F on transcript after acceptance!!! HELP!

[ohmyword]

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So the situation is a bit complicated. I've been accepted to a few medical schools (yay!) but am now faced with sending in my transcript. I took a biochem elective and was doing very well in it (got A's on the midterms). I was then unable to take the final due to illness (I have the doctor's note) and was able to get an incomplete until I could take it. However the day I was scheduled to take the final, I was unable to make it. It was the Monday after one of the horrible blizzards in New York and our car broke down two hours north of the city. I emailed the school (Columbia) and they told me they were unable to again reschedule my final. I thus now have an F on my transcript and am nervous that schools will rescind my acceptances once they receive it.

I'm just looking for some opinions here. Does this situation seem like one schools would be sympathetic to, particularly if I were able to provide them with my first midterms as well as the doctor's notes, correspondence with the school, etc?

Any words of wisdom would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Journey2become]

Let the schools know ahead of time so that they can hear your side of the story first. Let them know that you are willing to submit documentation if necessary. It might end up being no big deal - but I don't personally know -sorry.

So the situation is a bit complicated. I've been accepted to a few medical schools (yay!) but am now faced with sending in my transcript. I took a biochem elective and was doing very well in it (got A's on the midterms). I was then unable to take the final due to illness (I have the doctor's note) and was able to get an incomplete until I could take it. However the day I was scheduled to take the final, I was unable to make it. It was the Monday after one of the horrible blizzards in New York and our car broke down two hours north of the city. I emailed the school (Columbia) and they told me they were unable to again reschedule my final. I thus now have an F on my transcript and am nervous that schools will rescind my acceptances once they receive it.

I'm just looking for some opinions here. Does this situation seem like one schools would be sympathetic to, particularly if I were able to provide them with my first midterms as well as the doctor's notes, correspondence with the school, etc?

Any words of wisdom would be greatly appreciated.

 

[ozzi22]

So the situation is a bit complicated. I've been accepted to a few medical schools (yay!) but am now faced with sending in my transcript. I took a biochem elective and was doing very well in it (got A's on the midterms). I was then unable to take the final due to illness (I have the doctor's note) and was able to get an incomplete until I could take it. However the day I was scheduled to take the final, I was unable to make it. It was the Monday after one of the horrible blizzards in New York and our car broke down two hours north of the city. I emailed the school (Columbia) and they told me they were unable to again reschedule my final. I thus now have an F on my transcript and am nervous that schools will rescind my acceptances once they receive it.

I'm just looking for some opinions here. Does this situation seem like one schools would be sympathetic to, particularly if I were able to provide them with my first midterms as well as the doctor's notes, correspondence with the school, etc?

Any words of wisdom would be greatly appreciated.

if it's not to late to retake it, i would and then get an A. then explain to them exactly what you are saying on here. i am sure they would understand.

 

[Robinson Crusoe]

if it's not to late to retake it, i would and then get an A. then explain to them exactly what you are saying on here. i am sure they would understand.

Of course it's too late. The OP will have to send their transcript in one month. OP, call the schools now and tell them what happened.

 

[Spin]

Call or email the medical schools that have accepted you and explain the situation, tell them about the documentation you can submit, and ask if there is ANYTHING else you can do to prevent them from rescinding their acceptance. They might want you to retake the class over the summer since you can't retake the final. (You can often take individual post-baccalaureate classes at your home institution or another college/university.) You should offer to retake the class, if you'd have time to do so before your medical schools first day of orientation.

Also, go ahead and start getting multiple copies of that documentation ready, if you haven't done so already. Good luck! Let us know how it works out.

 

[bucks2010]

Wow, that's a raw deal OP - I feel for you.

My only suggestion is to document, document, document. Doctor's notes, correspondence with the school, midterm grades, etc. etc. Maybe you will need these things in the future.

And yes, as others have said, do call the schools you've been accepted to and explain the situation.

 

[Journey2become]

Call or email the medical schools that have accepted you and explain the situation, tell them about the documentation you can submit, and ask if there is ANYTHING else you can do to prevent them from rescinding their acceptance. They might want you to retake the class over the summer since you can't retake the final. (You can often take individual post-baccalaureate classes at your home institution or another college/university.) You should offer to retake the class, if you'd have time to do so before your medical schools first day of orientation.

Also, go ahead and start getting multiple copies of that documentation ready, if you haven't done so already. Good luck! Let us know how it works out.

👍

If your school doesn't offer this biochem elective over the summer you can always check at other schools. That way you can let them know that you COULD and are WILLING to take it again before starting.

 

[gravitywave]

Call or email the medical schools that have accepted you and explain the situation, tell them about the documentation you can submit, and ask if there is ANYTHING else you can do to prevent them from rescinding their acceptance. They might want you to retake the class over the summer since you can't retake the final. (You can often take individual post-baccalaureate classes at your home institution or another college/university.) You should offer to retake the class, if you'd have time to do so before your medical schools first day of orientation.

Also, go ahead and start getting multiple copies of that documentation ready, if you haven't done so already. Good luck! Let us know how it works out.

👍 and do it now. contact them about this immediately. you can't afford to look like you're trying to cover anything up here. if you go to them as a supplicant, you're likely to get better results.

the other reason is so that if one or two of your schools decided to give you a hard time about this, you can drop them like a hot rock before the May 15th deadline and stick with the school that's willing to work with you.

FWIW, i'd be surprised if this ends up becoming a big deal for you. but you've got to be proactive.

 

[Disinence2]

This is something you should call about. Like today.

 

[DoctaFuture]

OP needs to call President OBAMA ASAP so he can get on this! But for real, call the schools and let them know about this situation.

 

[eagles22]

Have you tried talking to the professor? There's way for the profs to change grades even after they've been posted. I'd bet if you went to him/her and explained your situation, that grade could easily be changed to a C (which is probably all you need to not have an issue with med school).

 

[getright]

Do you have documentation of your car really breaking down? I think that will make or break you if a grade change to a W is possible.

 

[Catalystik]

Meet with a dean at Columbia with documentation in hand, including the mechanic's bill for the breakdown, highway patrol notes if one of them stopped to assist, etc. Ask to appeal the decision not to let you retake the final. At the minimum, they might consider a retroactive withdrawal.

 

[Spin]

Meet with a dean at Columbia with documentation in hand, including the mechanic's bill for the breakdown, highway patrol notes if one of them stopped to assist, etc. Ask to appeal the decision not to let you retake the final. At the minimum, they might consider a retroactive withdrawal.

This is a really good idea. I say go for it.

 

[gettheleadout]

I feel like this will work out in the OP's favor. If not, something is very wrong with our society.

 

[MedAdComMD]

If you have a legitimate reason to not being able to write the final, the university cannot legally deny you another chance to write it.

I recall a student in my undergrad who was allowed to write a deferred deferred final because his calculator broke in the middle of a physics exam - and there wasn't a replacement calculator.

Your situation would be 100X of that magnitude - your car breaking down isn't your fault and it is unpredictable.