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Hi there.

I'm a freshman in my first semester of college. I just had my midterms in many of my classes.

I am doing quite well (A's and a B) in all of my classes except my sociology class.

In that class I have a D.

Due to my high marks in my other courses and my high marks throughout high school, and the similar grades of my classmates, I know I am not an idiot and thus am not fully to blame. Also, I took a sociology course in high school and got 100% in it. I enjoyed the subject in high school. I understand that college is different and it will be harder, but I think this is unreasonable.

I am in the honors program at my university and my hall director has spoken with me about my D. I am very unhappy with my D.

I believe my D has some to do with the language barrier between myself and the professor. He is Iranian and has a very thick accent and speaks in broken English. I find him very difficult to understand.

I have spoken to other staff members, my adviser, and I have attempted speaking with my sociology professor on many occasions. He has never given me satisfactory answers or advice and is never in his office during his scheduled office hours.

The final day to withdraw from courses is this Thursday. I am considering it.

In order to remain in Honors, I need to maintain a 3.25 GPA. It's not very high, I know but that's just how this is set up. I took a course online over the summer and thus came into college with a 3.70 GPA instead of a 0.00 like the rest of the freshmen.

My question is: Do you think I should withdraw or stay?

If I stayed, my GPA would be altered. I don't think I will be able to raise my grade because I have gotten consistent scores on the tests in the class which shows that I am only absorbing part of the material. I believe I would do better if I took it again with a professor I understood. I also would go on honors probation for receiving the low grade.

Honors probation would put me in jephordy of losing the benifits of the honors program such as a single room, and scholarships.

If I dropped, my GPA would not be altered and I'd have to pay to take the course a second time ($1,500) but my GPA wouldn't drop.

I've talked to many people and they're pretty split on the topic. My parents were originally against the idea because of the money, but they don't want my GPA to drop. My adviser has told me to drop, my friends have told me to drop, my boyfriend has told me to drop, his parents have told me to drop, other classmates are split on the idea, some say drop, some say stay, other professors have told me to try to stick it out, and my grandmother has told me to stick it out. I'm torn.

I don't like failing at things. I have never gotten less than a B on anything in my life. Doing poorly is not acceptable to me and failure is not acceptable to my parents either.



So, thoughts?