As ridiculous as this sounds, I thought 19:30 was 9:30 pm instead of 7:30 pm. Ended up realizing this too late. To be honest, not sleeping for 48 hours before the exam and stress may have had something to do with this. If i'm try to get the exam differed, should I go see a doctor who can give me a note verifying my stressed and disoriented mental state? IMO it seems like a note would be more convincing than "I was stressed so I couldn't read time properly". Anyone have experience with getting an exam differed? How did you go about convincing your faculty associate dean?

No worries, go to post #41:

http://www.macinsiders.com/showthrea...7#p ost349547

EDIT: no, i don't think you should get a doctor's note...i know plenty of people who missed an exam for the exact same reason as yours and were allowed to write it again.

Thanks a lot! Were your circumstances at least somewhat similar to mine?

Originally Posted by THE_TJUICE

Thanks a lot! Were your circumstances at least somewhat similar to mine?

Lots of my friends missed their exams in first year because they read the time wrong (just like you)..and they were given the permission to write it again

Yeah, it's fine to do once because they give you one freebie, but if you do anything like that in the future, a doctor's note won't help you. The exam schedule comes out more than 48hours in advance, not getting any sleep for the 48 hours before your exam is your own fault and that's not when you should be trying to figure out what time your exam is.

I'm seeing quite a few posts about missing exams this year :S
This is why I always used to check my exam schedule about 5 times, even after initially writing the schedule down on paper and in my phone.

Originally Posted by alee90

I'm seeing quite a few posts about missing exams this year :S
This is why I always used to check my exam schedule about 5 times, even after initially writing the schedule down on paper and in my phone.

Sounds like OCD.

Originally Posted by Alexmahone

Sounds like OCD.

No, it's actually most likely not.

Please take the time to actually learn what a disorder is before you attempt to label someone you don't even know based on one statement that they made.

Better yet, don'tattempt to label someone you don't know based on one statement that they made.

All you know is that the person checks their schedule repeatedly to make sure they didn't mess up the date. That alone doesn't give you nearly enough information to make a judgment like that, which you would realize if you knew the first thing about OCD.

Originally Posted by starfish

No, it's actually most likely not.

Please take the time to actually learn what a disorder is before you attempt to label someone you don't even know based on one statement that they made.

Better yet, don'tattempt to label someone you don't know based on one statement that they made.

All you know is that the person checks their schedule repeatedly to make sure they didn't mess up the date. That alone doesn't give you nearly enough information to make a judgment like that, which you would realize if you knew the first thing about OCD.

Relax, I was just joking.

Originally Posted by Alexmahone

Relax, I was just joking.

You may see labelling someone with a disorder as a joke, other people simply do not.

Originally Posted by Alexmahone

Sounds like OCD.

Haha, what I meant was I would check multiple times over one or two weeks before the exam instead of multiple times all at once.

Either way, better safe than sorry, right??

Originally Posted by Alexmahone

Relax, I was just joking.

Ugh.

I had almost an identical comment thread with someone on facebook about a month ago. They made ridiculous comments about people with depression, and then claimed they were "just joking".

Having a mental health problem isn't a joke. You wouldn't make a joke like that if you replaced OCD with cancer or AIDS or autism or multiple sclerosis. Comments like yours are part of the problem that prevents people from seeking help. And when people don't get help, then you get more things like what happened in Newtown...or what you don't see reported as much, such as more suicides, more people who won't leave their houses, more people who end up homeless or on welfare.

There's a lot of talk about stigma, and it really sounds stupid when you talk about it in an abstract way like that, but it's the single largest barrier to people with mental health problems receiving medical help. It's also a huge barrier to funding mental health programs...similar to how the stigma around lung cancer means that only a tiny fraction of cancer money raised goes to fund lung cancer research or programs for those with lung cancer.

To you it might have been just a joke, but you really need to consider the impact of your words, as well as the thought process and cultural influence behind them.

Get mad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjIuPSuYSOY