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My professor for online class has not shown up yet?
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I’m taking a few classes online this semester, two of them with the same professor and both are needed to graduate. The professor left instructions to read the syllabus and begin assignments but she hasn’t posted the syllabus yet for either course. The bookstore doesn’t have the books for either course doesn’t know what the instructor wants done. I’ve tried emailing her and her inbox is full. I’ve tried calling and have received no response. My classmates in both courses have encountered the same problem. I’ve never had this problem with an online course before and I’m at a loss as to what to do. I can’t drop the courses because this is my final semester and I can’t take them in person because I work full time. I tried emailing the director of my program but I guess he can’t help me because it’s a different campus and the school doesn’t list a department head on their site for that campus. What do I do now?
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NYC Colleges that have a Marching Band?
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I want to major in secondary education with a focus on english but i also would like to continue playing in a marching band.
For a while i thought manhattan college had a marching band, but after emailing the school, i learned they didn’t. So if you know any please list them.
As usual, best answer gets 10 points.
How do I tell my PhD director that I want to change directors?
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I am taking my PhD qualifying exams next week, and my committee head has been ever-so-less than helpful through this entire process. He takes weeks to get back to me when I have a basic question, and by that time I’ve found out the answer myself or gone to the Director of Graduate Studies. Even emailing my reading list for approval to the rest of my committee (with NO changes or suggestions from him) took almost four weeks, and I ended up having to ask him if I could do it myself, and I then did. Perhaps most frightening, he wasn’t even aware that there are guidelines for the qualifying exam. In short, he’s both unavailable and unhelpful.
I certainly can’t have a committee head that is uninvolved with my dissertation, or it’ll take twice as long. As such, I’d like to change my committee head to another professor in the department.
The problem is that he’s the head of my department, someone on whose bad side I do not want to be. How do I tell him that I want someone else?
How do I tell my PhD director that I want to change directors?
Posted by admin | Filed under Higher Education (University +)
I am taking my PhD qualifying exams next week, and my committee head has been ever-so-less than helpful through this entire process. He takes weeks to get back to me when I have a basic question, and by that time I’ve found out the answer myself or gone to the Director of Graduate Studies. Even emailing my reading list for approval to the rest of my committee (with NO changes or suggestions from him) took almost four weeks, and I ended up having to ask him if I could do it myself, and I then did. Perhaps most frightening, he wasn’t even aware that there are guidelines for the qualifying exam. In short, he’s both unavailable and unhelpful.
I certainly can’t have a committee head that is uninvolved with my dissertation, or it’ll take twice as long. As such, I’d like to change my committee head to another professor in the department.
The problem is that he’s the head of my department, someone on whose bad side I do not want to be. How do I tell him that I want someone else?
How do you remove yourself from the college emailing list?
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I checked the little box on the PSAT’s but now I’ve picked a college and I’m sick of getting a bunch of emails and letters from colleges every day. Is there any way to remove my name from that list? Anything on collegeboard.com? Thanks!
College Professor is horrible now I am about to fail-What can I do?
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Cyn S asked:
My dilemma is that I am a college freshman and have a chemistry Professor who is truly horrible at teaching. The entire class average is a 60. We try to ask questions in class and have him explain things, but he just laughs at us without answering. The tests never contain material that we are studying-always obscure stuff that is randomly taken from the back of the book; or outright trick questions designed to make you fail. He gives notes and tells us the test will be from this, but it never is. Now at the point of not being able to drop the class, he finally gives us our grades back. It took a mass emailing campaign to the department head to even get our first 2 test grades back to us to see how we are doing. We received them today and I failed both of them. Now I am sick because I must absolutely ace my next test and my final to even get out with the minimum grade. I have been studying and working with tutors and am studying 8 hours a day to prepare for the next tests and if I fail, I just feel like giving up altogether. I don’t know what to do. It’s not like I haven’t been trying. When I talk with others that have the same exact class, just different teachers, they are studying completely different material than my class. I am going to school on student loans so every class counts. To get into medical school I must make excellent grades or risk not being accepted. Don’t professors have some type of rules that they must follow and be accountable for their lack of proper teaching? I am more than willing to accept my own failings and lack of knowledge, but when does it become the responsibility of the professor to teach me?
I was told that this professor was removed from teaching another chemistry level class because of issues such as this. The department head is aware of his teaching style but apparently since he has tenure, they just let him continue…According to the rate my professor website, historically he states in his syllabus that he will drop lowest grade and then doesn’t. He has already said he won’t curve the grades, so I guess I am screwed….
Update Well I took my test today. After many complaints to the dept. head, the prof decided to send us an email at 8PM last night giving us a link to our books website that he was apparently supposed to give to us at the start of the semester that has our study materials and charts on it that he has been giving tests on all along. Go figure! The good thing is that I immediately went to it and was able to find very good resources to study from and print charts as study guides. He even allowed us to use 1 small index card of notes on the test today, as well as added 20 bonus questions that came straight from the website. I feel that I did well on it. Unfortunately, the majority of the class didn’t check that email and were unaware before the test about it. If I did well on this test and on my final I may still be able to squeak by with a min. passing grade maybe take it over down the road still be able to progress to the next level next semester. Keep your fingers crossed! Thanks all
My dilemma is that I am a college freshman and have a chemistry Professor who is truly horrible at teaching. The entire class average is a 60. We try to ask questions in class and have him explain things, but he just laughs at us without answering. The tests never contain material that we are studying-always obscure stuff that is randomly taken from the back of the book; or outright trick questions designed to make you fail. He gives notes and tells us the test will be from this, but it never is. Now at the point of not being able to drop the class, he finally gives us our grades back. It took a mass emailing campaign to the department head to even get our first 2 test grades back to us to see how we are doing. We received them today and I failed both of them. Now I am sick because I must absolutely ace my next test and my final to even get out with the minimum grade. I have been studying and working with tutors and am studying 8 hours a day to prepare for the next tests and if I fail, I just feel like giving up altogether. I don’t know what to do. It’s not like I haven’t been trying. When I talk with others that have the same exact class, just different teachers, they are studying completely different material than my class. I am going to school on student loans so every class counts. To get into medical school I must make excellent grades or risk not being accepted. Don’t professors have some type of rules that they must follow and be accountable for their lack of proper teaching? I am more than willing to accept my own failings and lack of knowledge, but when does it become the responsibility of the professor to teach me?
I was told that this professor was removed from teaching another chemistry level class because of issues such as this. The department head is aware of his teaching style but apparently since he has tenure, they just let him continue…According to the rate my professor website, historically he states in his syllabus that he will drop lowest grade and then doesn’t. He has already said he won’t curve the grades, so I guess I am screwed….
Update Well I took my test today. After many complaints to the dept. head, the prof decided to send us an email at 8PM last night giving us a link to our books website that he was apparently supposed to give to us at the start of the semester that has our study materials and charts on it that he has been giving tests on all along. Go figure! The good thing is that I immediately went to it and was able to find very good resources to study from and print charts as study guides. He even allowed us to use 1 small index card of notes on the test today, as well as added 20 bonus questions that came straight from the website. I feel that I did well on it. Unfortunately, the majority of the class didn’t check that email and were unaware before the test about it. If I did well on this test and on my final I may still be able to squeak by with a min. passing grade maybe take it over down the road still be able to progress to the next level next semester. Keep your fingers crossed! Thanks all
NYC Colleges that have a Marching Band?
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I want to major in secondary education with a focus on english but i also would like to continue playing in a marching band.
For a while i thought manhattan college had a marching band, but after emailing the school, i learned they didn’t. So if you know any please list them.
As usual, best answer gets 10 points.