Well I feel like a jackass...

[Neil4Speed]

My first final today was at 8AM - I definitely woke up at 9:34.

This is what you get for studying until 4 in the morning, I am surprised I have never done this before. So the question most people are probably having are, what happened,

was it the Snooze? No not the snooze
The AM/PM? not the AM/PM, most people think it was the AM/PM

It was the volume, yes the volume, my alarm has a different volume for the radio vs. the alarm.

Anyone done this before?

[GQBalla]

yes this has happened to me.

for my alarm clock the radio is SOOO Much louder than the alarm itself.

except when it happened to me i was late for work not school.

ahahh but i didn't care cause my work is stupid ]

did you get to write your mid term?

[Eleanor]

Mid term or final?

Cause i know for some midterms, they let you defer the weight of the test to the final.

Sux to hear man, i'd talk to your prof.

[Neil4Speed]

Sorry, I ment Final, I guess I have to get a doctors note. It shouldn't be a big deal, but I was ready to write this thing!

[Darkenergy]

If you are in SAIT, I think they make require you to have more than a doctors note to write a final exam

[zoik]

did it and got a doctors note and defered the exam! GL

[V6-BoI]

That was my biggest fear in University, good thing it actually didn't happen to me. But I've heard it happen to quite a few people so don't feel so bad. And I heard this from one person that you kinda get one "freebie" ie. not waking up in time, and they will let you defer it. But I would get a doctor's note just in case. Shitty thing about deferred exams is that they are way harder than the original I hear haha.

[Idratherbsidewayz]

I did this on my Thermodynamics final. Although i didn't miss it. Final was at 9AM, woke up at 9:14AM, and was at school writing it at 9:31AM.

Originally posted by V6-BoI
That was my biggest fear in University, good thing it actually didn't happen to me. But I've heard it happen to quite a few people so don't feel so bad. And I heard this from one person that you kinda get one "freebie" ie. not waking up in time, and they will let you defer it. But I would get a doctor's note just in case. Shitty thing about deferred exams is that they are way harder than the original I hear haha.

I think it depends on the school. All the idiots that deferred here seem to get amazingly easy exams.

[Jlude]

Sucks to hear.... I sleep through my alarm ALL the time... doesn't matter if the volume is cranked up...

[chris]

Originally posted by Neil4Speed
My first final today was at 8AM - I definitely woke up at 9:34.

This is what you get for studying until 4 in the morning, I am surprised I have never done this before. So the question most people are probably having are, what happened,

was it the Snooze? No not the snooze
The AM/PM? not the AM/PM, most people think it was the AM/PM

It was the volume, yes the volume, my alarm has a different volume for the radio vs. the alarm.

Anyone done this before?

hahahahahahahahahahahaha, that sucks dude, thats like my worse nightmare, are you going to be able to get it deffered? what class?did you talk to the prof? I've done the am/pm thing for a lab this year, i guess thats what you get when you're drunk the night before

[eina15]

OMG! This is one of my biggest fears as well.

I intentionally set as many alarms as I can. My clock radio alarm is cranked, and set across the room so I actually have to get out of bed to hit snooze. Hubby's got his alarm set as well, and I set the alarm on my cell phone as well. Glad I am not the only paranoid one

GL, hope you get to defer.

[bobby_lu]

Huge Seinfeld Jean-Paul moment you got going on there...haha.

Most people TINK it was the snooze but it wasnt the snooze

[Neil4Speed]

Originally posted by bobby_lu
Huge Seinfeld Jean-Paul moment you got going on there...haha.

Most people TINK it was the snooze but it wasnt the snooze

Haha, yes, that was what I was going for, but it was actually the volume.

Most people TINK hahah. One of the best episodes ever.

Thanks for all the advice, off to the doctors I go... It was an easy exam, and I would have done well, now I have to think about this shit all break!

[topmade]

That sucks, I used to fear that as well, so I'd set up my alarm clock, watch, cell phone, even had some friends call each other to make sure none of us would sleep in.

[zieg]

I've had a few of those.

First one was in first year. Calculus midterm. Power outage, woke up to see the glorious flashing zeros. Checked my cell and the time was 8:15, exam started at 8. Fortunately I was living in rez so I just threw some pants on and ran my ass down there. My vision hadn't even cleared up by the time I had the exam infront of me.


next was in second year. machine design midterm. I lived an hours drive from school, woke up 10 minutes after the exam started and managed to get there at exactly 9 (started at 8). The teacher was cool with it though, he marked the time on my paper and then after everyone was gone he let me finish.


Then it was the machine design final. Major wind storm the night before. A tree fell down in my alley, blocking my exit from the garage so I had to 'borrow' the brother's car. Half an hour late, no extra time this time.

[ZC_CIVIC]

yeah i dont wake up a an alarm my wife dose then she wakes me up, if it wernt for her id be fucked lol....

[jsn]

yea i'm always afraid that I'd miss exams too. For early morning exams, i usually set 2 alarm clocks and the alarm on my cellphone (which is almost as loud as my alarm clocks). Abit overkill yes, but at least it wakes me up for sure

[picmerollin]

once i was late by a whole 24 hours, sitting in the class didnt recognize anybody-then when i figured out i was at the right place wrong day a rushed to my profs office and he was marking the finals!!!!


he let me write it right there in his office, i think he could tell i wasnt pulling any tricks and i had been an active part of class so he was cool. wow was i shitting my pants on the way to his office.

[Hash_man]

I need 2 alarms to get out bed most days, and made sure for my final today that the second alarm was well across my room so I actually had to get my ass out of bed to his snooze lol.

[signature7]

what test did you miss today? I pulled an all nighter, because by 4 am i was afraid i'd sleep through my alarm clock and miss the test