<p>I dont know where to post this so sorry if this is the wrong place. So recently i went to my brothers graduation on friday, the same day as my math pre Calc Final. This class is a non required, no regents. I live in new york and my brother goes to UCLA so its not like i could of did them on same day. I gave a months notice that this would happen and all the school could come up with is to take a 0 or take the test over my brother's graduation. This isn't a required class and I insisted to take it depsite my mom saying not to. Low and behold this is what i get for doing so. Anyway, I have all 80's and 90's as my final grades that colleges that i will be attedning will see. Either the university of Miami, or Rollins college. The grade i would recieve in this class would be a 62. Apparently, i did not deserve to pass after busting my ass the whole year. Will this one grade get my admission retracted or do you think ill be alright. This has been the most rediculous situation I have dealt with in a while and i was willing to take this dumb final before i left. I dont see why 4 years of hard work can be affected by one bad grade that was also in 80s prior to the 0 on the final. Any opinions on the situation would be appreciated!</p>
<p>I don’t know what to tell you. I think that’s honestly unfair but they probably can’t give you the final on a different date. They couldn’t expect you to miss your brother’s graduation for a final.</p>
<p>What year are you in school? If you are a graduating senior, are you concerned that your admission will be recinded? I think you should go to your guidance counselor and plead your case.
The college will ask for an explanation, and yours is pretty good – this should be an 80 but I didn’t take the final because of a family commitment and my school gave me a 0 – if your GC will back up your account, you should be OK.</p>
<p>Usually for students who have to leave early, the teacher gives them the exam the day before they leave. That is so weird…</p>
<p>yeah your HS is completely unfair; but having some similar experiences with my HS, this doesn’t surprise me.</p>
<p>Yea i am a graduatiing senior currently in cali. I wanted to take it earlier and i really thought i would. The idea of me flying back to take this final when i planned on maybe taking a summer course and relaxing here makes eveyrhting so inconvenient. schools over and they maybe maybe would let me take this thing during test week for other kids. I dont know if my guidance counsler will back me, i already had that idea. The problem is the principal and super intendent both have it in for me and my family and probably are telling her not to help me. I havent been able to get in touch with admissions office for either school until tommorow but i hope they will say this wont affect me</p>
<p>my teacher did expect me to miss my bro’s graduation for her retarted final. she said that to me</p>
<p>I don’t think insulting her final is the way to go about things. Grow up and talk to someone in charge instead of whining about it on CC.</p>
<p>Im not whining at all…I simply want other perspectives on the situation. If you dont have anything to help then you can simply keep your comments to yourself and get off the thread, find something better to do other then sit here all day. Your right her final is very important and really is focus of my life as a graduating senior, across the country.</p>
<p>And i have been talking for month to everyone from cousler to intendent of school. This isnt my first place to find ideas, last place to figure this out.</p>
<p>Why do teachers do this? It only encourages families to lie. If the mom had called that morning and said that her child was too sick, he would have been allowed to take the exam another day.</p>
<p>What does the principal say?</p>
<p>What was your “year end” grade? That’s what will really count. Also, you may have to retake the class over the summer…perhaps online?</p>
<p>What college were you accepted to? This may not make a difference in the long run.</p>
<p>I agree that the inflexibility of the school (or teacher’s) policy is unfortunate and may very well encourage dishonesty. That said, it sounds like you knew in advance that your choice to attend your brother’s graduation would result in a 0. Given that you made the choice, knowing the consequences, I’m not sure that you really have a case for complaint. Missing your brother’s graduation would have been disappointing, but not the end of the world. Hopefully the 0 doesn’t negatively impact your ability to attend the college of your choice, but it could (rescinded, etc). My point is that while I feel badly for your situation, you did make a choice will full knowledge of the consequence, and now you are dissatisfied. I sincerely hope that this serves as a good life lesson about choices and consequences. Good luck.</p>
<p>I just want to say I agree with your choice. An exam won’t mean squat in a few years, while missing your brother’s graduation might lead to some regrets. Its not like failing to take an exam means you didn’t learn the material. I hope your college views the situation the same way.</p>
<p>I wish this had been dealt with before the event. </p>
<p>If the parents had gone to the principal and teacher ahead of time, perhaps something could have been worked out. However, after the fact, it’s harder to fix these things.</p>
