05-07-2023, 02:06 AM
(This post was last modified: 05-07-2023, 02:14 AM by SweetSecret.)
I have three pieces of advice to add:
1.:Connect with the professor right away. Let them know your future goals and why the class is important to you. This might be a long-term career goal, but if they know you plan to pursue another degree after and need a good GPA they seem to give better feedback.
2. Outline the sections of your papers to match the rubric, especially if the school uses a peer grading system but even with professors. Some people cannot connect the dots unless it is clearly defined for them. So, if the rubric says "Define XYZ" your paper section needs to be something like "Definition of XYZ", "Defining XYZ", or "XYZ Defined."
3. Acknowledge when other students are improving on their performance. Professors like to see people who encourage others. I took a class with peer grading once and kept getting the same student's papers, who was clearly plagiarizing plagiarizing straight from the text book. He did it over and over for weeks, and I had notified the professor who told me to mark the papers with a grade of zero. This was a professor with the military background, which I appreciated because that's what I grew up around, and I knew there's no way that this would fly with a person like that who has high expectations. Eventually the student's work majorly improved and I acknowledged that in the feedback. At the end of the course I asked the professor for a reference letter, and he gave me a fantastic reference.
I should add that my undergrad GPA was not fantastic. I financially and emotionally supported myself. I was always working many hours leading to exhaustion. I was also a first gen for college, so I didn't really have a guidance or understand the importance of AP classes in high school and how to follow a rubric. Now I'm holding a 4.0 in the graduate program. DegreeForum was a massive help to me because I have found the college advisors were generally useless, and DegreeForum was not only a great place to get better advice but also operated as more of a cohort of support that I needed.
1.:Connect with the professor right away. Let them know your future goals and why the class is important to you. This might be a long-term career goal, but if they know you plan to pursue another degree after and need a good GPA they seem to give better feedback.
2. Outline the sections of your papers to match the rubric, especially if the school uses a peer grading system but even with professors. Some people cannot connect the dots unless it is clearly defined for them. So, if the rubric says "Define XYZ" your paper section needs to be something like "Definition of XYZ", "Defining XYZ", or "XYZ Defined."
3. Acknowledge when other students are improving on their performance. Professors like to see people who encourage others. I took a class with peer grading once and kept getting the same student's papers, who was clearly plagiarizing plagiarizing straight from the text book. He did it over and over for weeks, and I had notified the professor who told me to mark the papers with a grade of zero. This was a professor with the military background, which I appreciated because that's what I grew up around, and I knew there's no way that this would fly with a person like that who has high expectations. Eventually the student's work majorly improved and I acknowledged that in the feedback. At the end of the course I asked the professor for a reference letter, and he gave me a fantastic reference.
I should add that my undergrad GPA was not fantastic. I financially and emotionally supported myself. I was always working many hours leading to exhaustion. I was also a first gen for college, so I didn't really have a guidance or understand the importance of AP classes in high school and how to follow a rubric. Now I'm holding a 4.0 in the graduate program. DegreeForum was a massive help to me because I have found the college advisors were generally useless, and DegreeForum was not only a great place to get better advice but also operated as more of a cohort of support that I needed.
MBA, Walden University (In progress - 60% done)
2016 TESU, BA-LIBST, Emphases in Multimedia Comm./Human & Social Services
TESU TECEPS: Abnormal Psych PSY-350, Psych of Women PSY-270, Sales Mgmnt MAR-322, Advertising MAR-323, Marketing COM-210; Capstone w/ Ciacco
Other Sources: CLEP, Art Portfolio, 3 Comm. Colleges, 2 Art Colleges, FEMA, AICPCU Ethics
2016 TESU, BA-LIBST, Emphases in Multimedia Comm./Human & Social Services
TESU TECEPS: Abnormal Psych PSY-350, Psych of Women PSY-270, Sales Mgmnt MAR-322, Advertising MAR-323, Marketing COM-210; Capstone w/ Ciacco
Other Sources: CLEP, Art Portfolio, 3 Comm. Colleges, 2 Art Colleges, FEMA, AICPCU Ethics
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