Professer may have given me wrong grade?

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<p>I asked this on another forum, but I will ask here as well...</p>

<p>I think my professor gave me the wrong final grade, and I am FREAKING out. I have never gotten a grade this low before, even in the classes I’ve struggled with. I emailed him 5 days ago asking very politely and apologetically if we could discuss my final grade but he didn't respond, I emailed him again yesterday evening and still nothing. I have been super calm and civil by the way... I have been super professional and non-accusatory in my emails.</p>

<p>I’ve calculated my final grade based on the syllabus and WORST case scenario I would have a 2.3; I received a 1.7 as my final grade… you need a 2.0 or higher to get credit for the class. We had two big papers that were each worth 25% of our final grade; one of these papers I received a 3.2 on. I was supposed to receive the other paper as well as my final exam in the mail last week but they still haven’t arrived. I worked hard on both the final exam and the final paper, so I really would be shocked if I received anything lower than a 3.0 on both of them.</p>

<p>This is especially crucial because I was supposed to graduate… I already walked at my ceremony. I am moving to a different state in two months to job search, and I already have an apartment and a roommate waiting for me there so there is NO WAY possible I can retake this course; I will be out of state and I cannot afford it anymore. I also really really need my diploma if I want to get a job. </p>

<p>I have been losing sleep for the past couple of nights because he hasn't replied to me. I know it’s around Christmas, so maybe he isn’t available until after the holiday… I can’t wait that long though. If this is my true final grade though, I really don’t know what to do. Should I just wait for a reply? What is going to happen? Since it is around Christmas will the school not even review my transcript for my diploma until AFTER the break? Also, if/when he does get back to me, should I explain my moving/financial situation? I don't want it to come off as a sob story... but it is the honest truth. Please help. :(</p>

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<p>Teaching staff don’t just teach. They have to grade, do research, write papers, attend conferences. And some are really rubbish at basic admin. Including setting up their out-of-office. They simply don’t/won’t think of the external consequences of their leaving the photocopier jammed and wandering off with exam papers still in it!!! (I’ve been that amateur photocopier engineer…)</p>

<p>Do you have an administrator/registrar in charge of processing your classes and grades for your transcripts? If so, ask them if they could double check what you’ve been given. Get them first thing Monday morning (if they’re not on annual leave)…</p>

<p>It could be that they (for whatever reason) didn’t receive your other paper. Did you get a receipt or some other evidence that you submitted it?</p>

<p>Horrible as it is, the final grade may not be a mistake. Hard work isn’t always correct work. You might have interpreted a question in a way it wasn’t intended. But you can’t do anything about that now. A friend did that in his final economics exam and it really hurt his GPA…</p>