<p>Was this a public school?</p>
<p>i believe your concern and care wil prevail. based on what you have said your grades seem to be decent, and a college that accepted you, obviously liked you. still talk to your GC, but your best bet is a one on one conversation with the admission offices. even the simple fact that you care along with the awkward situation will make a difference. maybe your mom and bother can also talk to them?</p>
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<p>Really!? Because a man goes on a drive at midnight to pick his girlfriend up from the airport, his family has no reason to complain when, say, a drunk driver gets into an accident and kills him, because he should have known the potential consequences of driving that late at night? You could respond that the man did not know for certain that he would get killed, but neither did the OP know for certain that his school would be a complete a**hole. </p>
<p>Even though, generally, we should accept the consequences of our actions, there are limits. If such consequences are unfair and it is a lose-lose situation, we do not have to sit still and take it. That’s too defeatist for me, and most others I’d think. Rather, we work to improve our situation. </p>
<p>OP, there are ways to get things done in this world. A lot of the time, sincerity and a tear or two can get you what you want. Other times, lies may be the better option, provided you cover them extremely well (the worst possible outcome is a backfiring lie). If you don’t get that zero taken away and you need it to be taken away, regardless of how strict your school is, you are pretty bad at getting what you want.</p>
<p>Edit: if you need that zero to go away, you could either lie to the college that is rescinding you or lie to your high school. Ideally you’ll want to create a he-said she-said scenario with your teacher, where say you talked with her in private and were given the impression (you’ll have to think of a plausible reason why) that you wouldn’t get the zero. Your principal might trust that the teacher was flawless in her explication of the consequences, especially given all you’ve already admitted, but the college will probably trust you. This technique has never failed me. It especially helps if there is any thread of truth to the deception, as then you can magnify that shimmer of truth in your head to the point where you feel truly deceived and back-stabbed.</p>
<p>I ended up getting a final grade of 62. I already deposited to the university of miami. We already talked to everyone including guidance counsler, principal, and super intendednt. The principal said i dont deserve to pass and no one we can talk to is normal. I wanted to take this test before i left. I was ready for weeks before school ended. This is a public school. The only problem i have at this point is whether i should go back to New York to try and take this test during the other scheudled regents and stuff. Im currently in california so thats rediculous to pay and have to deal with flying back for this one test. The main reason i posted this was to find out if one final grade in my pre calc class which is a 62 along with my normal A’s and B’s will get my admission retracted. This isnt like a senioritis thing where all grades went down, its just my one class. I wont have to go to summer school or take it online because this is a non required class. If my admisssion wont get retracted then i could care less about this class, test, and school</p>
<p>also the school said i can take it another day then acted like they didnt. My school is basically a crappy Bureaucracy. All i want are peoples opinion if admission to university of miami would be retracted. That would be crappy if this grade would erase all my hard work over a unfortunate situation</p>
<p>^Well why don’t you just wait then to see whether or not you get rescinded? </p>
<p>I’m being sarcastic. I really hope you’ve talked with Miami at this point. They’re the only ones with the answer to your question. Not doing so ASAP is definitely not the play here. The college will find out sooner or later, so why not be proactive and explain your situation before they start making assumptions and final decisions? I’d bet 1000 dollars that you will not get rescinded if you explain it to Miami in the proper way and let them know what’s up. </p>
<p>Whether you should email or call is a different matter. Calling you can express your dismay should you receive bad news and convey your emotions better, but emailing is logistically easier and you can make a more coherent case for yourself. Emailing and then calling, asking them to refer to the email for a more detailed explanation, might be the money move.</p>
<p>im flying back today to take the test. We spoke with miami and nothing can be done to make it a definite that i wont be rescinded. Now i have to take a flight home to take this VERY IMPORTANT test. I will get a 100 and literally make her wait the whole time proctering while i just sit there being done. Just goes to show you how much a school is in the interest of the student. A school should be willing to meet you on things when you try to reach for them. thanks for the help everyone</p>