Can you fail a college class simply by not attending?

my school it is compulsory to attend. butg i know schools where it isnt if you have your work handed in and completed it doesn't matter its your responsibility.

however teachers wont help you if they know you havent been attending any of there classes neither will they recommend you for jobs because you dont demonstrate good qualities like reliability and punctuality.

if you don't show up you cant learn and you will fail if you dont know what your doing.some schools put leture notes online

Attending Class In College

You might even raise your grade if you start showing up to class. Here's a true story from this semester. There were less than half of the students in the classroom and the prof announced "Pull out a piece of paper. We're having a pop quiz. With the students freaking out, he stood there as stoic as possible. When the paper shuffle had quieted, he told them to put their names and ID numbers on the paper. Still calm, the prof waited for the task to be completed. "First question. Please tell me the color of the red shirt I am wearing today." The class sat there stunned for a couple seconds, then wrote the word "red" on their papers, at which time the prof told them to pass the papers to the end of the row and that the grade would be included in their averages.

The following week, on a regular quiz day when the class was full, the prof routinely mentioned that this was the third quiz of the semester. At that time one of the students raised his hand and said that there had only been one quiz so far. The prof, with a straight face, answered the young man by telling him there had been a pop quiz the previous Friday. The student who told me the story was amused by the soft gasps in the room. And since then every class period has been full. This didn't happen at some small university that nobody knows of. It happened at one of the public Big 12 schools, in a classroom that seats 300 people.

This story isn't going to help you, but it's worth remembering because it can happen. Bottom line: your best chance of success comes from attending classes and getting help when you don't understand. But not attending, you are avoiding the issue and that is never a good solution.

I know exactly how you feel. I basically stopped attending school at a young age and never really learned any math, but I am now taking calculus courses in school. I never thought it would be possible. What you need to do is just start from the basics. Go to a community college and get your AA, it's a lot cheaper than going to a 4 year college and once you transfer to a major university it will be as if you attended it the entire time. You will also be required to take a lot of courses you normally wouldn't if you were just majoring in one field, such as Humanities (which is really fun) and social science classes. Maybe that can help you figure out your niche. At a community college you will be required to take pre allgebra, then beginning and then intermediate and then you can finally take a college level course, unless you can test out of them but if you're not familiar with math I don't recommend it. It's a pain in the butt but it really is beneficial. They also have free tutoring available and different places you can go to have math help. It is very hard to pass any college classes if you treat it like high school so please remember that this a temporary bump in the path of a more stable life. I'm personally studying Computer Engineering with a focus is Cisco networking. I started out at beginning algebra and I still count on my fingers some times but after living in poverty for 5 years I am more motivated than I ever possibly could be. Graphic design can pay well but it is hard to find a decent job. I would recommend getting a major in the field you really want and eventually minoring in other fields. You could also always go back and get a major in Astrophysics or Astronomy. Stay in school as long as possible, especially in this economy. My goal is to work in the systems department at NASA. I've always loved universal exploration but the only thing I'm good at is computers. I've also changed my major about 5 times until I found what was right for me. I really hope this was helpful. Just ask yourself every day how much you actually care. This really helps me when I think of skipping class :)

If the class (or the college as a whole) has an attendance policy, absolutely. One of my colleagues has a policy that no students may miss more than 3 classes, or they fail the entire course. If there is no such policy, it becomes a little more difficult. Of course, if you haven't been attending, your papers and projects probably don't incorporate the learning from the lectures, and you could fail on those grounds.

One thing you have to realize is that a school's accreditation depends upon contact hours between faculty and students, among other things. If you are given credit for so many units or credit hours, but you haven't had any contact with the professor, the school itself could be in trouble. Their alternative is to fail you for failing to meet the required number of contact hours.

For poor attendance? Depends on the professor and type of class.

If it is a PE class, you will fail.

Most other classes, if you know the professor NEVER gives out weekly quizzes or suprise stuff, then all you are really missing out on is the class material.

Plus you miss out on oppurtunities to ask questions for your projects/papers.

90-95% of the time, stuff covered in class is on the tests/finals.

I have known professors who might bend the grade/curve in your favor if you are 1-2 points away from a D or C if you showed up everyday and particpated.

yes absolutely you can fail. Because if you dont ttend the classes then that shows that you are not really interested or committed to this class and it also shows lack of responsibility. And if you miss a class and there is a paper due you dont know about then that paper will obviously bring your grade down.

Yes, you could fail. But, you could not. Review your sylabus - see what the profs attendance policy is. Changes are, if its a large, lecture class (think 200 + students) he or she will not event notice that your gone. Just make sure you stay up-to-date on test and due dates! Nasty profs will make changes to these important deadlines and announce it in class without sending word out via e-mail. Be careful!

Of course you can fail a class for not attending. You'll either get an F or an Incomplete grade.

yes. I'm a retired prof. Students who never artended my classes always failed.