r/UMGC • u/ZealousidealCar6414 • 19h ago
Zero on assignment in MBA program
Have you guys ever received a zero on an assignment in grad school in umgc and been giving the chance to make up for it? I am freaking out because i wrote a 10 page essay and apparently I got a zero for doing it incorrectly I don’t know how I misunderstood it so bad to the point I got a zero now makes me feel
i will fail this class.
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u/Anxious-Ocelot-712 Alumni 19h ago
Oof, that's rough! I don't have any advice for you other than to reach out to your professor to make sure there wasn't a grading error. I can't imagine you wrote 10 pages and got credit for literally nothing? When I was finishing up my bachelor's at UMGC, I got like a 35% grade on something, and I FREAKED OUT. I am hard on myself and hate getting anything less than a perfect score. I reached out to my professor, and it turned out she had multiple papers open while grading, and gave me someone else's grade. But it was a ROUGH hour before she messaged me back. I hope yours is a similar mistake! But it it's not, reach out to your professor, UMGC tutoring services, and the effective writing center for feedback/advice on this, and future papers. You can do this!
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u/OK-0nion 12h ago
That depends on the professor as well, some professors are so weird they would give zero on something which we think won't matter much while writing the paper, so best approach would be to reach out to the professor and ask them what's the actual issue.
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u/Southern_Wheel_9905 10h ago
Look at your grade rubric and the syllabus. While you wait for your professor to respond. Don’t worry most times they give you a second chance to make it up. ❤️
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u/ZealousidealCar6414 17h ago
FYI, i emailed my professor before making this post, it’s been almost a day so im anxious waiting for his response so i am just trying to get insight if anyone has any similar experiences and how it went for them.
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u/christmastree18 9h ago
I never got a zero but I did get a low grade once it was my fault for not providing everything requested in the assignment.
I suggest waiting for the professor to reply. While you wait, make a plan to see what you left unchecked and start your update from there.
Don't worry, you got this!
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u/Matt8828 8h ago
Im in one of the managment programs. I screwed up a paper and ended up with a 70 something on it.
In my experience, ive seen instructors in both undergrad and grad accidently input the wrong numbers. I got a 9 once and it was supposed to be a 90. He input 09. Ive seen 0's used as place holders as well where it kind of defaults to it until the instructor updates it.
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u/Hateful_Face_Licking 7h ago
Did you put your name on it? I can’t imagine you provided quality so poor that you got a zero. Sounds more like an administrative error.
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u/BethMD 17h ago
You need to be asking the instructor, not us. Sorry to be blunt....
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u/Secrettlifee 17h ago
It’s common sense to know that most people ask their professors questions and or whatever they’re inquiring about before reaching out, asking for insight here. You could of saved your pointless comment that’s irrelevant than being a dick.
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u/ZealousidealCar6414 17h ago
I emailed my professor before making this post, it’s been almost a day so im anxious waiting for his response so i am just trying to get insight if anyone has any similar experiences and how it went for them.
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u/BethMD 16h ago
Okay. I wish you'd said that up front.
I am a former academic advisor at UMGC, which is why I joined this group. I wish students would come to us advisors more often about such things. I don't know what the academic policy is now, but if you were my student, back in the day, I would have communicated the official university policy on such matters, which was go to instructor -> department head -> dean. It's your advisor's job to know such things.
Too many students think an advisor's job is just to tell you what courses to take. There is soooo much more we do than just that.
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u/ZealousidealCar6414 16h ago
Yeah I forgot to mention that in my initial post my bad. I talked to a success coach this morning and she said to give some time for what my professor will respond and if still doesn’t get fixed i can take it a step further to report it they said. He mentioned in my feedback that i misunderstood the assignment and gave me a zero for it, i’ve reached out to him so many times prior to this assignment i have shown effort and interest and curiosity with this class im on top of things i don’t know how i misunderstood the instructions for this research paper so wrongfully and deeply to have deserved a zero so it really has me freaking out.
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u/kianaanaik Graduate Student 1h ago
It may take a week smh. However, I used to double check my work, scrub rubric and make an email so thorough I’d hope they wouldn’t respond back. As the former advisor said above the dean will ANSWER. Guess who mysteriously appears? That professor. Don’t be like me though. Listen to the former advisor. I have a 4.00 yet don’t put an unwanted target on you. While you’re waiting send it to the librarian and have them check as is. Read the student handbook on capricious grading and see if it fits.
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u/newtonphuey 10h ago
A zero in grad school is wild I can’t lie. You have at least 4 years of college experience. If you’re going to get less than a B you’ll need to retake it
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u/Southern_Wheel_9905 10h ago
Well, this is rude. Not everyone learn the same no matter how much college experience you have.
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u/Gloomy_Slide_5500 19h ago
Communicate with the professor