Hi Everyone,

I have a question regarding exam deferral. My sister has been in critical condition in the hospital for the past three days. She will likely be in the hospital for at least three more. As a result of this, I have been unable to get any sleep let alone a chance to study for an upcoming exam. I was wondering if you guys think that Office of the Registrar/Humanities Department will be sympathetic at all to my situation. I have a feeling they won't, but I thought I would ask anyway.

Thanks for your help.

They definitely will. My reason was a funeral, and they didn't even ask how I was related. They'll let you defer for sure.

If this is your first time deferring without a medical note (via sickness), im 100% they will let you defer it. I hope your sister is fine.

They're pretty lenient about it as long as you have proof. Good luck

Hope all goes well for you.

They will let you defer it for sure, as long as you go to talk to them and have some proof.

Good luck

I think they will be okay with it, especially if this is your first time deferring an exam (if you had like 4 or 5 deferrals, they might be suspicious). I'm guessing you will need some kind of paper proof, but I don't know what that would be in this situation.
You can also talk to a counsellor at CSD, they are very helpful with this kind of thing. They will tell you what proof you need, who to talk to to defer, etc.