YDI because if you know the grade is wrong and that something has to be done about it, you keep the paper somewhere where you can find it. And I agree with @74, you always keep materials and papers, etc. from a class until the very end.

#62 - You must be pretty ignorant if you think that the people saying YDI don't go to a 4 year University. If you are smart enough to get a 30,000 dollar scholarship, then you should be smart enough to save every ORIGINAL copy of the paper for just such an occasion. Just in case. You should also be smart enough to not let you entire scholarship boil down to one paper. This isn't rocket science. You don't let your scholarship boil down to one paper. If she wasn't in this compromising position, this situation would have simply been an irritation. Now, it's a matter of whether or not he/she can keep going to college. Sorry, but your GPA should have been better in the first place. YDI

It's not the computer printed copy the OP needs, it's the one with the teachers grade on it. That's why you should keep every graded paper from your classes at home and then at the end of the year throw them away if they aren't needed.

#27 irresponsibility is not a fml but losing a 30,000 scholarship is

OP how about instead of taking time to write this on FML.com you spend the 2 minutes it took to write this looking for your paper which could cost you your 30,000$ scholarship. This is why scholarships should not only be given out for good grades, but good grades coupled with COMMON SENSE. jesus christ.

I can't believe anyone said YDI. I just graduated from a top twenty university with an A average overall and I know I would have had trouble finding a graded copy of a paper if the professor asked for it way after the fact. "Your GPA should have been better in the first place" Bullshit. Some scholarships require very high GPAs. One I got required I maintain 3.75 or better. While it arguably isn't that hard to maintain that average over 4 years but if you're a freshmen then one or two bad classes could pull you under the mark. This is much more the teacher's fault than yours. He/she needs to get it together. My professors all saved copies of papers for occasions just like this to prevent cheating. I could keep listing reasons why these people need to give you break, but I think I'll just sum it up by saying that haters need to shut the hell up. It takes a special kind of douchebag to needlessly kick people who are already down.

Maybe you should be more organised then. No one can dispute that.

you must have already been doing bad in college considering one paper will determine if you keep your scholarship or not.

Aw, that's screwed up. But, yeah, you should definitely keep copies/backups on the computer.

That sucks big time. Once something similar happened to me, but with a much better outcome (also, my teacher was super-badass, and the only black man I've ever met with blue eyes - sexy combo!). My professor called me and said that he failed to enter one of my grades, and he asked me if I remembered it. I told him the grade and asked him if he needed me to bring him the actual paper (because I still had it). He said, "No, that's all right, I'll take your word for it."