<p>I was happy with all my junior year grades, except for my Honors French grade. I got a C on the final, which caused my final grade to be a B+, rather than the A it would have been if I had gotten a B on the final. Anyway, I found out there was a 16 point curve on the final. That means that I got a raw score of 53.5% at the worst to get a C. I studied for this final, so I knew this didn't happen. So, I went to talk to my French teacher. She checked against her book, and I actually got a B+ on the final, but she can't change the grade because she needs to submit the actual final with the grade change request, and she doesn't have it because all finals and mid-terms and thrown out at the end of the school year. </p>
<p>What can I do about this? If it actually was an A on my transcript, then I would have a 4.27-4.28 weighted GPA, rather than the 4.235-4.25 I have now, and it would have continued my upward trend. Should my college write about this in her recommendation letter? Would that be enough?</p>
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Do you mean your G.C.?
But yes if you meant that and nothing can be done.</p>
<p>Are you positive that absolutely nothing can be done? If the teacher says you deserved an A, it should definitely be changed asap before your transcript gets sent out.</p>
<p>It's school policy. She knows that she made a mistake, but she has to prove that she did when she fills out the grade change request, which she can't do because there is no proof. The final is gone, but she has her grade book, which is not sufficient proof. I'll talk to her tomorrow. If my GC explained this in her recommendation letter, then would it be enough?</p>
<p>Yikes. Why on earth would someone want to steal finals? Anyways, I think the letter from your GC explaining the situation to the adcoms would be enough.</p>
<p>sad that they don't trust a teacher, who made a mistkae and is fessing up to it
if she wrote a B plus in her book and messed up calculating the grade, what "proof" do they need, if her grade book has the right test score</p>
<p>seems it is a math error that she can change, not a test grade to change, fight it</p>
<p>at our school, ya' gotta go up the chain of command: teacher, dept head, asst principal, principal. But, I'd insert GC after dept head. Suggest your parents call/e-mail the dept head to make an appt, and keep asking for the "right" answer. Be nice, but firm. You need to find someone with the authority to say yes, we can fix it.</p>
<p>If this is a public school, your parents need to follow the chain of command quickly all the way to Supertindent of Schools. If the teacher acknowledges that she made a math error, it can and should be corrected. There is nothing a Superindentent dislikes more than hearing from unhappy parents on a matter that should have been handled at a lower level.</p>
<p>Well, the teacher wasn't in. I just left a note for her. I'm going to go talk to her again tomorrow. If that doesn't work, then I'll take it to the GC and so on.</p>
<p>So, I found out today that she's been talking with some of her AP students about me and passed on a message that she won't change my grade. I also talked to my guidance counselor, and she can't do anything about this either, anymore than she has done. Over the summer, I asked her to check about this grade, and she can't do anything because the permutations match. Really, this is "outside of her control." I've also been told that it actually looks bad if a teacher changes a grade because of a mistake. So, I think that's what's happened here. She knows she's made a mistake, and she doesn't want to own up to it. On top of that, this teacher is lazy. All of the students who've had her before know that. She doesn't like to have a first period class. I think part of the reason she won't change my grade is because she'll have to complete mounds of paperwork, plus create a final that she doesn't have anymore.</p>
<p>Should I just mention this situation on my own or have my counselor take care of it.</p>
<p>I think this teacher is just lazy. I went back to her and she said that she won't change my grade, period. She didn't even give me that story I posted before. So, I really did everything I could. I went to my guidance counselor, my vice principal, and my principal, but they said that it was out of their hands, that it was up to the teacher to change the grade or not, regardless of the circumstances. Then, I asked my counselor if she could discuss it in her recommendation letter. She said that she didn't want to because she was already done and doing so would break the flow of the letter. So, I just have a simple question: should I explain this on my own, in the additional information section of the CommonApp or other application?</p>
<p>i honestly don't think that a college is going to reject you because you got a B+ in French. So did you ever consider that maybe you are getting worked up over nothing?</p>
<p>and since you go to a public school you can retake the course and have the grade changed to whatever you get.</p>
<p>I wouldn't include it anywhere because you'll just look like a grade grubber who isn't motivated by intellectual curiosity. The college could always think "if you had just aced the final in the first place you wouldn't have this problem."</p>