<p>So the school I applied early decision to requires first quarter senior year grades. At my school a 90 is an a-, but the computer in teachers grading systems automatically round 89.5 to an A-. By official school policy, a teacher can round down the 89.5 to a B+ if they really want, but the fact of the matter is that literally every teacher allows the 89.5 to stay an A-. </p>
<p>I have an 89.7 in one of my classes, and the teacher admitted he normally makes an 89.0 an a- if he "thinks you deserve it". He rounded mine down because he "doesn't think I deserve an A-", despite the fact that I worked my ass off in his class (moreso than the kids he rounded up) because he has personal issues with me. Would it be worth it to have my guidance counselor explain that the "B+" thats showing up on my quarter report is an 89.7 and that with any other teacher it would be an A-?</p>
<p>I know it seems nitpicky, but because of personal circumstances, she said the admissions officers do have reason to put more weight on my senior year grades than other applicants...</p>
<p>Yes it would be a bad idea. No college is really going to care about a B+ or an A- and your nitpickiness is not something you wish to highlight.</p>
<p>That is lame to explain and you don’t have any reason for it either. Grades should just be explained if there is a serious and compelling reason. You don’t have cancer.</p>
<p>I guess. My main concern wasn’t that the teacher didn’t round up, but the fact that he graded me on a different standard than the other kids; people with lower grades than me got rounded up, so an A- for everyone else wasn’t the same as an A- for me in that class.</p>
<p>Any discrepancy (not related to your performance) between how you’re graded and how others are graded is definitely reasonable to point out, and I think the comments that others made about your reason being “lame” and “nitpicky” are unfair as well.</p>
<p>That’s not to say that you should complain about your teacher not liking you. Just have a counselor note that the teacher used his/her own discretion in determining whether 89-90 was an A-/B+, and leave it at that. If a college doesn’t want to use that at all, so be it. But it’s okay to have that information out there.</p>