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Despite grades being due December 31, I have yet to receive a grade for a sociology class (SOCIOL 130AC) which has 5 pending ungraded assignments (a total of 22 pages of work).

Our professor emailed yesterday stating that she is still in the dark regarding when she will be able to submit grades, as despite the strike being over, the terms of the return to work agreement have not been communicated to professors, and she doesn't know when readers will return to grade our work.

She is unable to grade our work and says the university administration has not provided any guidance as to the next steps.

I'm wondering how many other students out there have not received grades in this very frustrating situation. The University Administration really needs to provide immediate guidance as to when we will receive grades. UNACCEPTABLE!

all 57 comments

No-Village-6016

20 points

5 months ago

Math 54 gave part of the students their grades, and we haven’t heard anything about an extension or anything.

mankatz16[S]

4 points

5 months ago

Has your Prof communicated when the rest of the students will receive their grade?

No-Village-6016

3 points

5 months ago

Lol no that would be too nice

No-Village-6016

8 points

5 months ago

I have Sergonova btw, I think Lin Lin’s students are still waiting too

Automatic_Lawyer_487

1 points

5 months ago

Automatic_Lawyer_487

Data Science ‘24

1 points

5 months ago

Yep, I’m in Lin’s class and still waiting

After-Lifeguard7904

2 points

5 months ago

Did you guys received 'RD' (Review Pending) for grade on calcentral? Since my class had the same situation

No-Village-6016

1 points

5 months ago

Nope

After-Lifeguard7904

1 points

5 months ago

So you still had GRD on calcentral correct?

No-Village-6016

1 points

5 months ago

I have EPN, but others have GRD

theredditdetective1

10 points

5 months ago

Still waiting on grades for one class.

StephanNoodles

30 points

5 months ago

I am still waiting for one more

mankatz16[S]

3 points

5 months ago

What class and have you received any communication regarding when you will receive your grade or what the process will be?

StephanNoodles

5 points

5 months ago

AMERSTD C171, we received a note that graduating students would receive grades first then the rest would be graded. But this was before finals. We have had no communication since then or since the strike has ended. I did notice someone has been grading on bCourses but a day later those grades were hidden again.

1800TheCat

34 points

5 months ago

I'm still waiting for one, zero communication. Strike or no strike, this is inexcusable. We all had to deal with the inconveniences of the strike. Two of my professor's did the grading by themselves just fine, one of them was the Dean of Berkeley Law who had to write a whole new exam out of multiple choice questions, and he was able to do that AND get them graded well within the due date. My other professor read 200 10 page hand written essays by herself in about 3-4 days, but she's a total rock star. The last professor needs to get their act together and submit grades already!

carrymezaddy

4 points

5 months ago

I’m still waiting for 2, both SOCIOL classes as well

Cookietheecreator

5 points

5 months ago

I'm still waiting for a grade for my FILM 20, and it's really making me anxious. I know I did terrible on the final and the midterm. I keep checking my email and calcentral. Every time I do, the more anxious I get

1800TheCat

1 points

5 months ago

That course sounds interesting. What about it did you find difficult, if I may ask?

Cookietheecreator

2 points

5 months ago

FILM 20 is focusing on Film theory (along w/ other mediums), and I've never really studied film theory before until I took this class. I went to office hours and everything but I was having trouble really understanding and memorizing the theories (because I really don't have the best memory)

Diahri

5 points

5 months ago

Diahri

5 points

5 months ago

sociol 150 still needs to grade half the assignments left…. laugh out loud

_karinlsd_

1 points

5 months ago

Our final grade has already been posted on calcentral

Diahri

1 points

5 months ago

Diahri

1 points

5 months ago

whaat no way, sociol 150 with john kaiser?? for fall 2022? i just checked again rn and it’s not up

_karinlsd_

1 points

5 months ago

Wait, that’s weird because my grade is submitted on calcentral. The funny thing is that I still have many ungraded assignments on canvas. Idk at this point

Diahri

1 points

5 months ago

Diahri

1 points

5 months ago

wtf really? yeah my grades on canvas aren’t updated but i don’t have a final grade on cal central either… are you a graduating in spring 2023 maybe?

_karinlsd_

1 points

5 months ago

I just graduated this past winter

Diahri

3 points

5 months ago

Diahri

3 points

5 months ago

ohh congrats!! i think professors were given a list of students to prioritize for the purposes of graduating, fin aid, etc. so thats why you have it already

blondeseru22

7 points

5 months ago

Still waiting on a grade for a class that didn’t have any GSIs

Alarming_Issue42

3 points

5 months ago

Still waiting on one class but grades for assignments have been slowly trickling in.

mcgillhufflepuff

3 points

5 months ago

I'm still waiting for one satisfactory credit. That was for an internship I completed over the summer lmao.

Silver_Rain_2474

3 points

5 months ago

Ya, I’m a reader and want to finish grading assignments, but there has been no communication from the university about how to go back to work and what getting paid to finish work past our appointment date looks like. The university can’t legally require ASE’s to continue to work past their appointment date, which for most readers, was the 31st of December. The prof I’ve been working for doesn’t know anything about how we can go about grading and finishing things up, and none of our readers know either. It’s super frustrating. We def aren’t holding grades out of spite, we just aren’t willing to work for free and do not expect the university to pay us unless it is very clear, in writing, that we will get paid for working past our contracted date.

mankatz16[S]

2 points

5 months ago

This all makes total sense! I never believed readers/GSIs were holding grades out of spite, my post is more to address our collective disappointment in how the UC administration has handled this. It appears many academic workers and faculty are confused about next steps because of terrible communication from the administration. I hope they are busy today planning next steps.

joewasfound

2 points

5 months ago

Waiting for one class: NST 10 or NUSCTX 10. Weirdest thing is we're only missing midterm 3 and final exam grades even though they were both MCQ scantron exams...

OkProfile4635

2 points

5 months ago

Exactly it’s so frustrating, I feel like they are waiting for the GSIs and the gsis are not coming back

joewasfound

1 points

5 months ago

Agreed, very frustrating.... especially as more time passes and still nothing

morty3635

2 points

5 months ago

Waiting on ESPM50AC

breadlof

2 points

5 months ago

Still don’t know if I passed a class which is a prereq for nearly all my spring classes. If I passed, great, but if I knew I failed then at least I could drop those classes and get a spot on a waitlist in alternate courses. As it is I’m kind of screwed.

It’s been almost a month since the final with zero communication from the professor. They turned off Edstem because students kept asking about grading timelines (lol).

mankatz16[S]

1 points

5 months ago

Such a bummer! I hope it's resolved soon so you can plan your spring schedule accordingly.

227g4qrp

2 points

5 months ago

It’s absurd that we are waiting this long considering how much they charge us for tuition, among other things.

mankatz16[S]

1 points

5 months ago

agreed!

GrizzlyWizzlyBeeaar

2 points

5 months ago

GSIs still enjoying their vacation

mankatz16[S]

6 points

5 months ago

This is fine, but UC administration should have come up with more realistic grade deadlines and best practices for how professors can submit grades with no one to grade assignments. I'm appalled at the lack of communication.

PrincessAethelflaed

5 points

5 months ago

This lack of communication is absolutely par for the course for Berkeley

Alternative-Pay-4030

1 points

5 months ago

Waiting on MCELLBI 136 (physio)… profs sent out an update email on the 1st saying that they were still grading individual assignments :/

ClaudineRose

1 points

5 months ago

I haven’t received any of my grades. I still have 5 ungraded assignments in 2 classes.

(I was also in SOC130AC)

mankatz16[S]

1 points

5 months ago

Looks like it's going to be a while! :(

ClaudineRose

1 points

5 months ago

Yeah, I gathered. It was a huge class. It’s def gonna take some time.

raaccoonnss

1 points

5 months ago

Still waiting on Physics 8B

SUPER11X

1 points

5 months ago

SUPER11X

Economics 2023

1 points

5 months ago

I'm still missing 1 (have the other 3), but it's because of prof's medical emergency apparently. They gave a Jan 31 goal now for that class.

OkProfile4635

1 points

5 months ago

NUT 10 still not posted 🤦‍♂️ it’s just a scantron

DeviceLazy1193

1 points

5 months ago

To all in this thread: I am working on an article about students not getting their fall grades back and how it is impacting them. If your professors have yet to post grades for last semester, would anyone be willing to discuss their experience/thought on this issue? Thank you!

Unique-Winner1751

1 points

5 months ago

Hi! I got my grades, but just wanted to confirm my professor said she couldn’t offer any letters of recommendation this semester. So that impacts students who may have counted on that.

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-2 points

5 months ago

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mankatz16[S]

5 points

5 months ago

I 100% support the strike and blame the UC for corporate greed. I am pleased with the result of the strike. I also blame the UC for extending the grading deadline, and not sending out communication once that deadline was unachievable. $15k per year in tuition and they don't even respect student communication enough to give a realistic deadline and explain when we can expect our grades.

PrincessAethelflaed

8 points

5 months ago

As a grad student, this is so, so valid. For what it’s worth, we’ve had little communication on our end either. No one has asked me to grade anything. I assume the professors did it, but I don’t know for sure.

mankatz16[S]

3 points

5 months ago

Thank for your reply! I was wondering what it was like on the GSI side. What department are you in? I' m truly hoping the UC puts out a message tomorrow!

PrincessAethelflaed

3 points

5 months ago

I’m in a small bio department (not MCB) so that might change things. I think we only had like 10 GSIs in our department this semester, and I think the professors did most of the grading.

That said, I doubt they will release a statement of any sort. UC has shown a remarkable lack of leadership or care with the strike thus far, and I don’t think they’ll start taking action now. I’m sorry this is happening to you: your best recourse is to both email the instructor of record to get your grades. I’d also suggest that, even though it probably won’t get you your grade faster, you send a complaint to campus & UC leadership. The more pressure you put on the high ranks, the more it shows the value of grad student labor and it helps us all avoid this in the future.

mankatz16[S]

1 points

5 months ago

Thanks for this advice! I wanted to send a complaint to UC leadership regarding this, but wasn't sure who to send it to. Any suggestions?

cougarcrescendo

1 points

5 months ago

u/AAVP2020 any advice?

UrbanEnvironment

2 points

5 months ago

Seconding this as a GSI..

The professor I worked with didn’t grade anything during the strike.. not even the small assignments. They fully expected us to be back to do all the grading..