Comment by culi
6 hours ago
I wish I as a student had this power. I took an exam once for a class I had taken before (transfer student woes). I went into the hall, took the easy exam, turned it in, and left. They lost my test.
I had no idea until 3 weeks later when exam scores were finally uploaded and mine was missing. The quarter was over and what the hell could I possibly do at that point? I had no possible evidence to give to show that I not only took the test but definitely passed because I've already taken the class
Similar story: I had taken a college level programming course before starting college. I reported this, and was told that it would either excempt me from an intro to programming class (if it was similar enough) or get credit for it towards my degree. Fair enough. After a while I was told it was different enough, and in the school software, it said I had a half-semester's worth of study point "in reserve" through all the years I studied there. In the final year, there was a small elective topic (something about engineering leadership) which seemed really uninteresting, so I thought, "it's time I finally make use of those banked points" and so didn't sign up for it.
Then after the semester was over, after a while I realized I'd only gotten a grades transcript, not a degree. Apparently I was lacking those 5 points from the elective course for that - the 40 points from my pre-college college course were mysteriously gone. Oh, and the mail I had gotten where they confirmed it counted? On the mail server, which we were mandated to use, and which they wiped the day we were done with our last semester.
When I was at university you returned the test and singed on shared list that you had participated. So if your name was on the list it was proof that you were at least in the room at the time. Probably more so done to track registrations vs participation but would also help in these situtations.