I cannot believe this.........

[tdkneo]

i got an 89.6% for my Chemistry class yet i only got a B (my school doesnt give out +/-) .........it's practically an A but she refuses to give it to me.....ohhh my god.......2006 was definitely not my year....ahhhhh........

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[MadHopsMD]

i got an 89.6% for my Chemistry class yet i only got a B (my school doesnt give out +/-) .........it's practically an A but she refuses to give it to me.....ohhh my god.......2006 was definitely not my year....ahhhhh........

what school is this?

 

[MirrorTodd]

Sucks I know, but the rules are rules. 89.6 is not an A not matter how much you beg. I bet there are people with 69.6 or even 59.6 begging to get one grade higher. Count yourself lucky that you're not one of them.

 

[tdkneo]

what school is this?

san diego.....

 

[tdkneo]

Sucks I know, but the rules are rules. 89.6 is not an A not matter how much you beg. I bet there are people with 69.6 or even 59.6 begging to get one grade higher. Count yourself lucky that you're not one of them.

man....nothing went my way in 2006, so glad 2007 is finally here......

 

[tdkneo]

Sucks I know, but the rules are rules. 89.6 is not an A not matter how much you beg. I bet there are people with 69.6 or even 59.6 begging to get one grade higher. Count yourself lucky that you're not one of them.

almost all of the professors i had in the past usually rounded up the total score, but i cant believe it........im just 0.4 of a percent away from an A yet i got kicked all the way down to just a B.........aghhhhh, definitely not something i want to remember of 2006............

 

[MadHopsMD]

i got an 89.6% for my Chemistry class yet i only got a B (my school doesnt give out +/-) .........it's practically an A but she refuses to give it to me.....ohhh my god.......2006 was definitely not my year....ahhhhh........

Some schools don’t give out A's for a grade that close because they have a limit to how many A's they can give out to a class. At my school there was a 25% limit of students who get an A for a particular course. But you can remark an exam, and sometimes they allow one or two students exceptions.

Ok this is what you should do: petition for a remark. My school let me check my exam and out of 3 times I petitioned, twice my mark increased.

The first time was a bloody addition error. The second time I actually argued that I deserved more marks, citing references. The third time the guy didn’t give me an extra mark, even after I argued (citing references again). In fact he said I deserved a lower mark (luckily he was nice enough not to let the school know, because technically he could have reduced my mark lol).

Bottom line: with a 89.6% you have nothing to lose 🙂 GO remark your exam...

 

[Dr. Pepper]

Some schools don’t give out A's for a grade that close because they have a limit to how many A's they can give out to a class. At my school there was a 25% limit of students who get an A for a particular course. But you can remark an exam, and sometimes they allow one or two students exceptions.

Ok this is what you should do: petition for a remark. My school let me check my exam and out of 3 times I petitioned, twice my mark increased.

The first time was a bloody addition error. The second time I actually argued that I deserved more marks, citing references. The third time the guy didn’t give me an extra mark, even after I argued (citing references again). In fact he said I deserved a lower mark (luckily he was nice enough not to let the school know, because technically he could have reduced my mark lol).

Bottom line: with a 89.6% you have nothing to lose 🙂 GO remark your exam...

I agree with Sony, and in addition, we feel for you. It's happened to us at least one time or another.

I dedicate this post to our fallen comrades.
-Dr. P.

 

[akinf]

As if an 89.6% is a B. Yikes! At my school, that's a solid A and would be rounded up to an A+ in most courses. To get a B, I would need to get below 74.5%. Wow, sucks to be you. I had a friend who got 89.8% in a course, and that was an A, not the 90% you needed for an A+. Any number of things could have made the difference in that entire course. He still has that A on his transcript. I suggest you speak with your teacher (nicely) and ask to check over your exam and make sure they understand just how close you are.

 

[plutonium]

i got an 89.6% for my Chemistry class yet i only got a B (my school doesnt give out +/-) .........it's practically an A but she refuses to give it to me.....ohhh my god.......2006 was definitely not my year....ahhhhh........

Suck it up.

Ask your teacher if you can submit an extra credit project for 0.4%. And tell her you are willing to spend hours on it. Days even. Weeks. The whole term.

 

[DuckHunter]

My advice, take the B and move on with your life.

 

[CardiacIntensivist]

Blame whoever and whatever you need to to help you move on with your life. It'll make the transition easier.

