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Advisor Alex’s Apt Advice for the Week of April 30, 2007
Planning to graduate in January 2008? Set up time to meet with an advisor before you register for Fall so you can make sure you are meeting all of your requirements. Have you tried to DIG it? Give the new degree audit system a spin for a quick and easy assessment of what classes you need to graduate. Once you get the hang of it you can play with the other features to see how your requirements would look if you were in a different major or find out what grades you need to attain your ideal GPA! Go to the CUNY portal www.cuny.edu and log in, click on Student/Advisement/Degree Audit and log in again to get started.
Ask Advisor Alex
Dear Advisor Alex:
I am struggling with a class and have decided to use the Credit/No Credit option for it. When I was completing the form, I noticed that if I get a D, I can choose to have either the D or the No Credit grade. How do I know which one is right for me?
Sincerely,
Wondering Wally
Dear Wondering:
That is a tricky one. It depends a lot on why you are using the Credit/No Credit option, and there are pluses and minuses to either choice. If you are using CR/NC to protect your GPA from a low grade, then you probably want to opt for the No Credit grade instead of the D. If you are using CR/NC because you think you may fail the class, but your GPA is otherwise good, then the D option might be for you.
Always,
Advisor Alex
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Dear Advisor Alex:
I have decided to take one of my classes as Credit/No Credit because I know I am going to fail it and I don’t want an F. Do I have to keep going to class?
Thanks,
Absent Abbie
Dear Absent:
YES! Taking a class for Credit/No Credit does not mean you can stop going to the class or stop doing the work. When you sign the CR/NC form, you are agreeing to continue fulfilling the attendance and course requirements, including the final exam, and when the instructor signs it, s/he is agreeing to award you CR/NC instead of a letter grade. If you break your half of the deal and stop attending or doing the work, the instructor is no longer obligated to give you the CR/NC grade, and may give you a WU or an F instead. Definitely just hang tight and keep going to class and doing the work- the semester is almost through and it will be worth it not to have an F in your GPA!
Always,
Advisor Alex
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