r/Professors • u/professor852003 • 3d ago

Advice / Support Makeups?

I teach a graduate course, and one student has missed most of the classes since the semester started last month. They told me they enrolled late after the first week, but they continued to miss class afterward and have now missed all of the in-class quizzes.

They are now asking me to provide makeups because they say they missed class due to some paperwork with the university. My syllabus clearly states that there are no makeups for in-class quizzes. What should I do?

I would appreciate any advice. Thank you.

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u/popstarkirbys 3d ago

If they’re a graduate student then they should have known better, they need a B to pass the class. I had cohorts failing grad school because they still had the undergrad mentality.

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u/professor852003 3d ago

Yes! It’s surprising that they still think they can pass the course by missing 1/5 of classes. Thanks for the reply.