What course result follows if a missed assessment is replaced by a make-up score?

How we calculated this

Full replacement uses the make-up score directly; "original stands" ignores the make-up entirely; averaging splits the difference evenly between the two. Using the example values above (a genuine 0 originally, an 80% make-up, average rule), the resulting score is 40%, which is then combined with your current grade at the assessment's actual weight to show the real course-level effect.

Limitations

This does not know your instructor's actual make-up policy or whether you are even eligible for one (some require a documented excuse); confirm eligibility and the exact rule before assuming a make-up applies to your situation.

Common mistakes

A common error is assuming an averaging rule when the real policy is full replacement, or vice versa, which produces a meaningfully different resulting score, especially when the original score was very low. Another is entering the original score as if it were the full assignment's possible points instead of a percentage; convert to a percentage first.

Frequently asked

What if I was never eligible for a make-up at all?

Then this scenario does not apply to your real situation; use your actual original score alone in whatever course-grade tool fits your course's structure.

Why would a course average instead of fully replacing?

Some instructors use averaging specifically so a make-up cannot fully erase the consequence of missing the original assessment, while still giving some credit for completing the make-up.

Does the original score matter under full replacement?

No; under a pure replacement rule, the original score has no effect on the result at all, only the make-up score does.

Can the make-up score ever hurt me?

Under full replacement or averaging, yes: if you score lower on the make-up than your original, replacement lowers your result and averaging pulls it down partway. Only the "original stands" rule guarantees the make-up cannot make things worse, since it has no effect on the result at all.

How is this different from Late-Work Penalty Impact?

Late-Work Penalty Impact models a penalty applied to a late submission of the same work; this models a genuinely separate make-up assessment replacing, retaining, or averaging with a missed one.

Next decision

If the issue is a late penalty rather than a missed assessment, see Late-Work Penalty Impact instead.

For why a late penalty and a make-up are genuinely different calculations, read Late Penalties and Make-Up Work: Two Different Problems.