So, I got all A’s and one B in Micro, but the B happened due to extenuating circumstances.
I finished my final that I got an A on the 11th, but in the course of the week, I found out that my uncle had cancer (someone I was very close to), which messed me up along with my family. I was barely able to study for my Micro final (a class that I had an A- in). I still did better than a lot of the class on the final (52/70, average was 42). However, it dropped me down to a B because I needed a 58 to keep my A- (not confirmed tho, because the cutoff is based on how well the class does and where he cuts off, the grading scale is based on 1000 points and really weird). Nonetheless, we had stats from previous year’s finals and the most that the B scale went up is 32 points (B last estimate was 736/1000 and my final score was 767/1000) so 736+32 = 768 so essentially I am assuming I missed out on B+ by like maybe 0.5-1.5 point on the 1000 scale.
^ that probably makes about 0 sense because I barely understand it and it’s been a semester but do you think the family situation warrants a bump? (I always went to class, SI sessions, and office hours). He seems like a professor that wouldn’t bump because he does a huge curve at the end but it curved me down? Do you think it’s worth it going to him and explaining the situation?
I don’t think your teacher will bump up your grade because of a family situation. You have to earn the grade since it is based on your performance. If he has already curved then I am going to assume you are already getting a higher grade than what you had actually earned in the class. Had he not curved your grade might have been lower. A teacher may decide to curve grades but is not obligated to. You did not prepare enough for the final which resulted in a lower grade.
You earned what you earned. Your family or personal circumstances don’t matter. Lots of people push through regardless of personal circumstances at all levels of college and professional life. Move forward. Be resilient.
I don’t care what these people say, it’s worth a shot. You may have “earned what you earned,” but I’m sure your professor is not going to scream at you if you ask for an extra point. If he says no, then he says no. At least you tried!
Faculty rarely round up grades unless there is a procedure to do so that for the entire class. Raising a students grade because of a personal reason doesn’t happen by student request and there well could be clasmates who think tbey deserve a better grade for very good reasons. Further, some sort of evidence would likely be required. You earned a decent grade already. Just let it go!