<p>For my course average I recieved a 82.4% and the syllabus saids a 83-86 is a 'B' but the professor gave me a 'B-' instead. The professor said that attendance does influence grades and I have no absences. Do professors usually round up? Should I email him?</p>
<p>Didn't someone just make a thread like this?</p>
<p>82.4% < 83%</p>
<p>Isn't it suppose to be rounded up?</p>
<p>Even if it is, it's a 82.4, not a 82.5. I would guess 82.5 would be rounded up but not 82.4. There comes a point where professors are not willing to "round up" anymore and they will usually stick with it. Better luck next time.</p>
<p>But he said that attendence affect your grade slightly and apparently it hasn't.</p>
<p>Is it too late to still email the professor? When are grades usually recorded after you take your final exams? Is there a chance I could get a 'B' instead of a 'B-' ?</p>
<p>And how much do attendence usually affect grades for most college classes ?</p>
<p>Depends. :)</p>
<p>Attendence usually counts for nothing. He probably just said that to get people to come to class. You could try and email him, but usually thinks .5+ are rounded up and .4 and below are rounded down. There has to be a cut off somewhere.</p>
<p>Just leave it. I have never ever heard of teachers and professors rounding up a .4.</p>
<p>Like someone said, better luck next time. Attendence is at the professor's discretion (more like whether he likes you or not).</p>
<p>You can ask him to break down the final grade so you can see how he came to that number. But stop right there.</p>
<p>Actually the final grade is based on 6 quizzes and the final exam. But he said that attendence can slightly influence your grade if you multiple absences and I had no absences. How should I address the email to him?</p>
<p>From what you wrote "can slightly influence your grade if you [have] multiple absences," it sounds like he what he means is that if you skip class a lot he might knock your grade down a bit. From what you wrote at least it doesn't sound like he means that attendence will improve your grade. Just take your grade and study harder next time.</p>
<p>yeah i'd just stick with it...otherwise he'll just tell you "nope" and that'll probably just irritate you and him.......i'm sure professors want to help out students, but they have to make a cutoff somewhere....it's only fair</p>
<p>But I checked the grades and I could have had a 'B' if I got one more question correct on the exam. Could grades still be changed if report cards are mailed home?</p>
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<p>Grow up. Deal with it. You keep posting about raising your grades, and you keep being told to accept what you earned and move on.</p>
<p>How are you going to get one more question right though if you already handed the exam in?</p>
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<p>QFT.</p>
<p>Seriously, you're arguing over a B and B-; some of us would kill to have those grades.</p>
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You're arguing at the low end. You clearly didn't work hard enough for the level that you expected of yourself. If you studied, did the work, and showed a consistent trend of Bs and As on the quizzes, then you just didn't work hard enough on the final. If you didn't maintain those grades for the past quizzes, then you shouldn't have expected a B. Those who just barely get a B are lucky. There are many others who got and deserved those Bs. Just because you almost got a B doesn't mean you deserve one. Lesson learned, and move on.</p>