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[quote=Anonymous]Did your kid ever miss a final exam?  Like just messed up the time that they were supposed to show up?  What happened?

My kid did this last week.  (Freshman).  DC was fully prepared for it, but showed up at 3pm, rather than noon.  School policies on website said if you don't take the final, you don't pass the class.  And any adjustments to times must be approved a week before finals.  To make matters worse, the course where DC missed the final is (a) a prerequesite for ALL other courses in DC's major, AND (2) that course is not offered in the summer or fall terms!  And to add onto that... (3) that course was a prereq for the next course in DC's major that DC was planning to take this summer asynch b/c DC couldn't get into that course in the fall (already full).

What a debacle!

DC immediately emailed the professor and asked if DC could take the final.  A day later, the prof provided a date and time for DC to make up the final.  Whew!  So much stress!

This is a smaller school.  I'm wondering if larger universities would say:  too bad for you!  Or if they also have a shadow policy of giving kids a second chance.

DC had this prof. for two semesters, and has never missed a class.  Had a decent grade going into the final.

Curious if others have experienced the gift of grace from a prof. for a missed final.[/quote]

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