Posting this in hopes that somebody else has experienced similar things and can offer some advice.
I am a graduate student and recently received a poor mark on an exam that I needed to do well on. While I passed the course, I didn't pass the course with the required grade (was under by 2%). Basically, I was accepted into the program on the condition that I pass the course with a certain mark and if I didn't then the school may ask me to withdraw. Terrified right now.
The worst part is, I already received accommodation for the exam (got double time to write) and still managed to screw up massively. I feel stupid, and I'm not sure how much MS is to blame. I do know that my processing speed has slowed, and I'm wondering if perhaps my comprehension skills have diminished as well. Additionally, I have been having difficulties concentrating for long periods of time.
That said, I studied really hard for this exam, had no problems with practice questions. I will admit that some days fatigue would hit and I had zero motivation to do anything, but I'm still in shock/disbelief. Especially because during my last grad degree, I still managed to do very well with an insane courseload (5 courses) in a single semester. This past semester, I was only enrolled in 2 courses and still managed to mess up hugely in one of them. Even my other coursework wasn't my best, though I managed to scrape an A-.
My Accessibility Advisor has encouraged me not to give up, that he will advocate on my behalf to my graduate advisor (who I have not told about the MS). Besides my Accessiblity Advisor, no other faculty in the school know about my having MS.
I never thought bringing the MS up was pertinent; I never did during my Master's and I have always considered mentioning my condition seemed like a cheap ploy for marks. In fact, I never contacted Accessibility Services at any of my previous schools. This time, I only reached out a month before the final exam, when I realized that I might benefit from extra writing time.
Just not sure how else to deal at this point.
Thanks for listening.
I am a graduate student and recently received a poor mark on an exam that I needed to do well on. While I passed the course, I didn't pass the course with the required grade (was under by 2%). Basically, I was accepted into the program on the condition that I pass the course with a certain mark and if I didn't then the school may ask me to withdraw. Terrified right now.
The worst part is, I already received accommodation for the exam (got double time to write) and still managed to screw up massively. I feel stupid, and I'm not sure how much MS is to blame. I do know that my processing speed has slowed, and I'm wondering if perhaps my comprehension skills have diminished as well. Additionally, I have been having difficulties concentrating for long periods of time.
That said, I studied really hard for this exam, had no problems with practice questions. I will admit that some days fatigue would hit and I had zero motivation to do anything, but I'm still in shock/disbelief. Especially because during my last grad degree, I still managed to do very well with an insane courseload (5 courses) in a single semester. This past semester, I was only enrolled in 2 courses and still managed to mess up hugely in one of them. Even my other coursework wasn't my best, though I managed to scrape an A-.
My Accessibility Advisor has encouraged me not to give up, that he will advocate on my behalf to my graduate advisor (who I have not told about the MS). Besides my Accessiblity Advisor, no other faculty in the school know about my having MS.
I never thought bringing the MS up was pertinent; I never did during my Master's and I have always considered mentioning my condition seemed like a cheap ploy for marks. In fact, I never contacted Accessibility Services at any of my previous schools. This time, I only reached out a month before the final exam, when I realized that I might benefit from extra writing time.
Just not sure how else to deal at this point.
Thanks for listening.
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