Is it being nit-picky to.....

[chman]

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I noticed that the scan-tron marked me wrong on a couple questions. It only amounts to three points. Is it even worth going to the professor about? He is really cool and has helped me out a lot actually, so I don't want to make it look like all I care about is the grade.

 

[MilkmanAl]

I'd at least go say something about it. It's worth the effort. Be really, really nice, and don't point fingers.

 

[TheMightySmiter]

Do you know your final grade yet? If you think those three scantron points might change your final grade, definitely talk to your professor. If you know they will not, there's no reason to.

 

[strang3Gonz0]

I noticed that the scan-tron marked me wrong on a couple questions. It only amounts to three points. Is it even worth going to the professor about? He is really cool and has helped me out a lot actually, so I don't want to make it look like all I care about is the grade.

I wouldn't argue for a point or two, but if I was misgraded or had my points added incorrectly I'd go to the professor to get the points added back. So in your situation, yeah I'd go talk to the professor.

 

[chman]

Do you know your final grade yet? If you think those three scantron points might change your final grade, definitely talk to your professor. If you know they will not, there's no reason to.

I'm at a 92% in the class and still have the final to go. So you never know, it is possible that it could be the difference between an A or B, but not likely.

 

[Eric552]

I would. There's no reason not to. It sounds like it was the machines fault, not like you are pointing blame at him.

Unless EVERYONE got it wrong, and he put the answer into the machine wrong. In which case, someone else will bring it up I'm sure.

 

[J ROD]

Dont cheat yourself.....

get your points!!

 

[YoursToKeep]

In high school, my Geography teacher accidently gave me a 40/50 instead of a 50/50 on a project. I didn't say anything because I didn't think 10 points would mean anything in the big picture.

My final grade in that class ended up being .1% away from an A, which would have given me a 4.0. I'm pretty positive those 10 points would have made a difference.

I've learned my lesson, always say something. It's your points, you earned them. It's different if you are going to argue for points, but when you earned them, say something.

 

[ksmi117]

Do you know your final grade yet? If you think those three scantron points might change your final grade, definitely talk to your professor. If you know they will not, there's no reason to.

This. If you think it will matter, go talk to him. It's not like you are begging for points. You don't want to get screwed over later because of a Scantron machine.

 

[FlowRate]

I was once told "Don't worry about points, a few won't matter." The difference between my A- and an A was those few points that I could have argued for...

 

[Zona Pellucida]

GOO.

You never know if you will be bordering that A, A- border and those questions could give you the slight push in the forward direction.

After all, you did get them correct so the grade you received is not an accurate representation of your knowledge of the subject.

 

[greatnt249]

I noticed that the scan-tron marked me wrong on a couple questions. It only amounts to three points. Is it even worth going to the professor about? He is really cool and has helped me out a lot actually, so I don't want to make it look like all I care about is the grade.

There's really no reason NOT to say something about it. It's not like you're grade-grubbing for a score you didn't deserve; all you're doing is asking for credit that was wrongly taken away from you.

 

[shiftingmirage]

If it marked yours wrong, it marked everyone else's too, assuming it's not that you didn't erase clearly. I would go talk to him if there is a problem with the key.

 

[chman]

If it marked yours wrong, it marked everyone else's too, assuming it's not that you didn't erase clearly. I would go talk to him if there is a problem with the key.

I just talked to my buddy from class and he said a couple of his were wrong too. So he must have entered the key in wrong or something. Thanks guys.

 

[akinetopsia]

I'm kind of surprised you even got your scantron back. In a lot of the classes I've had, you can write on the test packet, and you'll get that back, but not the scantron, I guess because it's too tempting to change the marks on it and then say, "Oh could I have this re-scored? It didn't pick up on the answers I erased."

 

[chman]

I'm kind of surprised you even got your scantron back. In a lot of the classes I've had, you can write on the test packet, and you'll get that back, but not the scantron, I guess because it's too tempting to change the marks on it and then say, "Oh could I have this re-scored? It didn't pick up on the answers I erased."

Interesting... Usually they have me buy my own from the bookstore and give it back to me.

EDIT: I am now kind of wondering why the professor would not have noticed if everyone was getting the same answers wrong...Weird.