<p>Hey guys.. So one of the schools I applied to for Fall is requesting that I send them my midterm grades. Right now I have 2As, a B+, a B-/C+ (depending how I did on my midterm exam last week..) and a C. The professor for the class I have a C in is calculating our final grade by dividing points earned/points possible... the usual way. HOWEVER, for our midterm grades, she decided to switch it up (I have NO idea why) and have our exams count for 70% and labs count for 30%. Doing it this way, my average for midterms is TEN POINTS lower than it actually is doing it the normal way, so on my mid term grade report it'll show up as a D.</p>
<p>I am thinking of including a letter along with my mid term grade report explaining the situation, so they don't think I'm actually failing the class. Is that a good idea? Would they even believe me? What would you do? PLEASE HELP!</p>
<p>Nobody wants to help…cmon</p>
<p>That’s a tough situation, but I don’t know if sending a letter will really make any sort of impact. Many professors (or teachers) will have weighted grades like that – just because yours decided to do it for whatever random reason doesn’t mean the grade isn’t justified.
Maybe what you could do instead is send a letter explaining why you have that grade and what you’re going to do to make it better by the end of the term.</p>
<p>Sending a letter to attempt to explain it might help, but don’t try to pass it off as the professor’s fault, as the admissions officers won’t think very highly of that. Take responsibility for the grade while explaining the circumstances and explaining how you’ll improve.</p>
<p>Thanks guys, and yeah RedSeven I was trying to think of how I could word it so it didn’t sound like I was blaming my professor. Honestly, a C isn’t a good grade as it is, but it sure is better than a D… I was thinking of wording it somewhere along the lines of “I feel as though the grade for this particular class on my midterm report is falsely represented…” Then explain the situation and how this semester is my toughest yet. Then obviously restate why the particular school is my top choice and that I’m working hard to get my grades back up to where they should be.</p>