Forgot exam date, make up excuse or take it?
 

This hasn't actually happened to me, but certainly could and I was thinking about it tonight. So what would you do?

You havn't been to this class in like a month and know you have midterm coming up but are pretty sure it's on thursday. however, as you go to begin looking at the material sunday night you realize the test is actually at 10:30 AM the next day. The material is pretty difficult and even with all night cramming you would be lucky to get a C. this is the second of 3 tests in the class (each worth 33% of your final grade) and you got a c+ on the first one even though you should have done better, stupid mistakes or whatever. Do you take the exam or make up an excuse? and if you make up an excuse what is it?

if it matters, you are at a top flight school with a below average cumulative gpa of 3.0. the class is required but not part of your major.. you don't care too much about grades since you don't plan to go to grad school and kind of are thinking about playing poker or at least getting a job that is not super competitive after graduation.

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take the damn test.

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So basically you kinda have no reason to make up an excuse...explain where this is even an interesting hypothetical.

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Dont go to college

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If I was the Professor, I wouldnt let you off the hook after missing a month of class.

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I know a kid who had his friend break his shin so that he wouldn't have to go to a drug test. Do you have a friend who plays soccer and also owns steel toed boots? It would be a good excuse at least.

Also, how is the work load at Penn? Is college actually hard there? I'm at UVa, and the workload has been VERY manageable so far. I only ask because I had my heart set on Penn, but ending up submitting an incomplete application because I forgot about the application deadline. I wonder every now and then about what would happen if I got in there.

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drop the class? yeah theres noway ure going to get out of this after missing so much class, imo. just man up and dont get ure sleepy for one night...

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ok i guess this became a very dumb post. i was bored while studying and didn't explain myself. but ya, i'm not actually in this situation, well sorta but not really. just to answer comments...

i havn't been to risk management in well over a month, i think i've been twice this semester. there's no attendance, it's not like the professor notices.

penn's workload is what you want it to be. i do like nothing, i go whole weeks without doing anything acdemic besides one or two classes with attendace regularly. but, i'm in the business school, the liberal arts program has more work that you have to do, while the business school is basically just tests with an occasional project/case.

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Dont go to college

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hu for bankrolls?

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Dont go to college

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hu for bankrolls?

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What does poker skills have to do with you being a horrible, horrible student?

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Dont go to college

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hu for bankrolls?

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What does poker skills have to do with you being a horrible, horrible student?

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it was a joke, smart guy.

and i am a horrible student, so?

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hu for bankrolls?

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What does poker skills have to do with you being a horrible, horrible student?

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it was a joke, smart guy.

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Your joke was really lame.

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Dont go to college

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hu for bankrolls?

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What does poker skills have to do with you being a horrible, horrible student?

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it was a joke, smart guy.

and i am a horrible student, so?

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Your joke was really lame.

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heads up for bankrolls?

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Sorry, you're right, I must not have read it right. HILARIOUS, PERFECT in context, and just flat out BRILLIANT!

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actually this has happened to me about a couple weeks ago. im a senior and am taking a 100 level astronomy course and had a wedding i was gonna be in on saturday and didnt check the schedule and missed it completely. test is worth 10% of total grade, i'll still end up gettin an A in the class.

just man up and accept the consequences

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Take it the next morning

reasoning:

you haven't been to class in about a month: likelihood of professor letting you get away with excuse = 60% (if it's a really good excuse)

Expected Grade if you take exam at 10:30 = 75

Expected grade if you postpone exam = 95

Utility associated with 75 = -20

Utility associated with 95 = +25

Utility associated with 0 = -90


Suck it up >=< Make Excuse
(-20)1 >=< (+25)(.40)+(-90)(.60)
-20 > -44

Looks like you'll be unhappy either way, but i say suck it up and take it in the morning

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op-trip report?

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i got it back today, (i'm lazy and finally got around to picking it up) i got an A. yay for 0% attendance. however, i had two nights to study, not just one.

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If I was the Professor, I wouldnt let you off the hook after missing a month of class.

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Yeah, this is where you're screwed. Professor's generally have no problem helping you out if they think you're putting forth the effort. If you haven't been to the classes in a month, good luck getting your excuse to fly, whatever it would be. The only sure-fire way to get out of it would be to do something to put yourself in the hospital the day of.