Thread: what is your school's fail policy?

like at ross, if one fails, s/he has to repeat the entire semester. And s/he can't even drop a class if s/he even wants to.

so anyone can tell me about your school's fail policy?

Originally Posted by mencreatedgod

like at ross, if one fails, s/he has to repeat the entire semester. And s/he can't even drop a class if s/he even wants to.

so anyone can tell me about your school's fail policy?

u can drop a class in the first 30 days of the semster...after that you cannot...if you want you can withdraw from the whole semster for a medical or emergency reasons.....

if you fail you fail that class only not the semster.....u repeat that one class....not the semster

the skipper

Originally Posted by AssyrianSkipper

u can drop a class in the first 30 days of the semster...after that you cannot...if you want you can withdraw from the whole semster for a medical or emergency reasons.....

if you fail you fail that class only not the semster.....u repeat that one class....not the semster

the skipper

Also, if you fail more than 21 credits (i think it's either 20 or 21), you get kicked out.

oh, that seems reasonable.

Originally Posted by StudentAUC.

Originally Posted by AssyrianSkipper

u can drop a class in the first 30 days of the semster...after that you cannot...if you want you can withdraw from the whole semster for a medical or emergency reasons.....

if you fail you fail that class only not the semster.....u repeat that one class....not the semster

the skipper

Also, if you fail more than 21 credits (i think it's either 20 or 21), you get kicked out.

that is fine i think.....they should kick anyone out who fails more than 20 credits out or who takes more than 8 semsters......

the skipper

Anyone that fails any med school course does not deserve to be in med school.

Failing a grad school course is tantamount to failing the program, so why would you expect med school to be easier?

Some people need to sit back and rethink their stance. Failing one class in med school is absolutely NOT grounds for dismissal. If we were to adopt that policy, then there are probably tens of thousands (hundreds of thousands, millions?) of people whose doctors would no longer be in practice. That's simply an assinine policy. People fail courses in graduate school for many different reasons, and adopting such an elitist attitude is of no help, and is no different from the US medical students and physicians who look down on foreign-trained grads.

As for failing more than 20 credits and being kicked out, well, that's not a set rule either, nor should it be. If you fail too many credits at AUC, then you will be brought before the academic committee. While it is true that many, many people who have to go this route are dismissed, I also know of some who were allowed (rightly) another chance, and they proved themselves and made it through and passed Step I on the first try!

Blanket judgements like these have no good place in either medicine or education.

Originally Posted by gtheofilis

Anyone that fails any med school course does not deserve to be in med school.

Failing a grad school course is tantamount to failing the program, so why would you expect med school to be easier?

According to a close friend who is going to a US medical school, if you fail any courses you must make them up during the summer.
Oh, and about the Ross class fail policy, the offical rule is a bit confusing at first glance:

If students fail a course, they will have to repeat that course and any course taken during the same semester in which they achieved a low C. If they failed a course and received a high C or better in their remaining courses, they will have to repeat the failed course and take an elective course(s) such that total credit hours for the semester are 10 or greater. In either case, the student will pay only for the previously failed course.

Originally Posted by 11

Originally Posted by gtheofilis

Anyone that fails any med school course does not deserve to be in med school.

Failing a grad school course is tantamount to failing the program, so why would you expect med school to be easier?

According to a close friend who is going to a US medical school, if you fail any courses you must make them up during the summer.
Oh, and about the Ross class fail policy, the offical rule is a bit confusing at first glance:

If students fail a course, they will have to repeat that course and any course taken during the same semester in which they achieved a low C. If they failed a course and received a high C or better in their remaining courses, they will have to repeat the failed course and take an elective course(s) such that total credit hours for the semester are 10 or greater. In either case, the student will pay only for the previously failed course.

but bottom line, they lose a semester.

Originally Posted by gtheofilis

Anyone that fails any med school course does not deserve to be in med school.

You may change that attitude once you get here and take a few classes. I have seen alot of intelligent people who have failed a class (for example, the Pharmacology final is 50% of your grade....)...does this mean they won't become competent physicians?

People who fail multiple classes or exhibit a patter of academic deficiencies across the board are an entirely different story.

Aloha,