Afraid I’ll fail

I just started grad school and it’s already been a lot. It’s something I knew I wanted to commit to, but with one bad grade in one class and a failed midterm in another, I’m starting to worry that I won’t pass.

One of the classes is only 8 weeks long, and some assignments haven’t been graded yet, so there’s still a chance I could end up with a B.

The other class is a full 16-week course. I submitted an assignment well before the due date, but I received a 0 because it wasn’t embedded in D2L correctly and my instructor couldn’t view it. She told me I could submit it to the late folder, but according to the policy, work submitted there isn’t guaranteed to be graded. It also says not to contact her if you submit something to the late folder.

I uploaded the assignment earlier this week and haven’t received a grade yet. Right now the 0 is really hurting my grade. There will be more opportunities to bring my grade up, but this definitely isn’t how I wanted to start my grad school journey.

Has anyone else had a rough start to grad school and still managed to recover?