Dropping all first sem courses?

[writhen]

So one of my really good friends is in a dilemma. Basically he tried working two jobs and doing school, which is resulting in him failing pretty much all his courses besides his options course. Now he wants to drop 4/5 of his courses. I think it's too late to drop courses out of UofC now (last date was friday or something). So he wants to know what will happen. My guess is that he will go on academic probation for a year? Maybe not if he gets a really good second semester gpa? What if he had withdrawn from all of his courses....would they account the wasted first semester as a 0gpa?

He's really too embarrassed to go talk to the UPO and wanted to see if anyone on here knew.

[7thgenvic]

your friend is fucked. he should have dropped last week. i don't think there is much hope for him other then cheating. he'll go on probation for the rest of his university life. SOL

[WWJAI]

I think you should tell your friend to just drop out of U altogether and have him go back until he actually has the time to do some schooling.

I wasted one year at MRC just because all i cared about was working and my grades were horrible. Now i work less and don't get awesome marks but much better than before. I'm not saying you have to get a crazy gpa but school and work should be balanced so you do decent at least.

[writhen]

Rest of his life? lol. Isn't probation only for a year? I mean, if you do really good on your probation year don't they take you off it?

Also, if he had dropped all his courses, that semester wouldnt count right? or would they have just given him a 0gpa...cus there wouldnt be any marks. I dont' really wanna tell him he's fucked, cus he's already depressed as hell. Is there any good thing he can do to keep himself in school and not get too far behind?

In response to the working and school thing, he got a student loan now, and is quitting work. But he's worried he wont be allowed to even stay in school anymore. What if he had dropped all his courses though? Would it have been better then?

[Pihsiak]

He should have dropped all and kept one.
This would make him a part time student.

He would only be on probation if after the winter semester his GPA was under 2.0
He would be on probation for the following year. If he could not get his GPA above 2.0 again then he would be asked to withdraw.
If his first year GPA is less than 1.5 or somthing he would be immediatly asked to withdraw. No probation.

He would not be allowed to return to UC for a minimum of 12 months. During this time, he has to take at least 6 half UC equivalent courses with a GPA of 2.3 or 10 courses with an average of 2.0 at another institute before he can apply again.


He should have bucked up and talked to the Guidance ppl in the second floor of Social Science.

[Street_Soldier]

First of all its too late for him to drop his classes. He needs a really really good excuse to have the school drop his classes. A good excuse is like a death certificate or doctors note.

Nothing will happen right away. The university reviews students at the end of the Winter Semester. If by that time his gpa is less than 2.0 he will be put on probation. If his gpa is less than 1.7 I think he will be kicked out of school.

2 options

A
If his gpa is greater than 1.7 and less than 2.0 he will be allowed to continue his education at the University the following year, but in that year he has to have a gpa greater than 2.0 or he will be kicked out.


B
At this point he can go to Mount Royal (or some other institution that will accept him) boost up his grades and reapply to the University in the Fall. His gpa will need to be 2.0 to get back in th University of Calgary in the communication faculty. If he wants to get back into engineerong or management they will have to be a lot higher.

Dont quote me on any of this. This is just what I understand they do. Your budy is not screwed the University gives people many chances exception to Haskyn (sp??) which is a lot more strict than all the other faculties.

[writhen]

Originally posted by Pihsiak
He should have dropped all and kept one.
This would make him a part time student.

He would only be on probation if after the winter semester his GPA was under 2.0
He would be on probation for the following year. If he could not get his GPA above 2.0 again then he would be asked to withdraw.
If his first year GPA is less than 1.5 or somthing he would be immediatly asked to withdraw. No probation.

He would not be allowed to return to UC for a minimum of 12 months. During this time, he has to take at least 6 half UC equivalent courses with a GPA of 2.3 or 10 courses with an average of 2.0 at another institute before he can apply again.


He should have bucked up and talked to the Guidance ppl in the second floor of Social Science.

So you're saying if he had dropped all of his courses except his options course, he could've survived? Then they would have just taken first year GPA from the one course he took in first sem and the 5 courses he took in second sem? IE, First semester gpa would be whatever he got on the one course, second semester gpa would be the avg of what he got in the 5 winter sem courses; and they just take the average of the two gpa's?

So now his only option then is to do good enough to not go below 1.5 and get kicked out, or get 2.0 or higher and not go on probation at all. Let me know if I have all this info right so I can tell him. Thanks all of you for your help

[camby]

Your buddy is screwed. Tell him to drop out of university and re-evaluate his priorities.

[thinmyster]

is your buddy you?

tell him to get in the library and start studying

[WWJAI]

If your buddy gets an F (0 GPA) in the first semester by taking 5 courses..wouldn't he have to get at least an b+ or a- in 5 courses next semester to not drop below 1.5..? i'm assuming it be around there.

[writhen]

Hahaha, nah man I'm doing fine. I'm just really worried about him because he is having some home issues as well. Just wanted to see if there was any good news so he isn't too depressed.

[Pihsiak]

Originally posted by writhen


So you're saying if he had dropped all of his courses except his options course, he could've survived? Then they would have just taken first year GPA from the one course he took in first sem and the 5 courses he took in second sem? IE, First semester gpa would be whatever he got on the one course, second semester gpa would be the avg of what he got in the 5 winter sem courses; and they just take the average of the two gpa's?

So now his only option then is to do good enough to not go below 1.5 and get kicked out, or get 2.0 or higher and not go on probation at all. Let me know if I have all this info right so I can tell him. Thanks all of you for your help

If he had held on to 1 class in Fall and taken 5 in Winter. then his first year GPA would have been calculated by 6 classes.

He would also have had 4 withdrawns on his record. A student is only allowed to withdraw 10 courses over their stay at UC.

His options now (having not dropped any courses has failed all 5 Falls) is to Ace every one of his 5 classes in winter to pull a 2.0 and not be on probation. If he doesn't Ace it, and gets less than 1.7 (lowest being 3 A- and 2 B+) then he's a gonner.

[camby]

Its harsh but your buddy will probably have to drop out of university. Get him to the dean ASAP and see what he says. Sometimes the dean can pull some strings.

[Street_Soldier]

At this stage the dean will probably not do anything for you. His best bet is to go to his profs and ask them if they can have his final worth more than his course work. A friend of mine had many of his finals worth 100% of this grade.

[Freeway2k]

Go to the Dean.
Beg.
Convince him/her that next semester will be different.
Beg.

[GTS Jeff]

I think it's a bit too soon to be throwing in the towel. It sounds like "your friend" is in 1st or 2nd year. If that's the case, he's taking 1st and 2nd year classes. Those classes, while not necessarily 'easy' are definitely manageable. If he has the self discipline to make himself go hard for a few days, he could probably study enough to pass all his classes. The problem with people in general is that they're fuckin quitters!!

There is no failure except in no longer trying.

[Cruz]

Originally posted by writhen
So one of my really good friends is in a dilemma. Basically he tried working two jobs and doing school, which is resulting in him failing pretty much all his courses besides his options course.

I work two jobs and keep a 3.0+ GPA. It's not easy by any stretch but it's definitely doable.

[writhen]

Alright thanks for all the info guys. So I basically told him to go talk to the Dean, try his best at his finals, and try his best at the next sem courses. Beyond that I guess it is up to him. Thanks for all the info.

[Whitetiger]

so hard to work and go to school

[Ajay]

I'm pretty sure even if he wanted to drop all his courses you have to get permission from the Registrar to drop all courses for a semester.

I doubt the Dean will do anything for him if he tells him he was working two jobs and not paying any attention in school. A Dean of a faculty will have no sympathy for someone who doesn't take his education seriously.