{"id":554,"date":"2012-10-29T08:52:46","date_gmt":"2012-10-29T15:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/fernhopper\/?p=554"},"modified":"2012-10-29T08:52:46","modified_gmt":"2012-10-29T15:52:46","slug":"mid-way-through-the-term-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/fernhopper\/2012\/10\/29\/mid-way-through-the-term-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Mid-way through the term update."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You\u2019ve likely completed some midterms by now, and with those grades, you should have an idea how well you\u2019re doing in your classes. If you\u2019re not sure, go see your professors during office hours.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re happy with your grades, great! Keep doing what you\u2019re doing. If not, there\u2019s still time to do something about it.<\/p>\n<p>For starters, ask your professors about what you can do to improve your grades. Ask for specifics. \u201cStudy harder\u201d is good in principle, but you need to know <strong>what<\/strong> you should focus on studying harder.<\/p>\n<p>Get help from the <a href=\"http:\/\/success.oregonstate.edu\/\">Academic Success Center<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/cwl.oregonstate.edu\/\">Writing Center<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/osulibrary.oregonstate.edu\/clc\">Collaborative Learning Center (CLC)<\/a>. If you\u2019re living on campus, take advantage of the weekly tutoring sessions in your residence hall.<\/p>\n<p>What if you\u2019re giving a class your best effort, but are still worried about your grade and how it might affect your GPA? You have options, and your adviser can help you choose the right one:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Consider <a href=\"http:\/\/oregonstate.edu\/registrar\/change-grading-basis\">changing your grading basis<\/a>from A-F to Satisfactory\/Unsatisfactory (S\/U) if it\u2019s a bacc core class or not required for your major, minor or option. A grade of S \u2014 the equivalent of a C- or above \u2014 counts as credit toward graduation, but neither an S nor U grade affect your GPA. Changing to an S\/U requires an adviser\u2019s signature.<\/li>\n<li>Consider <a href=\"http:\/\/oregonstate.edu\/registrar\/withdrawing-courses\">withdrawing<\/a> from the class. This should be a last resort if you, your professor and\/or adviser believe you\u2019re not likely to pass. Keep in mind, however, that to retain your <a href=\"http:\/\/oregonstate.edu\/financialaid\/\">financial aid<\/a>, you must remain a full-time student (12 credits or more) in most cases. A grade of W will appear on your transcript.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The deadline for switching to an S\/U or W is Friday, Nov. 9, so act now, and have a good week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You\u2019ve likely completed some midterms by now, and with those grades, you should have an idea how well you\u2019re doing in your classes. If you\u2019re not sure, go see your professors during office hours. If you\u2019re happy with your grades, great! Keep doing what you\u2019re doing. If not, there\u2019s still time to do something about &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/fernhopper\/2012\/10\/29\/mid-way-through-the-term-update\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Mid-way through the term update.&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1245,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6wiya-8W","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/fernhopper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/fernhopper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/fernhopper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/fernhopper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1245"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/fernhopper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=554"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/fernhopper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":555,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/fernhopper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554\/revisions\/555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/fernhopper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/fernhopper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/fernhopper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}