03-17-2013 at 01:50 PM
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Failed Course Question
Hey guys ,I failed my Elective courses in term I. My GPA is good,so I wanna retake it in summer
However, I know the summer course wont count in Gpa ,so what if I retake it and pass it, will it still be 0 uints inmy Gpa in first year? Also what if I take another course to replace it ,will this failed course cancel in my GPA? Plzz help me
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03-17-2013 at 01:52 PM
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Hey guys ,I failed my Elective courses in term I. My GPA is good,so I wanna retake it in summer
However, I know the summer course wont count in Gpa ,so what if I retake it and pass it, will it still be 0 uints inmy Gpa in first year? Also what if I take another course to replace it ,will this failed course cancel in my GPA? Plzz help me
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Summer courses do count towards your cGPA as long as they're taken at McMaster, they just won't count towards your first-year sessional GPA.
Nothing will get rid of the 0 in your GPA, it's included as a grade of 0 in three units. So if you retake it and get a ten, you'll have (0+10)/6 = 5 over three units.
Calculating your cGPA is done the same way regardless of failures or summer courses. |
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03-17-2013 at 01:53 PM
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It still counts as part of your cumulative average. The 0 still stays there in your cumulative average since CA factors all your courses from every year + summer.
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03-17-2013 at 03:43 PM
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so will this course influence my first year GPA?Does its units count in my first courses?
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03-17-2013 at 03:48 PM
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Summer courses do count towards your cGPA as long as they're taken at McMaster, they just won't count towards your first-year sessional GPA.
Nothing will get rid of the 0 in your GPA, it's included as a grade of 0 in three units. So if you retake it and get a ten, you'll have (0+10)/6 = 5 over three units.
Calculating your cGPA is done the same way regardless of failures or summer courses.
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So this course will regrad as 0 in my first year?My gpa will be influenced ,is there way to fix it?  |
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03-17-2013 at 04:04 PM
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So this course will regrad as 0 in my first year?My gpa will be influenced ,is there way to fix it? |
Yes, it will influence your GPA and not just in first year, your GPA is cumulative from all years.
No, there is no way to erase it, unless you had very very good reason for failing /grounds to appeal the grade. Or, if you fail out of university and get reinstated. |
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03-17-2013 at 04:09 PM
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will people still get the units if they fail this course?? even if the grade for this course is 0 .
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03-17-2013 at 04:46 PM
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will people still get the units if they fail this course?? even if the grade for this course is 0 .
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Is this a serious question? :S |
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03-17-2013 at 05:20 PM
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will people still get the units if they fail this course?? even if the grade for this course is 0 .
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You should really take the time to read the pertinent sections of the course calendar to familiarize yourself with the basics of how grading works. |
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03-17-2013 at 05:44 PM
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It's not like high school anymore where if you retake it the new average overrides it. You get the average in a sense since the cumulative average does ur total score divided by total number of units. Say your average with the 0 was an 8 with 36 units (12 courses 3 units each). That means the sum of your scores was 288. If you repeat the course and got a 10, your new sum is 298 but it counts as another course so 39 units. New average is 7.6
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It's not like high school anymore where if you retake it the new average overrides it. You get the average in a sense since the cumulative average does ur total score divided by total number of units. Say your average with the 0 was an 8 with 36 units (12 courses 3 units each). That means the sum of your scores was 288. If you repeat the course and got a 10, your new sum is 298 but it counts as another course so 39 units. New average is 7.6
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Note that although the units count towards your AVERAGE, they do not count towards your DEGREE. You need to pass a course for it to count towards your degree lol. |
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03-17-2013 at 06:06 PM
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Thank you guys,,thanks a lot
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03-19-2013 at 09:13 AM
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will people still get the units if they fail this course?? even if the grade for this course is 0 .
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alright when someone asks a question like this, people should be allowed to jump on the opportunity to troll as much as they want  |
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03-19-2013 at 03:31 PM
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bro, you never even troll properly. you just make douchebag comments. thats not really trolling.
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