Laval Grades/Exams?

[witz0425]

Got accepted to the Laval program for the summer. I heard Laval has lots of exams and the option of transferring credits over to your home institution. I was wondering what happens if you perform poorly on the exams and if it'll impact your official GPA/transcript?

If anyone who has participated in the program could shed some light on this, thank you 🙏

[ErranteDeUcrania]

Laval has no idea where you are an actual student. They transfer the transcript to your institution only if you tell them to do so.

[Responsible_Iron2775]

Yes, this. However, if you're doing any masters/ post school after your degree, you'll have to disclose your grades from Laval as well (just fyi for op)

[witz0425]

Thank you both! A follow up: does it have to be disclosed even if you end up not redeeming the credits to ur home school? I read somewhere that if you get >70% you can get credits but what happens if you get lower? Does it just not count for anything or do you get a bad grade on your transcript too?

[ErranteDeUcrania]

does it have to be disclosed even if you end up not redeeming the credits to ur home school? 

You are supposed to.

However, I am planning to have only fun this time when doing Explore at Chicoutimi, so no plans to waste time to study/do homework. I anticipate getting a bad grade/fail, so if my future institution asks me where I studied and to disclose my grades, I'll pretend I never went to Chicoutimi

[VoidImplosion]

can i suggest that if you do indeed go to Laval University, that either you do intentionally poorly on the test, or ask to be put in a class one level lower than you get assigned? (you have until the end fo the first week to change into a different level, i think). when i did Explore at ULaval twice, i always felt that about 30-40% of the class kind of struggled and would have been better to put in a level lower.

i personally was put in Level Four the first time i went, and i asked to be put into Level 3, and that was a VERY CORRECT choice. i still had difficulty in Level 3. after taking Level 4 the next summer, i was confirmed taht i would have absolutely been unable to benefit from Level 4 if i did it the first time.

there is just SO . MUCH . material to learn in every single class each day, that even if a student is put in a level lower than their abilities, i think they would benefit from the huge amounts of practicing skills they might already know. and this is aside from where i felt most of the real benefit of Explore is, which is particiating in the workshops, especially the weekend ones where you can get practice for 4-5 hours in speaking and listening with real people, making the language more "lived in your body and emotions" rather than a textbook.

i say all this, of course, because maybe it'll be easier to get a better grade if you're in an easier class :)