<p>I took an anthropology class this semester where the course grade was distributed among several assignments. I got A in all of the assignments but the professor still gave me a B for the course. How does that even make sense? I was worried that she might have taken points off for attendance since I missed quite a few classes and it's a small class. But I read her syllabus over and over again, there is not a single point allocated to attendance. I did turn in my final paper two hours late. However I got the paper back and she gave me an A on the paper, so if she took off points for me turning it late, she would have just written down a different grade on the paper. I am confused and a little angry at the same time. I would have no problem if I knew how I got this B or if she explicitly stated in her syllabus that there would be "grudge factor" points. But this is not the case. What should I do?</p>
<p>If it really bother’s you then you can talk to her or send her an e-mail asking about your grade situation. Every teacher has their own grading policy and some put into consideration your attendance and effort.</p>
<p>But if she wanted to consider attendance, she should have just put that in her syllabus, like “2% of your grade goes to attendance”. But she didn’t do that. What she had in her syllabus was something like this</p>
<p>Assignment A: 15% of grade
Assignment B: 20% of grade
Assignment C: 20% of grade
Assignment D: 20% of grade
Assignment E: 25% of grade</p>
<p>Naturally I assumed that if I got A in all of these assignments, I would have A in this class. I don’t see she gave any room to subjectivity in grading in her syllabus</p>
<p>Email her (very politely), including your grades and calculations.</p>
<p>It could be a mistake (I’ve had it happen before). She could have not included a grade in her calculations or read the wrong line when entering the grade. Simply e-mail her and ask her for a break down of your grades.</p>
<p>I’ve had it happen before too, got a C instead of an A. The professor fixed it after a polite email where I asked if I could get the breakdown of my grades.</p>
<p>Send a polite e-mail listing your grades. She may have made a mistake. That’s easy to happen when one has lots of students to grade. BTDT.</p>