How to proceed when a professor's timekeeping error hurts my course grade? My professor had said the midterm was 2.5 hours. This was told by all the students for weeks. The midterm comes, and there is no countdown for when submission is required, thus meaning the midterm is unlimited. I followed academic integrity and submitted at 2.5 hours; however, many students were submitted at 3+ up to 4 hours. I did not have enough time to finish 2 questions (10 marks total), because I submitted them at the correct time. This caused me to fail the course by 0.28%, meaning I would have needed 1.5 marks on the midterm to pass. This will result in me being held back a year and retake the course. My professor had not made a bell curve, neither a grade adjustment for the error she had made because there was &quot;statistically no significant difference between students who submitted early and those who had extra time.&quot;
My question is, what are some reasonable courses of action in this situation?
Let me restate what happened:

The professor informed students of the exam rules.
You followed the rules and failed the course.
Other students did not follow the rules.
The professor, as far as you know, has not punished the students who did not follow the rules.

Certainly, the professor should have punished students who did not follow the rules.  I would expect that students who turn in an exam late would get a grade of zero.  However, punishing other students will do nothing about the fact that you have failed the course.
Your reasonable course of action, as the student, is to retake the course.