<p>Hey I just wanted some people's input on whether I'm being screwed. Basically my English teacher is super picky and I got an A (96) one quarter and apparently an A- (92) this quarter (that might change because there is a small discrepancy), so that averages to a 94 and my English teacher is calling that an A- for the final grade for the course. I have never heard of a 95% being the cutoff for an A? In every single high school class I've taken a 92.5% rounds up to an A, yet she's saying that because our school doesn't give A+, anything lower than a 95 is an A-. There is no school policy on grading cutoffs, but isn't that slightly ridiculous? She never specified her grading policy in her syllabus so I'm just finding this out now. If she doesn't budge, should I talk to the head of the English department?</p>
<p>My school only has A and A+ (same system as yours, but with different names), and A is 90-94 and A+ is 95-100. It seems to be a fairly common system. (this is referring to tests and such; our quarter, semester, annual grades are out of 4.0 with no weighting)</p>
<p>my school has the same as the OP.
However, I believe that if your school doesn't state a cutoff for an A, and the teacher didn't put it in their syllabus, then I think you may have a case. I would push the case just saying that because she never stated a cutoff, it's unfair to change the grade when other teacher in the school go by a different standard. </p>
<p>However, I know how it feels. I had two A-'s this year, and they were both 94s... it really ticked me off. However, you need to realize that it isn't THAT big of a deal. For me, the two A-'s dropped this years GPA to a 3.96... no big deal
best of luck!</p>
<p>At my school, A- is 92-94, A is 95-97, and A+ is 98-100.
And an A- average in English isn't bad. Don't worry.</p>
<p>At my school, 90-92 is A-, 93-96 is A, 97-100 is A+. Is this unusual?</p>
<p>Kaznack, your grading policy is the one my high school uses. </p>
<p>OP, are you sure the school has no such system? That seems really...bizarre and thoughtless because it gives room for a lot of discrepancy between teacher policies. Anyway, maybe you can find out what other English teachers are doing? It's unfair of her to spring this on you when it was never stated in the syllabus, but maybe this is a departmental thing.</p>
<p>if you're going to argue this because you're so dreadfully afraid of getting an A-, then you've already lost</p>
<p>At my school, the syllabi rarely include grading criteria. In fact, the syllabi are pretty much the list of rules. Generally, A- starts at 93.</p>
<p>It's just a simple grading letter. Don't sweat. I wouldn't want to see how you react if you get a B.</p>