Thread: Failing a physics class. Grad school?

Originally Posted by Hepth you have to retake it right? so it wont kill your gpa anyway. grad schools will look at overall gpa, physics gpa, and your upper courses. They probably wont care if you failed a first year course, if you retook it and got an A. Yes, I will have to retake it. But I was under the impression that both the 'F' and subsequent grade would be included in my GPA. Originally Posted by whs How did you do well in the...

On the other hand, the top 10 is overrated anyway.

Originally Posted by Phyisab**** Well everyone on this thread is being optimistic right now. I'll be the first to say, its not going to help you that's for sure. Can anyone link to that thread where everyone listed their qualifications and what grad schools they got into? That was a real reality check for me. http://www.physicsgre.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1847

You're waaaaaay too paranoid. Don't even sweat it.

you have to retake it right? so it wont kill your gpa anyway. grad schools will look at overall gpa, physics gpa, and your upper courses. They probably wont care if you failed a first year course, if you retook it and got an A.

How did you do well in the course but are sure to fail the final so bad as to fail the class?

Originally Posted by leonidas24 Quite the opposite responses I was expecting. So failing a subject in one's major, even if only a freshman class, doesn't automatically put me at the bottom of the pile? I always assumed an 'F' on a transcript is near automatic exclusion from the top programs. Nah, in many/most cases there's no automatic exclusion based on one narrow criterion like that. Any one thing that you...

As an added thought, I think the more immediate problem is dealing with the test anxiety. Graduate school application is years down the road. Between now and then there will be many more exams, some of them worth more than 60% of the final grade. Not to mention once you get in you'll likely be faced with exams like the candidacy, the comprehensive, and your final defence. Failing a single class is not a show stopper. But you're not...