What is a good length for a college essay?

I am having so many problems with my classes this quarter.. what should i do? college students pref..plz help?

• Before the quarter started, i registered for math 126, debating human rights in china, and chinese 102. the classes that i am having difficulties in are math 126, and debating human rights in china.. i did end up droping math 126 due to the fact that the teacher did not teach very well, and on top of that, she is very irresponsible. like for example, during the sec exam review, she would miss, have a substitute take her place, and the substitue would skip many steps.. ( and to think.. she is the directer of the math department ) i got very stressed out and ended up dropping the class.. as for as my chinese religion / politics class.. i am not doing so well.. there are two essay exams, and a 7 page paper.. i got a 44 percent on the first exam, due to the fact that my teacher grades them by comparing the essays with the other students in the class (not only comparing answers, but comparing the length of our essays.. after i got the exam back, the teacher asked if anyone had any comments about how the test was formatted.. i soon found out that i am the only one who has not had taken a class with him.. and about the paper, he explained how it was supposed to be done.. he did not gave any instructions on the syllabus as far as the paper goes.. after class, i told asked him if the paper was a research paper. he replied "yes".. i have been working very hard on my paper.. i mean getting up early, staying up late, barely eating.. i turned in my first draft and he gave me a 61 percent out of a 100.. he says that my topic is very interesting, but there are major problems with my paper.. he told me that i was not supposed to do a research paper and that it is supped to be an analysis paper.. meaning that i have to do my seven page paper all over again.. the final draft is due in a week. right now i have an F in the class.. what makes me upset is that i have been working off my but in order to achieve good grades this quarter... i am the kind of person who only has time for him self when i am on summer break or winter break.. this quarter has been so terrible.. i just feel like i have been studying hard for nothing.. what would you do if you were me? thanks :( for my first essay exam, i knew all of the answers to all of the questions.. i wrote more from what i know.. the problem with my essay was that according to the teacher, my essays were not long enough compared to all of the students.. haha, as far as i know, i am not physic.. i do not look off other peoples paper to see how they are doing or to cheat.. i am honestly about to give up.. because it is not my fault.. i know that i do study A LOT.. the only thing that i do is eat, sleep, and study... i am always in my room.. in fact, i only spend time with friends and my gf only during the summer and winter.. i believe that college is important.. in 2005, i got graduated with honors in music production.. i tried to find a job but i am kind of in the wrong place.. unless i rent a building and turn it into a recording studio.. me not finding a job right away with my certificate was what got me in to going to back to college..

• Answer:

  It sounds like you were working hard. Complain to the dean or whoever else runs the area of college you are in. Otherwise always do what you love.