So...i need some advice on something i had a 7-page research paper due on monday at 10am but i didn't turn in it until 2:30 that afternoon. i didn't tell my professor why i turned it in late or or anything, i just left it in the turn-in box by the door (there weren't any other papers in there). but now i'm afraid that she might not have gotten it or she might've gotten mad and thrown it away or something and i don't know if i should email her or go to her office. i mean it's been 4 days since i turned it in and she might wonder why i didn't give her a reason until now. and to be honest the only reason is that i was scared she'd say "i can't take your paper" or get mad (i don't take criticism well x: ) i mean i've gotta get a good grade to bring my GPA up. i do have another excuse to go talk to her because i forgot to cite something but then she'll still wonder why i came so late advice please? x:

I would rather mail her or go talk to her. You should ask if she took it and give a reason for turning it in late, if she asks why.

EDIT: Grammar.

the thing is, i dunno if she'll accept my reason. because we had a month to work on it and if i say i needed more time she might been like "well i gave you a month" and yeah i did abuse some of that time but i did work on it. i'm just really really scared that she won't accept it .__.;

My teachers accept anything and count it as not late until the end of the day that day. The next day it's considered late. But that's Ferndale High School policy.

I'd say just ask her if she got it. If she wants to know why it's late, let her know you didn't really have an excuse; it just took longer than you thought, and then apologize for turning it in late.

Professors are used to students turning things in late. I doubt she'd get mad. If she specified that she wouldn't accept any late work you might be in trouble, but it's better to know if you are in trouble than to bury your head in the sand (so to speak). Trust me, I know this from experience. I can be a rather bad student.

On top of that, even if she won't accept late work, I doubt she'll be mad. She'll probably be pretty neutral. She may even take pity on you because you only turned it in four and a half hours late. But you'll never know if you don't talk to her about it.

How you talk to her is up to you. I'd say in this case face-to-face might be better to convey how worked up you are about the assignment and the fact you turned it in late. And if she sees you're upset, she may be more willing to take pity on you. :)

If the assignment could be turned in late (or it wasn't specified whether it could be late or not) then e-mail is probably fine.

Good luck!