PJGR

I had to miss my AP Stat exam, because during the exam before it, Computer Science, I became sick. Luckily, I became sick after I finished and not during.

Anyways, the person administrating the test told me that all I had to do was get a doctors note showing that I was sick.

...Well I asked her after she told me this if I had to get the note today, and she said no.

So I tried to get a note today from a doctor (it's been about 8 days since) and literally no doctor will do it. My dad has called three.

Is there ANYTHING I can do? I would've gotten the note the day I was sick if the woman didn't say that I didn't have to.

It's bloody unfair I tell you!!!

swimcatsmom

8 days? Why did you leave it 8 days? A doctor has no way of knowing you were sick 8 days ago and is unlikely to be willing to sign their name to something they have no way of verifying. If you had gone the next day you might have got a note. But 8 days? I don't think you can blame the test administrator because you left it so long - she probably meant you did not have to provide it to her that day. Not that you should leave it 8 days to even try and get the note. Sorry to keep harping on the same thing - but 8 days?

PJGR

I'm a procrastinator by nature; what can I say?

lol

still, is there nothing I can do?

Xylem101

^yeah I agree, 8 days is really alot. However, I think the best and only thing to do right now will be to go to her and explain to her your situation and hope she'll waive the doctor's note requirement

PJGR

Well the administrator is also my counselor. So is she the one who needs the note?

Because she saw and knew that I was sick, so I'm not even sure why she made me provide a doctors note in the first place...

But if that's the only thing I can do, I guess I'll have to try that.

ashdraniasura

just at least get a parent note...it's better than nothing.

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Innovative

so, i'm not seeing the point here..u missed ur AP Stat exam, and you are trying to get the note in order to take the exam on the make up day? is that what u r talking abt?

Hurt

I seem to be in the same boat as you.. I was sick for AP European History and my counselor is making it sound like I'm not gonna get a retake.. but I don't know. She told me not to panic yet.. so, the same advice to you, for now? :|

TheMathProf

The AP Coordinator needs the doctor's note as evidence for the College Board that you simply didn't skip the exam. The counselor's say-so is insufficient, and a parent note is also insufficient. Waiving that could jeopardize the school's status to proctor AP exams.

As a side story that's somewhat related...

One of my students did skip the exam. But our district requires students who don't want to pay the fee to take a mock in-house, and she didn't do that either. She figured she could take a zero on the mock and still be OK from a grade perspective (senioritis, anyone?).

The problem is that since it's a course requirement to take one or the other, it's not just that she gets the zero, but she doesn't get the credit for the course (that's a district policy, not mine). And while she doesn't need any math credits per se, she needs all six credits available this semester to graduate..................

So now she's scrambling to get a doctor's note, but since she's already admitted that she skipped the exam, the AP Coordinator has already stated that she will not accept the note. Ouch...

BigIs

Which is the unfair part?

tinuviel

It's perfectly fair. It just sucks. There's a distinction

There should be a make-up date later this month- is there any admin at your school you could talk to about it?

TheMathProf

The make-up date isn't for just anybody who missed the original date. There are specific conditions to be allowed to take it.