from experience, but from reading here it seems like it would be in the 2.5-2.75 range with a 3.0+ recommended?

This is all totally hypothetical and I have no idea what the OP's deal is of course, but it's potentially plausible. Mariemilly, it would be a good idea for you to have strong and positive answers to all of HQWest's questions regardless of the details of your situation.