I'm not really sure how I did on my math exam. So I was wondering if anybody has ever asked their prof to pass them in the course? I already have to take a hefty courseload in the summer, and I dont want to add to it.

If yes, please tell me how you went about it.

thanks.

You just have to contact your prof personally and give him/her really a good reason why you did bad or why you must pass this course (e.g. if you're grauduating this term (but you're not)).

It also depends on how bad you did. If your final mark is 49, they might bump you up a little to make it 50, but if your final mark 46, tough luck.

If its first year math, it will get bell-curved.

Also, email prof and see if they give you your final mark with exam, you might have passed even without a bellcurve

Originally Posted by mickey2012

You just have to contact your prof personally and give him/her really a good reason why you did bad or why you must pass this course (e.g. if you're grauduating this term (but you're not)).

It also depends on how bad you did. If your final mark is 49, they might bump you up a little to make it 50, but if your final mark 46, tough luck.

Most profs will bump you up to 1 even if you are at ~45%. Unless they hate you for some reason.

@OP

E-mail the prof to find out how close you were to a pass (assuming you fail), then present a good case why you should be passed.

I just had an exam yesterday and I'm in a similar situation. Should I email the prof soon,explain to him the situation and ask him to inform me my mark when the exams are marked or should I wait until after the the grades actually show up on my grade report?

Originally Posted by mOeeOm

Most profs will bump you up to 1 even if you are at ~45%. Unless they hate you for some reason.

@OP

E-mail the prof to find out how close you were to a pass (assuming you fail), then present a good case why you should be passed.

Are you talking here from personal experience or do you have any sources/references to know this? lol

Pretty much I want to believe you but I need a reason to believe you.

Originally Posted by mc_kumar

I'm not really sure how I did on my math exam. So I was wondering if anybody has ever asked their prof to pass them in the course? I already have to take a hefty courseload in the summer, and I dont want to add to it.

If yes, please tell me how you went about it.

thanks.

If your reactor containment chamber fails inspection, will you ask for a pass?

Maybe it's different in Math/Engineering, but I don't think many profs will pass you just because. It would be different if you're in your final year and you need to grade for graduating or grad school, but otherwise, I'm not as optimistic as others on this thread.

It doesn't hurt to ask. But if you have that prof again in a smaller class, it might be a little uncomfortable.

Maybe im too into following the rules.. but asking for a pass sounds so ridiculous to me!
If your marks are suffering so much that you are even in this position,, you should have met with the prof to discuss ways you can improve/ if there is some sort of assessment they will allow you to do to redeem yourself WAY before now(the end of the term at exam season!!)

If its because your exam was worth a significant amount ( ive had some worth 50 and 60% of my grade) where your performance on the exam has the potential to determine bascially if you pass/fail the course... then that slightly differnt but even still.. if you do THAT poorly on the exam ..you clearly dont understand the material enough to pass the class

unless you had some significant event happen to you (althought in which case you likely would have discussed this with the dean of your faculty or someone and your exam would likely have be deffered) then I really dont see how this is justifiable.... or why a prof would even consider it if they had somone ask them to do that!

(asking for feedback on the exam to have a heads up on what to expect on your status of passing/failing makes sense .. but not like you can do much to change it anyway)

some profs do consider how you do on the final compared to the other assessments throughout the year and if youve shown significant improvement and have displayed that you do understand the material yet still arent at a grade level to pass ( but youre pretty close) then they might help you out. But thats kinda rare because it depends on the type of persno the prof is.

but overall... ASKING for the pass is a ridiculous thought to me!

Originally Posted by Eternal Fire

Are you talking here from personal experience or do you have any sources/references to know this? lol

Pretty much I want to believe you but I need a reason to believe you.

Personal experience

Originally Posted by malakovski

Maybe im too into following the rules.. but asking for a pass sounds so ridiculous to me!
If your marks are suffering so much that you are even in this position,, you should have met with the prof to discuss ways you can improve/ if there is some sort of assessment they will allow you to do to redeem yourself WAY before now(the end of the term at exam season!!)

If its because your exam was worth a significant amount ( ive had some worth 50 and 60% of my grade) where your performance on the exam has the potential to determine bascially if you pass/fail the course... then that slightly differnt but even still.. if you do THAT poorly on the exam ..you clearly dont understand the material enough to pass the class

unless you had some significant event happen to you (althought in which case you likely would have discussed this with the dean of your faculty or someone and your exam would likely have be deffered) then I really dont see how this is justifiable.... or why a prof would even consider it if they had somone ask them to do that!

(asking for feedback on the exam to have a heads up on what to expect on your status of passing/failing makes sense .. but not like you can do much to change it anyway)

some profs do consider how you do on the final compared to the other assessments throughout the year and if youve shown significant improvement and have displayed that you do understand the material yet still arent at a grade level to pass ( but youre pretty close) then they might help you out. But thats kinda rare because it depends on the type of persno the prof is.

but overall... ASKING for the pass is a ridiculous thought to me!

I agree that asking for a pass when it is truly undeserved is kind of cheating in a way...however, having been in first year math unlike the oblivious poster quoted above, and knowing what the course load can be like, I can understand how one's math mark may have slipped through the cracks.

I would try to find out when the math exam marks will be ready by and if you didn't pass, then start worrying about it. I remember they always bell curved math in my years because the averages were so incredibly low.
I've heard in recent years the profs have been meaner and the tests have been increasingly irrelevant to the material presented though, so they may be meaner when it comes to bell curving too.
As far as I know though, begging for a pass (unless you literally have 49) won't get you anywhere...

As for those who've never been in engineering, and can't understand why one's marks would be so low, please keep your rants to yourself and kindly shut up.

Originally Posted by Kathy2

Maybe it's different in Math/Engineering, but I don't think many profs will pass you just because. It would be different if you're in your final year and you need to grade for graduating or grad school, but otherwise, I'm not as optimistic as others on this thread.

It doesn't hurt to ask. But if you have that prof again in a smaller class, it might be a little uncomfortable.

Chances are almost 0 that you will ever have this prof again...unless the universe really hates you and he ends up teaching 2nd year math next year =P
Either way, the class sizes will still be huge.

Originally Posted by AmyLia

Chances are almost 0 that you will ever have this prof again...unless the universe really hates you and he ends up teaching 2nd year math next year =P
Either way, the class sizes will still be huge.

I've had lots of my first and second year profs in smaller third and fourth year classes. Maybe Soc Sci is different than Eng though.

Originally Posted by Kathy2

I've had lots of my first and second year profs in smaller third and fourth year classes. Maybe Soc Sci is different than Eng though.

In this respect, yea. Because the math profs are part of the math dept and aside from having them for more math, they don't teach upper level engineering courses.



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