Can I MSAF a midterm I have already taken
10-21-2014 at 09:07 PM
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Can I MSAF a midterm I have already taken
guys, i got a question for using msaf.
Can i just msaf a midterm i have already taken? Shall I include excuses in the email to the prof?
Thanks in advance
Last edited by CYFluthrin : 10-21-2014 at 09:12 PM.
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10-21-2014 at 09:14 PM
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I have never used an MSAF before but I'm pretty sure the answer is no.
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10-21-2014 at 09:15 PM
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No, they are gonna know you wrote it.
You should have missed it then they wouldn't know.
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10-21-2014 at 09:22 PM
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Question:
Can u MSAF something worth 30%?
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10-21-2014 at 09:24 PM
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how about a doctor note?
cuz i screwed the midterm and would like to put the weight into final
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10-21-2014 at 09:25 PM
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nope, the max is 29%. above 30 will need a doctor notes. my midterm worth 20%
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10-21-2014 at 09:29 PM
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No, they are gonna know you wrote it.
You should have missed it then they wouldn't know.
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how about a doctor note?
cuz i screwed the midterm and would like to put the weight into final |
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10-21-2014 at 09:38 PM
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Originally Posted by CYFluthrin
how about a doctor note?
cuz i screwed the midterm and would like to put the weight into final
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You are responsible for making a judgement call regarding your capability of writing a test.
Unless you passed out or had a seizure or something totally unexpected happened during the exam, don't expect any sympathy. You were capable of showing up and sitting through the exam, and you can't just pretend it didn't happen. It doesn't matter if you get a doctor's note after writing the exam. Can you imagine how much that would be abused? As if the MSAF isn't abused enough, now you want to allow anybody who feels they did poorly on an exam to go to a doctor the next day and get a note excusing them from it retroactively? |
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10-21-2014 at 10:29 PM
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lol, if only we could all go around using MSAF on tests we didn't do well on...
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10-21-2014 at 10:39 PM
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probably should have just handed an empty exam and hurried out of there... dont think you could do anything now
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10-22-2014 at 09:12 AM
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Are undergraduate students getting stupider and stupider each year? The purpose of this form is if you are absent it's not a "oh, I did poorly on the test I want a do-over form." Sometimes in life you'll fuck up, and you have to accept it and learn how to move on from whatever mistake you made.
In my first year we didn't have the MSAF. I flunked a midterm and yes I was upset, but I couldn't ask for a do-over, I rethinked my study habits, went to the TAs for extra help, and took better notes in class. This isn't high school anymore, you're an adult and this is real life.
/endrant.
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10-22-2014 at 11:19 AM
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So wait... the OP fucked up royally, and expects that the University will just say... "oh you didnt do well? Well lets just pretend that test never happened..." I feel like someone (your roommate, a friend, the homeless man on the street) should have givern you a stern smack upside the head the moment you posted this question on here
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10-22-2014 at 04:45 PM
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So wait... the OP fucked up royally, and expects that the University will just say... "oh you didnt do well? Well lets just pretend that test never happened..." I feel like someone (your roommate, a friend, the homeless man on the street) should have givern you a stern smack upside the head the moment you posted this question on here
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look at the health sci program. they can improve their grades in the summer even. thats an even bigger damn joke. |
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10-22-2014 at 06:58 PM
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In my first year we didn't have the MSAF. I flunked a midterm and yes I was upset, but I couldn't ask for a do-over, I rethinked my study habits, went to the TAs for extra help, and took better notes in class. This isn't high school anymore, you're an adult and this is real life.
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Careful, last time I said that, I got my account banned for "not being inclusive and supportive".
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10-23-2014 at 10:45 AM
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Careful, last time I said that, I got my account banned for "not being inclusive and supportive".
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Well you have to remember, it just matters if one of the incredibly oversensitive MI users decides to report it  |
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