<p>I stayed up all night and I stupidly closed my eyes for a bit just 1 hour before the final. I woke up just 5 minutes ago and the exam is about to end. I feel so stupid right now I dont think I even have the guts to tell my professor or TA! Now without having taken the final, my grade is going to be an F for sure. What can I do about this grade? I dont want this to affect my financial aid! What are my options when it's literally the last day of the semester!</p>
<p>Get off the computer and get your butt right down to that professor’s office. Maybe he will let you take it now. If you don’t have the guts for that, imagine having to get the guts to tell your parents… go on, right now…</p>
<p>You are not the first to have done this. Speak with the professor immediately and hope s/he will allow you to take it.
If you can’t reach the professor, speak with the secretary in the dept and ask him or her if she can contact the prof. If no one can help you reach the prof, go to the dean’s office or contact your advisor by phone or in person.</p>
<p>What if I barely know the guy? I just sent an email to my TA and I’ll probably go to his office right now.</p>
<p>You need to contact your professor right away. The more time you wait to email “the guy,” the more unbelievable your story becomes. Tell the TA you want to take the exam right now if possible.</p>
<p>FWIW, i’ve never done this in real life but i’ve had at least 100-plus variations of this while dreaming at night…usually i can’t find my locker <em>and</em> i oversleep…</p>
<p>Get down to that professor’s office ASAP, as others have said! It doesn’t matter that you don’t know the professor well, just go! Back when I was in college, I misread the time for a final and showed up at 7pm instead of 7am. I was horrified! I had an A- on the midterm and the class grade was only the midterm and final. I thought i was going from an A to an F in an important class for my major. I went to his office the next day and explained. He let me take the final and all was well. Worst part was I had the same prof for a senior honors seminar the next semester. </p>
<p>Well I just went to the Professor’s office and he wasn’t there. I’m gonna have to wait and every minute gone by is killing me</p>
<p>You can wait outside the office but you ALSO need to call the dept secretary, dept chair, dean of students. Don’t just sit there; your prof might not be coming back to his office…</p>
<p>Email your professor immediately. Pull out your course syllabus and find out all the ways to contact this professor. Slip a note under his office door (so that later, professor knows you were making an effort to reach him/her) and also call the department secretary or walk in to the department office.</p>
<p>Make yourself seen and heard by a number of administrative staff so you can have some proof you showed up immediately upon realizing your error.</p>
<p>The worry and fear can wait, it’s time for action right now.</p>