I just have a quick question.
I failed PSYCH 2RB3 (stats) and then I retook it in the summer and passed. What happens with the marks? Do they average both of them or does the 0 get cancelled?
Thanks

the 0 that you got will still be counted towards your CA. the grade of the course you took in summer will not be used in any calculation. it will just be there to show that you passed the course as a requirement.

so then we pay another $500 just to say that we passed it? (in my case i needed it for my program) but it should at least be counted towards your average because you still took it like a normal course.

yeah but thats how it is....

From the Undergraduate Calendar:

Repetition of Courses: Students may repeat courses that have been failed or for which credit has been obtained a number of times, with the exception of the students in the Faculty of Business who may only repeat courses which they have failed. The grades for all attempts appear on the transcript and enter into the computation of the Cumulative Average. However, only one successful attempt will enter into the computation of credit earned towards your degree.

All of your grades (the 0 and the passing grade) are included in your CA.

thats strange because when I met the under-graduate student counsellor, she told me that if I take a course in summer, i will just be given a pass or a fail in the course and therefore that grade cannot be used in my CA. how can a pass or a fail be included in your CA?

Originally Posted by Kanishka

thats strange because when I met the under-graduate student counsellor, she told me that if I take a course in summer, i will just be given a pass or a fail in the course and therefore that grade cannot be used in my CA. how can a pass or a fail be included in your CA?

I've never taken a summer course, so I don't know how they are graded. If all summer courses are pass/fail, then indeed they could not be included in your CA. I've never heard that summer courses are pass/fail. Perhaps is just for certain courses?

If the OP got a point grade for their summer course, then it will be included in their CA.

I have taken summer classes before... and they do count towards your CA. It's not just pass/fail (for science anyways). Any courses that you fail also contribute to you CA. So if you repeat a failed course in the summer, both marks will count equally towards your CA but the passing grade will most likely be used for any degree requirements. I think if you take a summer course at a different university though, it can only be used as pass/fail towards your mac degree, and therefore won't be counted in you CA.

The way it works is if you take a summer course at McMaster the mark counts towards your CA. If you take a summer course (or any other course for that matter) at another university, it does not count towards your CA.

i guess i made a mistake....i was reading the admission to second year guidelines, it says that the summer school grades will not count towards the average that determines my program allocation...but it will be counted towards my yearly CA...

I saw sally last year. I showed her that exact quote from the website, and she said its wrong. It will not count towards your average, but will only show up as a "completed"