<p>She messaged me back 2 weeks ago saying that she would actually change my grade a week ago from today. I did not reply back and say thanks to my professor because I didn't want to seem attention seeking. I called the university to clarify and there should be changes by now. How should I reply back to my professor?</p>
<p>a) always reply thank you in the future
b) for now, email back, replying to the message so she can see that she has approved it, saying that you checked today and that the grade change is not reflected. You are following up on it and want to know if there is anything you need to do to help move it along.</p>
<p>Since you have written record of the intent to change the grade, you will be fine.</p>
<p>Remember that she has to (1) get the appropriate form (2) fill it out (3) send it through a bureaucracy that requires possibly multiple signatures from people who may or may not be in the office or have signing your form as their priority and (4) get it to the registrar’s office where the change needs to be noted. It may be simply stuck at one of those points in the process. A polite email (or phone call) to ask about the status would be appropriate.</p>
<p>Thank you for all the replies. I messaged back with a thank and appreciation for my professor asking about the grade change. She replied that she was sorry and that she will change it and it will take a few days. I am not sure what should I reply back without sounding repetitive? (since I already thanked her and since it’s weird to say “It’s fine”?)</p>
<p>I would let it go for now, but definitely check at your registrar’s office in a week to see if there is a grade change email/form from her, yet, or see if your transcript shows the changed grade. It seems she said she’d change it, but your follow-up thanks had her saying she ‘will’ change it, which means she had not done it, yet. I can understand your nervousness. Thus, wait a week, check your transcript and/or registrar office to see if there is a change, and if NOT, then you could email again and say that you waited ‘a few days’ as she suggested but still do not see the change. Keep records of your emails because at some point, if the teacher keeps saying “I will” change it and it doesn’t happen, then you have to figure out Plan B for getting the grade changed. I hope it all works out nicely and that in a week you see that new grade on your transcript! At my school teachers just need to send an email to the registrar from the work email address with specific info and the change goes through in a day or two. :)</p>
<p>Be persistent but polite. A similar thing happened to my D, where the prof submitted the paperwork but some bureaucrat had it filed in the “when I get around to it” file. If nothing happens in a reasonable time frame, follow the chain of command until you get someone who can actually help you out.</p>