Whew!
I finally got my (actual) grade for Physics of Music. I am so happy right now, but my day did not start off this way!
Last night, I checked my school e-mail and my Physics of Music professor had sent out a message stating that he had graded all the final projects and grades were posted online. I checked, and there was no grade. So, I was biting my nails, stressing out and waiting for the grade to actually be available for me to view. This class was so much work, and such a pain, and I was just hoping for a “C” so that I could get credit for it and never have to take any more general education classes.
This morning, I checked for my grades again, and they were actually there. But something was very, very wrong. Next to Physics of Music, and Physics of Music Lab, it said “WU”. Say what?! A “WU” is an unauthorized withdrawal. It basically means you never went to class and never did any of the assignments, but didn’t bother to actually drop the class. It counts as a 0 in your GPA, just like an “F”. Basically, it is worse than an “F” because it means you didn’t even put in enough effort to get an “F”! Aack!
I knew this was not right, because I attended every single chat session (this was an online course, so that is the “going to class” portion), turned in all of the labs (with grades of 8/10 on most of them), got a “B” on the midterm, and turned in the final project. I put a ridiculous amount of work into this course. One day, I spent 7 and a half hours straight working on one of the labs, and I still didn’t get it finished. I had to go back and work on it more later and turned it in late. So when I saw “WU”, I was so, so mad. The only thing that I could think of was that either he goofed entering grades or that maybe, for some reason, he didn’t get the e-mail with my final project attached. I e-mailed the professor to find out what was up. I still stressed about this all day long. I was anticipating him taking forever to get back to me, because a.) none of my other professors ever reply to e-mails and b.) it’s the holiday season and school is not in session now.
I was very pleasantly surprised when he actually replied to me earlier tonight. Apparently, he got my project, but just overlooked it or something. I got 25/25 on the project and a “B+” in the class! Hurray! But now he has to submit a change of grade, so the WU is what stays on my record for the moment. It will be changed though, and I did better than I anticipated, so now, I am very, very happy and relieved. I can’t believe he just overlooked my e-mail and gave me a crappy grade though! But it’s all good now, and I can just kick back and relax for a month before I have to go back to school. Hurray!
But I can’t believe that he overlooked your project at first,either.
Merry Christmas to you too!
