<p>I studied all night for an ethics exam I had this morning. Well around, 7am or so I guess I fell asleep studying and I didnt wake up until 8:15 and the exam was at 8:00! So I ran to the room and when i got there, she wouldnt let me take the exam. She told me that she doesnt give exams after they start, and that class starts at 8:00, I should be there at 8:00. Seriously this is the worst feeling, I studied so much for that test, I accidently dozed off and now I have a zero. She just absolutly refused to let me take the exam. Man, I was so let down, I actually started crying when I got back to my room. I stayed up all night for nothing. Do you think there is any chance that maybe an email or something might change her mind for a make up? I'll take anything.</p>
<p>Writing and explaining asap can't hurt and then you can at least take satisfaction in taking action.</p>
<p>Contact your advisor and the head of the department. Perhaps with an advocate you will get a bit further getting a remedy you like. Also, does she drop and exam? Many times an exam is dropped.....lowest score. Read over your syllabus and make sure you have all of the facts prior to having a meltdown. Suggestion for next exam: make sure a friend or neighbor is going to make sure you are awake before the starting time......or a classmate who will phone or run to get you if you are a no show again. You are not the first person this has happened to.</p>
<p>No she doesnt drop an exam. Her office hours are from 9:30 - 12:00 so I tried going just now but there was a note on her door saying she wouldnt be there until 10:15. Im going to try to call her and explain it to her, and see if somehow I can get a makeup, or anything close to it. The exam is worth 30% of the course grade so thats why it has me so worried.</p>
<p>They will all know this woman and may be able to give you some tips on approaching her. Have you contacted anyone else yet? I highly recommend you do that before you speak with her. I would go to their offices.....not just a phone call. I can tell how upset you are. This is a hard lesson.</p>
<p>Is it a course you can drop and take another semester? That's your fall back. If she's going to be a stickler, get out NOW, and take it later, don't take the hit on your GPA.</p>
<p>So I went to academic advising, but there is no one that can see me. They told me to come back later or on thursday. I went to her office and she's still not there. I dont think I can drop the class because its a mass communications class and guess what my major is, yup mass communications. Now what? should I try to call her? email?</p>
<p>Instead of going over her head, which probably will tick your prof off and also will not help things, I suggest that you go back to her and find out if there's an extra credit that you can do to make up for the exam. Don't expect her to create an extra credit for you. Suggest something yourself that would take a lot of work and that would show that you're determined to succeed in the course.</p>
<p>She is under no obligation to give you the exam. Painful as it is, you blew it. What you're experiencing now is what happens in the work world if, for instance, one oversleeps and misses an important meeting. </p>
<p>I think that your best option is to e-mail her or go to see her, and let her know that you take full responsibility for what happened. Then offer to do something like a major paper on ethics or a major class presentation on something related to the test.</p>
<p>Also check your course outline to see what you can do without extra credit to salvage your grade. Do whatever you can to do well on whatever assignments and tests are remaining. </p>
<p>Meanwhile, please learn from this that it's not a good idea to cram for an exam. It's far better to study regularly throughout the semester and then to go to sleep the night before leaving yourself time to be fully rested and to get up for the test.</p>
<p>Well, I sent her an email, I just hope she is nice enough to let me do extra credit or something. I know it was my fault and im just so disapointed in my self right now. I mean im not a freshman, this is my second year, I should know how to do things by now. Hopefully this wont kill my chances of transferring out of here.</p>
<p>Freshman year, I accidently overslept through an Italian exam and I got a zero on it. I was absolutely exhausted from lack of sleep, anxiety, and stress so I figured a little nap would not hurt. I woke up at 9pm when the test was at 6pm. not only would my teacher not let me make it up, it was departmental policy not to let anyone make up anything unless they missed the assignment/test due to death in the family or grave sickness with a doctor's note. I normally get As in language classes (this was an Italian class) but due to my blunder, I ended up with a B even after doing wll on everything else and doing a lot of extra credit. I was very upset because had I taken that exam, I would have gotten an A</p>
<p>of course, my situation was different...I do not think that particular test was worth that much and there were plenty of other assignments I could do well on in ordr to come out okay.</p>
<p>My advice to you is to not let you rhopes up. i know this may sound harsh, but most profs are not going to make any exceptions to the rule. If yur prof refuses, you have a few options....you can keep the class and continue to do your best. She may offer extra credit assignments that can partially make up for the zero. or you can withdraw from the course. Bear in mind that a W on your transcript is a million times better than an F or a D. </p>
<p>Lastly....never wait till the last minute to study for a test. You will be exhaused and will not want to get up in the morning and you probably will not retain as much information as you woulf if you spread out your studying over a few days. I had a test this morning and crammed for it last night....only got about an hour of sleep and then got up. I had to force myself up becaus eI feared oversleeping. I think I blew the test and the test is worth 1/3 of my grade too. Learn from your mistakes so that there won't be a "next time". Also, do not stress too much about it if your prof is not merciful...deal with it accordingly and don't let it affect your work in other classes.</p>
<p>Im going to stay in the class until November 3rd since the 4th is that last day to withdrawl. Depending on my grade at that time I'll see what I'll do.</p>
<p>Just some advice for the future. If you're ever going to be staying up all night to study for an exam, set an alarm anyways!!! There have been times where I have fallen asleep studying, but luckily had an alarm set just in case. Always assume you'll doze off, it's the safest thing you can do.</p>
<p>You might want to consider dropping that class if all else fails.</p>
<p>I'm feeling crummy today too. I have a 44% in ap calculus...yeah enough said :(</p>
<p>Well, that sucks. But you know, you did it to yourself. You decided to wait until the last minute to study for it. Not that any of us are not guilty of doing that or anything ... OK so I do it too.</p>
<p>I think today is just a bad day... when I was turning in my calc test I saw that I had missed the whole back page. One of the 10 problems. Yes. I had finnished way early and rechecked all my answers yet didn't realize that there was anything on the back page. I'm such an idiot. The prof called time and I turned it in and saw the back... I was like crap!</p>
<p>I always make a habit of checking all of the back pages in any test. Even if one has a back page and the next one doesn't, then the ones after that could still have a back page.</p>
<p>VIRGINIA2004,</p>
<p>What school do you go to?</p>
<p>VCU in Richmond.</p>
<p>Try getting at least 7 hours of sleep each night, even if it means cutting corners in your studying. Your increased productivity will make up for the fewer hours spent studying. Everyone has academic limits, and it's better to just admit this and accept this.</p>
<p>that policy sounds pretty stupid. You arrived at class while class was going on. You should have been able to use whatever time was left in class to do the exam.</p>
<p>I don't understand the point of this policy. Do they think someone called you with a cellphone from the test room at 8:00, and you spent 15 minutes studying exactly what was on the test???</p>