 

[Soggun]

Yep. In intro biology I got a 375 out of 400 in the class when an A was 376 and a AB (we switched to the +/- system the following year) was below that. Asked the teacher to be lenient with me and she said that if she gave it to me, she'd have to give it to "all the other people between 375 and 376." Note that these were all whole point intervals so that was *the* smallest difference possible...

In any case, thats the nature of life. Just gotta roll with the punches.

 

[coffeebythelake]

i got an 89.6% for my Chemistry class yet i only got a B (my school doesnt give out +/-) .........it's practically an A but she refuses to give it to me.....ohhh my god.......2006 was definitely not my year....ahhhhh........

Its the first time some crappy happened to you... You should feel happy it didn't happen earlier.

 

[MonkeyNuts!]

If they didn't make the policy clear beforehand, then you may have a case. If not, then it's on you for not making the grade. My graduate work had no +/-. The only thing you can do is shoot for 100%. That being said, I still sympathize with you because .04 is a very small number...

 

[MahSpoon]

Percentage really doesn't mean anything without knowing the curve's stats such as median and stdev. Also, whether there was anyone who had a raw score above you which also received the same grade can affect the decision to bump someone up or down. At my school they pick a descreet cutoff for grades so there is no gray area with such a small variance.

 

[MonkeyNuts!]

you mean black and white areas. grey usually implies some sort of leeway

 

[tdkneo]

Some schools don’t give out A's for a grade that close because they have a limit to how many A's they can give out to a class. At my school there was a 25% limit of students who get an A for a particular course. But you can remark an exam, and sometimes they allow one or two students exceptions.

Ok this is what you should do: petition for a remark. My school let me check my exam and out of 3 times I petitioned, twice my mark increased.

The first time was a bloody addition error. The second time I actually argued that I deserved more marks, citing references. The third time the guy didn’t give me an extra mark, even after I argued (citing references again). In fact he said I deserved a lower mark (luckily he was nice enough not to let the school know, because technically he could have reduced my mark lol).

Bottom line: with a 89.6% you have nothing to lose 🙂 GO remark your exam...

just talked to my professor today, and she directed me to the administration because she already turned in the grades and from the tones of her reply, chances of me getting that 0.4% dont look very good...........i cannot believe this......ohhhh my goddd.........

 

[tdkneo]

I agree with Sony, and in addition, we feel for you. It's happened to us at least one time or another.

I dedicate this post to our fallen comrades.
-Dr. P.

i just dont understand this.....it really hurts knowing that i got robbed of an A because of this........ mathematically speaking, it rounds up to be 90%.......😡

 

[tdkneo]

As if an 89.6% is a B. Yikes! At my school, that's a solid A and would be rounded up to an A+ in most courses. To get a B, I would need to get below 74.5%. Wow, sucks to be you. I had a friend who got 89.8% in a course, and that was an A, not the 90% you needed for an A+. Any number of things could have made the difference in that entire course. He still has that A on his transcript. I suggest you speak with your teacher (nicely) and ask to check over your exam and make sure they understand just how close you http://img.studentdoctor.net/images/smilies/frown.gif
are.

if only my school has that curve, i'd be one happy man..... 🙁

 

[tdkneo]

Percentage really doesn't mean anything without knowing the curve's stats such as median and stdev. Also, whether there was anyone who had a raw score above you which also received the same grade can affect the decision to bump someone up or down. At my school they pick a descreet cutoff for grades so there is no gray area with such a small variance.

i think the average for my class is like 79% or something like that......

 

[arsenewenger]

i think the average for my class is like 79% or something like that......

Can people please post something more informative on this website.

 

[docmode]

This post is exactly why we have so much grade inflation in some schools!

 

[MadHopsMD]

i think the average for my class is like 79% or something like that......

frig a class average of 79%? Wow...the school i come from the class average is usually around 68% for first year courses, and 72% for 2nd+ year courses

 

[Haemulon]

i just dont understand this.....it really hurts knowing that i got robbed of an A because of this........ mathematically speaking, it rounds up to be 90%.......😡

If the policy of the instructor is to not round or curve (grading policies are typically presented at the beginning of the course) then you were not robbed of the A. You just didn't get the scores to achieve it (in which case you can only be mad at yourself). Now if he rounds some student's grades and not others, or if he said from the beginning that he would round and then didn't at the end, then you may have a case. Otherwise, anything below a 90 is not an A. Sucks I know, but it is what it is. I feel for ya.

 

[arsenewenger]

This post is exactly why we have so much grade inflation in some schools!

exactly my point. What a crapastic college.!

