Accidently reported wrong grade

[drjay16]

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[Albino Dino]

That's a tough choice man... I am not sure what I would do

 

[drjay16]

Ya I'm just not sure what's the best thing to do. Anyone else have any opinions?

 

[pharmolu]

I would report it. As you said, the grade didn't change your GPA. Even with ethics aside, not reporting it could comeback to haunt you when they get the grades from your final transcript. Explain the situation, and schools will probably understand.

 

[Pattycake25]

Report it before decisions, without a doubt. Frequently, offers will come immediately with a request for an official transcript. That would look VERY suspicious if that's when you say "Oh, by the way..." And that suspicion would be merited, since you let them make their decision based on false information.

 

[Doug Underhill]

When you think about it, adcoms are concerned about an applicant being trustworthy. Changing a single grade for a credible reason- a grading error- wouldn't make you appear like an untrustworthy applicant who was trying to deceive adcoms into thinking they had a higher GPA than in reality.

 

[frochocinco]

Definitely report. Being honest and reporting it far outweighs the impact of an A vs a B in a one unit lab grade, ESPECIALLY when everything else was straight A's.

 

[areserine]

If your professor made a mistake then is he going to fix it on your transcript? (Email the registrar or whatever the process is. This can't be the first time this has ever happened and it should be able to be fixed pretty easily). If so, then by the time you send a transcript to them it should reflect the "correct" grade right? I don't see the problem unless he isn't going to fix it on your transcript (which is probably a bigger issue since it would suggest that it was not a mistake if he won't fix it). If he won't fix it on record, then you need to tell them you gave them an incorrect grade. And if he won't fix it officially, I wouldn't say anything about him "making a mistake" since the fact that he won't change the grade on record makes that story seem very suspicious, even if he sends them an email about it.

 

[drjay16]

I'm going to report the error via email I'm just thinking about what to say.

Is something like the following okay?

Dear admissions,

I wanted to correct an update that I sent a while back.. I reported receiving an A grade but received notification that there was an error in calculating grades and I actually received a B grade.

I'll write something like that. Does that sound okay? Do I need to mention that the professor can be contacted to confirm that it was his error with the in initial grade submission?

I appreciate everyone's help.

 

[radkat101]

I'm going to report the error via email I'm just thinking about what to say.

Is something like the following okay?

Dear admissions,

I wanted to correct an update that I sent a while back.. I reported receiving an A grade but received notification that there was an error in calculating grades and I actually received a B grade.

I'll write something like that. Does that sound okay? Do I need to mention that the professor can be contacted to confirm that it was his error with the in initial grade submission?

I appreciate everyone's help.

Maybe also mention that you're willing to provide documentation from the school/professor verifying the grade change upon their request (just makes it sound more believable). Other than that, this really doesn't seem like such a big deal and I think what you have there should be sufficient.

 

[Catalystik]

I'm going to report the error via email I'm just thinking about what to say.

Is something like the following okay?

Dear admissions,

I wanted to correct an update that I sent a while back.. I reported receiving an A grade but received notification that there was an error in calculating grades and I actually received a B grade.

I'll write something like that. Does that sound okay? Do I need to mention that the professor can be contacted to confirm that it was his error with the in initial grade submission?

I appreciate everyone's help.

I suggest you be more specific about the error being for a 1 unit Bio/Chem/whatever Lab section and that the professor is willing to email that it was his error if need be.

 

[DokterMom]

I like the length and directness of your email. This is a very small issue (of no importance at all unless you fail to disclose), so your email should be short and to the point. But @Catalystik is right about specificity.

Dear Admissions,

In the update I sent last week, I reported receiving an A in a 1-credit biology lab. Yesterday Professor Smith informed me of an error in his internal calculations and that my grade will be changing to a B. He has kindly offered to answer any questions you may have regarding this error: [email protected].

Sincerely,
Applicant

edited for further brevity

 

[drjay16]

Thanks everyone! I will be updating them with a short but specific email.