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Originally Posted by Ren
Yes, definitely talk to the prof/associate dean and get the matter resolved if you still can. No reason at all not to.
Regarding med school and law school, it's true that having a few bad grades will probably hurt your chances, but you're not dead in the water. Some schools will emphasize GPA, others life experience and volunteer work (especially in the law/med field), but one thing they all share is that the LSAT/MCAT (or whatever variation thereof - OAT, DAT, etc) scores are the first thing they consider, and having a really outstanding mark on these tests will overshadow a lot of bad grades.
The job of an admissions council is to decide who will make the best doctors/lawyers, and suffice it to say that a good score on these tests, along with a couple solid years and a strong set of extracurriculars, is probably a better litmus test of that than the fact that you failed an econ course in your third year or whatever the case may be. Hell, I got offers from several law programs after nearly failing my way out of school my first three years. GPA is important but is certainly not the be-all-end-all.
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This is true on the face of it, and I agree mostly, but the fact is that admissions are absolutely insane right now with the economy being so bad and that so many students are cruising through their undergraduate. The Arts, especially, are not presented as a challenge anymore. I just applied to McGill for political theory, they have 5 spots, and around 150 applicants. It gets really easy for a swamped admissions committee to start knocking off applicants based on basic criteria, such as "F's" on a transcript.