<p>So I have a learning disability and have to test in a seperate location at my college.</p>
<p>I took the test and when I asked my professor as to where my test is after he handed them back to the rest of the class, he said he didn't have it because the copy that the staff of the learning disabilities office submitted had only half the test to it when I KNOW I did the whole test!</p>
<p>I went back to where I took the test and asked a staff member where an original copy of my exam was and he said he gave it into the History Department (was a history midterm), but now my professor's saying that that was the test that was missing half of my work to it!!!!</p>
<p>I left a note on the staff member's desk (no one was there) today asking to check again for the original test and if they want to send my professor another copy, to be sure to include the whole thing & it was double sided.</p>
<p>But what should I do if no one can find it???</p>
<p>If I were you I would ask the professor if I could take the exam again. If you have always completed the entire exam, I do not think the professor would have a hard time believing that the other half just went missing. Even if he does not let you take the exam again, keep in contact with him and ask him what your options are in order to get a passing grade in the class. If you have a good reportorial with him, there is a very good chance he will give you some leeway.</p>
<p>He did and he said it wasn’t in the History department when he checked there…
& alright I’ll see.
But it doesn’t really seem like he’s going to do anything for me!
He said if he doesn’t get the exam that he’s just gonna grade what he has, which isn’t fair because he said he only has an outline of my essay!
It was an essay exam of just that one question!</p>
<p>I don’t see how there’s much you can do besides what you’ve already been doing.</p>
<p>As for tracking down the exam, try to ask disability services office (or wherever you took the exam) exactly what happened to it (i.e. who did they give it to and when did this happen, do they have a name of the person it was handed to or a signature verifying that someone received it). Ask them to check again for the exam because your professor only received half of it–maybe the other half fell behind a desk or is stuck in an envelope behind a desk somewhere. If they can tell you who they handed the exam to, go to the history department and see if you can find that person. Ask around the office, and try to track down what happened to your exam until it got into your professor’s hands.</p>
<p>If you can never find your exam, ask your professor if you can make up the exam (since it’s not your fault that it was lost). Perhaps, you could do an oral exam or recreate your essay or something. Maybe he could come up with a new question for you to answer, or maybe he’d be willing to give you an alternate assignment (like a paper or something) to make up for the points. If he won’t do that, ask if he’d be willing to make another paper or exam count for more points to make up for this test (for instance, if your grade = midterm + final, maybe he could make your whole grade equal to your score on the final). And ask your professor specifically how this will affect your grade. It’s not fair to penalize you because your exam was lost when it was out of your hands (assuming, of course, you have proof that you did show up and take the whole exam). </p>
<p>And besides that, just ask everyone for help. Talk to the staff at the disabilities services office and ask if this has ever happened before and how they handled it. If you have a counselor or adviser, talk to them about it and ask for help. The people at your school are going to be best ones to help you with this situation.</p>
<p>Okay thanks.
I’ll try those.
Unfortunately, I do NOT have too much proof that I completed the exam!!!
The people who work at the office I tested at said that there’s only my accomodation sheet, stamped, which does NOT neccessarily mean that I completed my exam, but in my case, I did.</p>
<p>Perhaps maybe if there’s a record of how long you stayed there? If you stayed there for a couple of hours taking the test, hopefully he’ll at least recognize that you did attempt to write something more than just an outline.</p>
<p>Best of luck. It’s hard when there’s not much you can do when the exam seemingly just vanished.</p>