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walkingcontradiction
Three months ago I submitted a regrade, after being encouraged by my TA to submit one to the LS (life science) core office. After spending months of emails and contacting, it seemed like nobody new where my exam was and I gave up figuring out the points.
Months later, LS core office sends out an email saying we can pick up regrades during 3rd week of the following quarter. I go to pick mine up and the secretary takes me by surprise and tells me that my exam has been submitted to dean of students for issues discrepancies pre-regrade and post.
I freaked out and left; I started thinking about it more and realized I had corrected part of my exam (I do for all of them so I can study from the final) in pencil and left it. When I went back to that question, I realized I might have deserved more points and when submitting the regrade on that question. I asked my TAs if I should submit it and he encouraged me to do so and I did, but forgot I had corrected part of that question. When I was informed about where my exam was, I had already received my grade in the class so I decided not to reach out to Dean of Students because it would seem to make my case worse than what it was. Three days after visiting LS core, I get an email from Dean of Students to have a meeting. I look on my transcript and I currently have a deferral grade. My best guess is that the secretary took my panic for guilt and emailed DOS (it was too coincidental for it to be chance; not all reports are attended to that are submitted to DOS).
At this point, it's been months since I've seen the exam - I'm not even entirely sure what happened. My TAs and professors likely don't remember my name, much less encouraging me to submit a regrade or what the question was.
I've never been in a situation like this and am totally panicked. I haven't even been sent to the principal's office in elementary school. I'm a good student, with decent grades, professors like me, I work hard. If I get an F or an IA, it ruins my chances of getting into medical school or a grad program despite years of work. The crazy in me has been reading all these horror stories online of similar instances. I was wondering if any here had a similar experience and how it turned out? Or any advice in general?
Months later, LS core office sends out an email saying we can pick up regrades during 3rd week of the following quarter. I go to pick mine up and the secretary takes me by surprise and tells me that my exam has been submitted to dean of students for issues discrepancies pre-regrade and post.
I freaked out and left; I started thinking about it more and realized I had corrected part of my exam (I do for all of them so I can study from the final) in pencil and left it. When I went back to that question, I realized I might have deserved more points and when submitting the regrade on that question. I asked my TAs if I should submit it and he encouraged me to do so and I did, but forgot I had corrected part of that question. When I was informed about where my exam was, I had already received my grade in the class so I decided not to reach out to Dean of Students because it would seem to make my case worse than what it was. Three days after visiting LS core, I get an email from Dean of Students to have a meeting. I look on my transcript and I currently have a deferral grade. My best guess is that the secretary took my panic for guilt and emailed DOS (it was too coincidental for it to be chance; not all reports are attended to that are submitted to DOS).
At this point, it's been months since I've seen the exam - I'm not even entirely sure what happened. My TAs and professors likely don't remember my name, much less encouraging me to submit a regrade or what the question was.
I've never been in a situation like this and am totally panicked. I haven't even been sent to the principal's office in elementary school. I'm a good student, with decent grades, professors like me, I work hard. If I get an F or an IA, it ruins my chances of getting into medical school or a grad program despite years of work. The crazy in me has been reading all these horror stories online of similar instances. I was wondering if any here had a similar experience and how it turned out? Or any advice in general?