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[quote=Anonymous]DS learned the hard way how important tests are in college. One of his professors doesn't even give a makeup test without a request from the university med center. DS stayed up until 3 am studying and then fell asleep in the common room and slept through his exam.

He woke up with 10 minutes left in the class and ran to the exam room. The TA was leaving and basically saved his butt. DS told the TA what he did and asked if he could take the exam right then in the testing center. The TA said to him "so what I'm hearing is that you've been up sick all night and need to visit the med center? Once you do that and they submit a sick note excuse, you will have 24 hours to schedule and take the exam in the testing center." The TA also had some harsh words for DS and let him know it was a one-time thing, and since that class was one in DS' major track, he'd probably encounter that TA again in a higher course and he'd remember giving him a freebie already.

That happened maybe 3 or 4 weeks in his first year in college and he's never messed up since. He learned that cramming wasn't going to be a good strategy and tests need proper prep since they are one-and-done. [/quote]

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