first orgo exam...what would you do?

you have every reason to be pissed off... (if your story is true)

I had a very strange orgo teacher. This kind of stuff happened with him too. People would lose up to 20 points because he asked questions about things that were completely unrelated to what we've done in class and what we have read on the notes.

 

This is the reason why being premed as an undergrad at research universities sucks.

(I'm assuming you go to a research U)

 

You'll probably never miss a correction again

 

I always hate it when professors say things like that. why? b/c it's a logical fallacy falling under many categories.

 

you could talk to the TA or Prof...and show that you knew how to work the problem if it had been written correctly

 

but they could say that it would be unfair to other students (again logical fallacy) as it was announced to the whole class.

 

what do you have to lose...it shows them you are commited...and are intersted in doing well...dont go in and approach it saying because you suck at writing questions i did worse than i would have...approach it by saying that you sincerely feel you learned the material and that the miscommunication that occured by no fault of anyone caused you to less well than hoped...also it helps to say that you are only concerned with getting grades because medical schools and graduate schools require high grades...but in reality you are interested in truly learning the information

note you=op

 

Make your case. It O Chem is hard enough without having to wade through typops and misinformation. If you could have done that without them messing up it isn't your fault.

 

jesus christ I would be fuming if that happened to me. If I didn't get those points back, or some sort of retest wasn't given I would continue to hassle the prof about it and if that didn't work I would take it a step further to the chair of the academic department. You may not get anything out of it, but it can't hurt to try everything in your power. It will also hopefully send the message that what they did was not right and that things need to be clearer next time. God I feel really bad for you man... it's a tough situation to be sure. Whatever happens, though, promise me you you'll shove the next test down his throat, both for your grade and for great justice.

 

I know that some profs have a policy in place that allows students to resubmit a test and argue why they should earn more points, but it seems like that isn't the case. You're probably not be the only one in the class who lost points because the test was written poorly. You're making the right decision by contacting the professor and TA immediately. If it makes you feel better I had an orgo 2 test that I walked out of thinking there was no way I got more than half the points. It turned out the class average was something around 35%, so my 50% was ok.

 

Get over it, you should have paid better attention.

 

x2.

Profs at my school could give a **** about students' needs