<p>So, I have a really embarrassing problem that I never thought I would have...I dropped a class and joined to more 3 weeks into the semester, and I am having a really hard time catching up. I have an exam in both of them next wed. and I don't think there is any way I can catch up. I have been studying since thursday night nonstop, have not slept much, and I still have so much. I knew about the exam in one of them, but the test in the other one was only announced wed., so I could not plan for it.</p>
<p>I am physically dead from all the studying and not sleeping...My body is shaking and I threw up. I don't think that, even if I put all the info in my head by then, I will be able to take the exam. I think I just killed my body...</p>
<p>If I went to UHS, would they be able to give me a note that says I can't take the exam in one of the classes? I think I can do one of them, but not 2...Where would I go for this?</p>
<p>That is how I spent most of last semester. I got really sick and missed a lot of school early in the semester, and then I had to stop sleeping to catch up and I got sicker, and it was a continuous cycle until I started summer classes. At one point, I was regularly only sleeping five hours total between Monday and Friday. I ended up with good grades in all my classes, but it was only because I worked so hard that I actually did not have time to go to most of my classes or eat or sleep. Once you fall that far behind you just fall deeper and deeper.</p>
<p>I don’t know if UHS can or will write you a note saying that you cannot take an exam, but if you make an office hours appointment with your professors they may be willing to let you take an exam later. They can be surprisingly understanding at times but you have to let them know what is going on, and not wait to the last minute. They may or may not be willing to help you but it is worth a shot.</p>
<p>There comes a point where you have to put health ahead of success. For a long time I was one who thought, “well, I can finish this paper, or I can sleep. What’s one sleepless night going to hurt?” but the problem is that it DOES hurt you and it ends up not being just “one sleepless night.” We are still investigating all the bodily damage I inflicted on myself last year by how little sleep I got. So far, it seems both my thyroid and my adrenals are shot. Your health just isn’t something to eff around with. Talk to your professors and see what you can manage, and get a good night of sleep. You aren’t going to learn anything at the rate you’re going anyway. And in the future, don’t add classes so late, and be prepared to drop something if you’re overwhelmed. This is not worth it.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure UHS can get you out of exams if you are truly sick. Just get sick on exam day, visit UHS prior to the exam and see what they advise. I know in orgo, the profs are very understanding. I know someone who got out of the exam because of suspected swine flu by visiting UHS the morning of the exam. The profs basically give you a choice to take it or to skip the exam if you get sick.</p>
<p>Yeah I know if you are sick with something like the flu, they will give you a note. But I have a feeling that they won’t consider what I have “sick,” although maybe I am wrong. But I am physically sick, (I get nauseous when I am really tired), and I have a headache, and general weakness, and my hands are shaking. The exam is wed. and I will go tomorrow, so hopefully they won’t think that I have “plenty of time” to rest up and take it…</p>
<p>Sounds eerily similar to investment banking. Just replace “Friday” with “Sunday”. (Only half sarcastic)</p>
<p>OP, I would first try talking with a professor to try to get an extension. If that doesn’t work, talk to the second. Sincerely explain what is going on with yourself. If neither work, go to UHS on exam day and get a note from them noting that you were physically unable to take your exams (this is a perfectly acceptable excuse, and is even better if it’s true).</p>
<p>Don’t underestimate the importance of sleep. My D, now a senior, started having sleep/stress issues as a junior in high school. By sophomore year in college, her sleep/wake cycle (circadian rhythym) was so messed up she couldn’t sleep. Her “normal” cycle was to be awake for 48 hours and sleep for 24. When those 24 hours were on a school day, she was literally sleep walking. When she started having hallucinations, we knew things were bad. She finallly saw a sleep doctor and things improved, although it’s not perfect. She learned the importance of sleep and has made it a priority. She did need to withdraw from one course and, given her strong transcript otherwise, I don’t think the one W will ever pose a problem. At any rate, she had no choice. Good luck.</p>
<p>Wow that’s intense. I went my senoir year of High School getting 5 hours a sleep a night on school days, sometimes 6. I’m doing a lot better freshman year of high school cuz school starts at 9am or 10am, not 6am. I’ve always had trouble getting to bed though, I’ll just have to really watch I’m getting enough sleep.</p>