<p>Just seeing what everyones experience has been with your professors bumping up your grades if you are borderline between B-A, etc. At my school we only have A-B-C-D-F for the grading system, so there is no "A+" or "A-". In my experience, it depends a lot on your effort, like if you have turned in all the assignments, gone to class, etc. but most professors seem to be somewhat sympathetic. </p>
<p>P.S: I think this topic has been brought up before but I couldn't find it.</p>
<p>I also think it depends on participation. If you never showed up to class, and showed no apparent effort, I think it will be rounded down. If the professor knew who you were, you talked once in a while, participated in discussions, mostly went, etc, it will be rounded up. Of course some professors can have a strict i always round down/up policy, but I have never had a class where that was stated.</p>
<p>At my school there is no “A+”, but there are +/- for every other grade. Something about not wanting students to be able to get above a 4.0…don’t ask me why. Some professors will bump your grade if you’re a good student, but most are very firm that the grade you earned is the one you deserve.</p>
<p>“Do professors “bump up” your grades?”</p>
<p>Only when I do a little somethin’ special ;)</p>
<p>Like when I do some tutoring, you know?</p>
<p>I had a math professor bump my grade.</p>
<p>Of the 5 chapter tests I only got one A the rest were in the 86-88 range (though my grade improved on each test), but Im pretty sure I got an A on the final, and I always did all my homework. When I checked my grade for the semester what should have been a B was an A.</p>
<p>Hopefully my Chem 112 teacher does this as well for this semester. My lecture average was a solid A, and I got As on all my lab reports, but I flunked the lab final (I probably got a 5 on it, no exaggerration). It worth just enough to pull my overall grade down to a B I think.</p>
<p>Of course I also had a Calc teacher who said an 89.9999999999999 was still a B.</p>
<p>The good ones don’t have clear cut criteria. Otherwise, expect no bump.</p>
<p>After my final exam in one class I had two years ago, my average in the class was 92.96 - Needless to say I ended up with an “A-” in the class. I think I worked it out and found out that just ONE additional correct answer on any of the tests would have given me an “A”. Oh well nothing you can really do about it.</p>
<p>"Of course I also had a Calc teacher who said an 89.9999999999999 was still a B. "</p>
<p>89.999999999999 may be but 89.999… is certainly an A, assuming A’s start at 90.</p>
<p>My precalc teacher (high school) wouldn’t round up unless it was 89.9 or higher, so my 89.88 was a B+ :(</p>
<p>I got a 39.9999 in “intro to english”. Stupid SOB wouldn’t round it up to a 40 :(</p>
<p>^How did you have a 39.9999? How did that work?</p>
<p>And is that not still an F?</p>
<p>i’ve definitely had some Bs turned into As. idk, i somehow have this ability to make my professor think i’m way smarter and more involved than i actually am. i took this one class last semester where i turned in maybe four reading respsonses (we had two every week) and almost never did the readings or participated in class discussions, but somehow my prof thought i was this amazing student? she told me i was great in the class and she hoped i’d take another class with her. it was so weird. </p>
<p>i did write an awesome final paper, but there’s is no way at all i deserved the A i got in that class.</p>
<p>Our chem lab professor bumped up grades a bit this semester–I’d been doing around B+ and B work on the labs but got definite As on the two tests, and I ended up with an A-. </p>
<p>On the other hand, I can swear last semester chem lecture professor seriously curved all of our grades down.</p>
<p>I definitely had a very low C in my public speaking class, but my teacher gave me a solid B because I had improved.</p>
<p>I always try and make sure the teachers at least know who I am and that I make a good effort, so if I ever am borderline they will hopefully at least consider it. I also make sure and show up for class and visit the professors in office hours to show that I am concerned with my grade. I can’t say for sure If I have had anyone bump my grade up, because I usually don’t need it, but I might this semester.</p>
<p>If you got to know the professor well and show him that you really work hard in the course by going to office hours and asking for help, professors might use that to bump up your grade if you are borderline. </p>
<p>But if you never went to office hours (thus the professor doesn’t know you) and you are like 0.05% from the next grade and you want the professor to bump it up, chances are it won’t happen because professors will think you are grade-grubbing cuz you are trying to get a grade you didn’t achieve. I remember coming across a thread that had a link to a forum which different professors talk about grade grubbing.</p>