Has anyone ever had a professor make a grading mistake and had to talk to the instructor about it?

I’m in my first year of college and one of my professors gave me a zero on peer reviews for English because I didn’t submit the assignment on the correct link and now I have to talk to the professor and I worry she won’t take my reason because I’m afraid she will say that I didn’t follow directions. Do you think for this type of assignment she’ll correct the error?

On a Test, if he/she marks answers wrong because he or she couldn’t read your handwriting or your notes/the textbook say a different answer and he/she marked the same question/concept wrong even if you wrote the answer the book or notes say, has there ever been a time where you’re still wrong?

Whatever type of grading mistake, what it was on, or what class it was in, were you able to get this fixed? Has there ever been times when the professor didn’t take the mistake or error and didn’t change your grade? Has there ever been times when you have had to take this to the dean or head of the department due to the professors unwillingness to change or resolve the situation? Has there ever been a time when there was a mistake after the semester was over and grades were submitted that you had to bring this issue up to the professor, dean, or department head?

It doesn’t sound like a grading error… It sounds like you messed up by submitting to the wrong link? If it was YOUR error, then you can certainly apologize and ask if the professor will still accept the work for credit since you did submit it, just to the wrong link. If they won’t accept it, you don’t have much leeway – no higher-up is going to think it’s all that unfair that you lost points for your mistake.

Well there were two links for the peer review, she didn’t say specifically which one she wanted submitted to. It was confusing because the assignment I knew was due on sep 16 which was when I turned it in but the correct link sad sep 12 which was a day for a different assignment.

What was the difference between them? How did other students know to submit to the correct one?

I have no idea. I just hope this issue can be resolved. I want an A in that class but will feel bad if get a B.

Professors are human. They make mistakes. I’ve challenged a prof before and gotten a grade change. I’ve been challenged and changed a grade.

This doesn’t seem like a grading error though.This seems like you screwed up, not the prof.

Correct but I didn’t know I made a mistake until I got my grade back.

What I mean by error is that she made two links for the same assignment.

That doesn’t make it a “grading error,” and I wouldn’t approach it that way when you address the issue with the prof. I would take the tack I mentioned before – that you’re so sorry, but you just realized you submitted to the wrong link, so would it be possible to still get credit for the assignment since you did submit it on time? You promise to be more careful in the future etc etc.

Yes @bodangles either way, should I feel bad about my mistake? I feel stupid I did this and feel like my life is over.

Nah, don’t feel too bad. Hopefully they’ll be sympathetic and give you the credit. If not, you’ll probably never make that kind of mistake again, because now you know to double-check and ask someone if you’re not sure.

does a B in English look bad if I’m wanting to go into STEM?

Look bad to who/what?

Colleges I’m wanting to transfer to or graduate school. Employers or internships that look at GPA.

Well my professor emailed me back, she found it, and still gave me my credit for the assignment. I feel so much better now and have that off my mind now.

A lot depends on how politely you ask. Most are not unreasonable. I sometimes asked in college. Sometimes I got more credit, sometimes I didn’t. Even when I didnt, I usually got some insight into what the prof or TA thought was important.

That’s great Goddess! I wrote a long comment last night about the multiple times my professors and my kids’ teachers have/had made grading errors or had confusing instructions or links that didn’t work, and it was usually resolved with a polite talk with the instructors (but then deleted it, because it was just too much, lol).

It’s good to address problems quickly so that you don’t have a situation like you referred to in the last part of your post “Has there ever been times when you have had to take this to the dean or head of the department due to the professors unwillingness to change or resolve the situation? Has there ever been a time when there was a mistake after the semester was over and grades were submitted that you had to bring this issue up to the professor, dean, or department head?” I’ve heard of that happening, but if you communicate politely with your instructor throughout the semester and ask for help if you need it, then that would probably reduce the probability of having to deal with the difficult situations that you mentioned.

Glad you got the problem resolved.