Written scenario · Problem solving, Equity
Notes for the make-up exam
You are the student representative on your university's exam policy committee, and you've been asked to recommend a policy.
Since the university stopped requiring a doctor's note for missed exams, make-up requests have tripled. Several professors say repeat exams are unfair to students who sat the first one, and they want notes brought back. Your classmate Kareem, who works nights and has no family doctor nearby, tells you that a note would have cost him a day's pay and a two-hour trip when he had the flu last term. Either choice leaves some students worse off. The committee wants your recommendation at next week's meeting.
The two questions
- 1What policy would you recommend to the committee, and why?
- 2How do you decide when a rule meant to stop a few people from taking advantage is worth the burden it places on everyone else?
What raters look for
- Problem solving
- Gathers facts before acting, considers options and consequences, and chooses a workable next step.
- Equity
- Notices unequal access or treatment and acts fairly, especially for people with less power.
Answer scenarios like this on the real timers
Answer both questions on the clock, and get each one scored 1–9 the way raters score. Your first set is free, no card.
Practice free