 

[tdkneo]

This post is exactly why we have so much grade inflation in some schools!

you think my school has grade inflation??? i wish........if my school has grade inflation then i wouldnt even be saying anything because i wouldnt have this problem in the first place, it would be an A for sure...........

 

[tdkneo]

frig a class average of 79%? Wow...the school i come from the class average is usually around 68% for first year courses, and 72% for 2nd+ year courses

i know what you're talking about, but i'm in a class with all the smart pre-med students so that's why the curve is so high.......

 

[tdkneo]

If the policy of the instructor is to not round or curve (grading policies are typically presented at the beginning of the course) then you were not robbed of the A. You just didn't get the scores to achieve it (in which case you can only be mad at yourself). Now if he rounds some student's grades and not others, or if he said from the beginning that he would round and then didn't at the end, then you may have a case. Otherwise, anything below a 90 is not an A. Sucks I know, but it is what it is. I feel for ya.

This is the first time something like this happened to me so that's why I'm kind of mad........and I totally deserved that A, I knew the materials through out the course inside out.......mental mistakes really cost me........

 

[Haemulon]

This is the first time something like this happened to me so that's why I'm kind of mad........and I totally deserved that A, I knew the materials through out the course inside out.......mental mistakes really cost me........

Yeh, I have had a couple of similar situations. Sucked big time since a B does not exactly help one's GPA. I remember getting one particular B in graduate school (had an 89 I think). I would have thought a B+ was in order (at least it would have hurt my GPA a little less than a flat B) but oh well. 🙁

 

[jonathon]

Are you going to complain for the rest of your life about the times where you come up short of your goals? Move on with your life man. In the long run this B means nothing.

 

[jonathon]

Are you going to complain for the rest of your life about the times where you come up short of your goals? Move on with your life man. In the long run this B means nothing.

 

[guptaso2]

have you tried looking through old assignments and tests and seeing if you can argue for some points back. Maybe all the prof is looking for is a reason to give you that A, if you can show her one by arguing for a few pts back on some old material, maybe she'll change your grade. I've turned quite a few 3.5s into 4.0s that way.

 

[jbrice1639]

i just dont understand this.....it really hurts knowing that i got robbed of an A because of this........ mathematically speaking, it rounds up to be 90%.......😡

if you didn't get the 90%, you didn't get robbed. if i almost buy a new tv, but i don't actually buy it, then when i go into my living room and see no tv, i can't exactly call the police and claim to be robbed. same principle...you can't have lost something you didn't actually have.

not to mention, it's just one grade in one class...definitely not worth worrying about...a B is not a bad grade... 🙄

 

[cclawfjj]

89% is an A at our school...
90%+ is an A+
80-84 being A- and so on...

 

[armybound]

almost all of the professors i had in the past usually rounded up the total score, but i cant believe it........im just 0.4 of a percent away from an A yet i got kicked all the way down to just a B.........aghhhhh, definitely not something i want to remember of 2006............

it happened to me in a chemistry course except it was a 79.8 and I ended up with a C+

which, of course, makes a huge difference in GPA

 

[Cirrus83]

Dude, I once got a B- in a 6 credit Chinese class. Just so you realize how horrible that is, I'm Chinese-American lol. It totally bombed my GPA for that semester, which would have been a 3.7 or something without it.

I whined I moaned, and then I got over it. In the end, it doesn't really matter. Well, actually it kept me from getting Cum Laude by 0.01 (no joke, I had a 3.53 at Rochester and Cum Laude was 3.54 my year, lol), but you know, so could any other grade on my entire transcript that wasn't a perfect A.

Anyways, if the class average was a 79%, I think you probably could have worked a little harder and gotten that 90%+

 

[leahmaria]

something similar happened to me in my biochem class...i was soooo close to the b+ and i ended up with the b, i was pretty upset. and my prof was my premed advisor...and he knew i was stressing out about all of this anyways.

he told me he was sorry that i was upset but that he had full confidence in my as a medical school applicant and he thought that the b wouldn't make much difference anyways...and it didn't, i'm over it.

another way to look at this is to think of all of the times you got low a's. at a college with no +/- grades, it probably goes in your favor most of the time, and once in awhile it's going to flip...it's okay, you've probably gained enough from the system to lose a little bit this way.

don't fret too much, a b is fine, but if you feel you earned the a, then fight for it, because you'll always wonder afterwards, trying to gain back points on an assignment or test is probably your best way good luck!