So I wrote the Chem 1A03 midterm tonight knowing that if I didn't feel confident about it I would cancel the course tonight. Long story short, I didn't make it home in time and missed the deadline by 15 minutes. I just emailed the registrar to see if there was anything I could do. Does anyone have any experience with this? Or any advice?

hope you did well on the midterm and study for the final exam

I haven't had experience with this but just look at this RATIONALLY, it's your fault you missed the deadline. You better explain your "long story short" because if they even consider helping you out, they want a valid excuse (death, went to hospital, whatever). Even then, who knows if they can do anything. If your reason is that you went out with friends or something or work, I don't think they're gonna do anything for you. But again, I have no clue about how these situations are handled so best of luck. What is your excuse anyways?

You can try, but it's really unlikely that they'll make an exception just for you.

Go to your academic advisor...last year I cancelled a course and two days later they let me add it back on...sooo anythings possible...

you had 2 months. it is your own damn fault

You can blameit on the fact that mugsi was unvaiable since 11pm...you thought you would have until 12pm. they should have waited until after 12, knowing that ppl would be droppping last minute

yes it is possible - i had a friend who went in after the deadline and said "mugsi wasn't working" and they let them drop it

Originally Posted by MacPack

You can blameit on the fact that mugsi was unvaiable since 11pm...you thought you would have until 12pm. they should have waited until after 12, knowing that ppl would be droppping last minute

No, it's next Friday that MUGSI will be unavailable starting at 11pm.
I was on MUGSI last night around midnight, it was totally fine.

@ the OP, there's no guarantee they'll let you drop it without failure by default. You better have a really good excuse.

lol i just read thatit wouldbe available from friday then went to next unread msg

Any luck?
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Originally Posted by DutchRudder

So I wrote the Chem 1A03 midterm tonight knowing that if I didn't feel confident about it I would cancel the course tonight. Long story short, I didn't make it home in time and missed the deadline by 15 minutes. I just emailed the registrar to see if there was anything I could do. Does anyone have any experience with this? Or any advice?

You think you did bad on one midterm and want to drop a course? -rollseyes- Why is everyone such a wimp now?

Originally Posted by britb

You think you did bad on one midterm and want to drop a course? -rollseyes- Why is everyone such a wimp now?

What if he got less than like 30% or something? Then he wouldn't be a wimp, he'd be a moron for not studying. Anyways, just go with the "I couldn't get on MUGSI, it kept giving me an error" excuse; exploit and milk the technical mess that is MUGSI for all that it's worth.

lol ah chem 1a03 is still the weed out course. I agree with Brtib , man up get the credit and move on

You can’t quit now since you missed the deadline, so you gotta keep on going, I understand what you mean because I was in the exact same position (different courses though). First year is tough and so many times students don’t do well because it’s a different environment/system from high school. I would suggest you go through your midterms and see where you went wrong, if it doesn’t work sit with yourself and think about your study habits. Think about how you can get higher results on the exam. Exams are usually harder and worth more than the midterms. Here’s the thing, you still have about two weeks before exams, if you can use all your time and resources (tas, profs, etc.),wisely I can guarantee that you can do good on your exams. Two weeks sounds to me like only 14 days, right ? But it should be enough to prepare you for the exams if you start acting now and get very serious about it.

University is not impossible, it’s just a matter of hard work, the harder you work the better/higher marks you’re gonna get. I don’t believe that there are people who are better than us, we are all the same, but some people take it to the next level by managing their time well and pulling good gpa’s.

Also, you mentioned confidence…if you wanna do well in school and life in general you have to have confidence and be confident in what you do. I just wanna make a suggestion here, if you feel that something is distracting you from school, get rid of that thing. If Facebook is the problem here, deactivate it until you finish your exams, if it’s something else, try to stop it or at least ignore it.

All the best with your exams.