I need a mid-term predicted score for transfer, and I did not do well on my first chemistry midterm which can be dropped as the lowest score. I have some psycho problems to overcome this semester, so how should i convince a professor I could get higher score in this class?
The lowest score can’t be dropped until you have a higher score to replace it. Your professor has to predict a score based on performance, not intentions. I don’t think there’s anything they can do until you get a higher grade.
If you have mental health challenges, you should address those before you transfer. Are you seeing anyone? Your campus should have resources to help you. Please reach out to them if you haven’t already. Good luck.
You can’t convince someone to predict your future grades. They don’t have a crystal ball…or a magic wand.
A professor has to go according to his standards and university ethics, and those are usually written in the syllabus.
It’s not a thing that can be compromised. You either get the grade or you don’t.
If your mental health issues are currently affecting your grades, then you may want to wait until those are resolved before going forward with your educational plans.
Do you already have a predicted grade and are looking for a higher grade, as in the title, or don’t have one and want to convince the professor that a prediction can be higher then the current data, as the body of your post seems to indicate?
Thank you guys. My school doesnt offer midterm report at all, and i have no clue about how professor predict my final score.
This is an easy answer. Your professor doesn’t “predict” your final grade. Your final grad is based on all of your grades. If you are allowed to drop the lowest one…the prof will do that when the time comes to calculate final grades.
There is no way to get a “predicted” final grade for a course that hasn’t ended.
@thumper1 - Some of my D’s profs at Purdue did predicted grades, usually for the courses that have complicated grading scales. Here’s an example of what I mean: https://www.math.purdue.edu/academic/files/courses/2017spring/MA16600/GradingScheme166.pdf
I’m assuming OP’s class does something similar.
OP - do you have other grades besides just the first exam? Labs, quizzes, homework? If so, talk to your prof. Otherwise you may need to wait to until your have your next exam.
You need to earn your scores, not convince a prof to make it higher.
@thumper1 It is the receiving school who reuiqres me to make professor predict
I understand that i should make my score, but i did over 95% on my quizz and hw, but 80% on first exam
Curious - what school is requiring this? And how do they require it to be communicated? Do they really expect professors to take time to predict the future and communicate directly to other schools for students who ave chosen to leave?
Is this from a CC, which is a bit more reasonable?
I don’t think there is any way to convince the prof to give you a higher predicted grade than what you’ve earned so far. If I were the prof, I’d calculate the current grade based on the weighting of that the midterm, hws, and quizzes that’s given on the syllabus. I’m guessing you are at about a B, maybe a B- If the midterm is weighed heavily.
@RichInPitt this is from a state flag school
@menloparkmom the average score of that test is 56
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@me29034 he gives me A