Slept in on exam day and prof won't let me make it up

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<p>I slept in on the day of the exam for this class i'm taking over the summer that meets on Tuesdays and Thursday. The class is at 8 in the morning and because of how far I live from the university I have to get up at 6 am and leave the house at 7 am.</p>

<p>Basically I forgot to set my alarm for 6 am for Thursday and I slept in and it was to late to make it to class on time to take the exam.</p>

<p>I emailed the professor and she responded back stating that I can't make up the mid-term exam. It's 100 points of the grade and with a zero on that exam the highest grade I can get in the class is a 75% (assuming I get a 100% on all of the assignments, quizzes, and the final, which is very unlikely).</p>

<p>What should I do?</p>

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<p>Nothing. Not to sound rude, but this was entirely your fault. If the professor doesn’t allow makeups, then that’s the end of it unless your school has some sort of appeal system, but even then… You slept through it. It wasn’t a car accident, and you weren’t deathly ill. I know it’s not what you wanted to hear, but… sorry. You are an adult now, what you do / don’t do is your responsibility. </p>

<p>The most you can do now is take this as a learning experience.</p>

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<p>Yeah, sorry but it’s kind of your own fault. I mean it sucks that you can’t make it up, but I understand the prof’s viewpoint and have heard of other profs doing the same thing before.</p>

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<p>That really sucks but at least now you’ve learned a lesson that you’re never going to forget. </p>

<p>Better to sleep through a midterm in a still salvageable class than say, the most important job interview of your life or something.</p>

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<p>That’s quite unfair. I think everyone deserves a second chance.</p>

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<p>Apologize for missing the exam. If you’ve been showing up to class say it was a fluke accident and ask if he can scale up the worth of the future tests to compensate for what you missed. So if you have 1 final worth 30%, as for it to now be worth 55% of your grade.</p>

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<p>Yeah, talk to the professor in person and try to work out a deal. The scaling up of the final is generally something that works out quite well.</p>

<p>Now, don’t miss the final! Good luck!</p>

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<p>Well, you already told the professor that you slept-in… Bad first move.</p>

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<p>Too bad. Had you actually been sick or something happened (ie: car not working, family related), you could have been able too.</p>

<p>You are the only one to blame.</p>

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<p>I once overslept for an exam. That’s why I’ve been using two alarm clocks for 30 years. :)</p>

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<p>Ouch…sorry but it is your fault…(I wish I could sleep in till 6am -_-)</p>

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<p>Yeah, sorry dude but this really is all your fault. If the professor won’t let you make it up then there’s really nothing more to do. Just do your best and never let this happen again. If you can convince the professor to count the other tests for more then go ahead and do that, but if not then don’t bother complaining about it.</p>

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<p>Asking her to scale up the test sounds like a good idea to me. The final is 200 points and the mid-term is 100 points. Maybe I can ask her to make the final 300 points for me and the mid-term worth 0 points. I know the material, for me it’s easy.</p>

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<p>If the final is 200 and midterm is 100, I kind of doubt she’s going to change it that much in your favor to be 300. You’ll probably still lose some points that you won’t be able to make up. Maybe she’d make the final be 250.</p>

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<p>I completely agree with your professor. It’s your fault that you didn’t wake up on time for your test. The professor has no obligation to let you take the final simply because you forgot to set your alarm. Like others have said, hopefully this will serve as a huge lesson for you and prevent you from making this mistake again in the future.</p>

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<p>if i was you i would keep harrassing them . why would you tell your professor you slept in? you should of lied. LIE LIE LIE!</p>

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And how is fair to your classmates if your final is worthmore than everyone else in the class? I understand why you’d like to get a break due to your inadvertantly missing the test … but, to me, the issue is then ANYTHING the prof does to give you a break is at the same time penalizing everyone else in the class.</p>

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<p>At least I did not lie. Besides I wouldn’t have been able to come up with a good lie.</p>

<p>People that said that I should have said that I was deathly ill it wouldn’t work</p>

<p>Me: “I was deathly ill”
Prof: “Can you prove it?”
Me: “No”
Prof: “Too bad then”</p>

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<p>^Me: “I was deathly-ill”
Prof: “Can you prove it?”
Me: “I just was not physically able to go… I’m sorry, is there any way I can make up for it?”
Prof: “Oh…well. Listen, don’t let it ever happen again. I will let you take it, but take this as an opportunity to learn from your mistake.”</p>

<p>Win.</p>

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<p>I’d try negotiating for the full 300 points.</p>

<p>I don’t know if this applies to most majors or colleges, but at least in the classes in my major (an engineering one), the usual policy is to extend the grade of the next exam if someone misses an exam.</p>

<p>I happen to get myself into situations where I’ve had to legitimately miss several midterms, and what I noticed is that every single time, when I had to get that extension, the instructor always changes the policy to one where if someone did better on the final than on the midterm, then the midterm grade gets replaced with the final. In the majority of the cases, the instructor openly states that he doesn’t care about the excuse. </p>

<p>In any case, I’d argue for the full replacement, as it requires no real additional effort on the prof’s side, while it still allows for a fair assessment on how well you understand the material. I personally would argue that giving a 0 on the midterm is unfair because even though it is your fault, the 0 does not represent how well you understand the concepts of the class if you missed it purely by oversleeping.</p>