<p>My honors English grade is a 91.5. At my school, an A is a 92-100. A B is a 83-91. No plus or minuses are given. My teacher did not round up my grade to a 92. Should I talk to him about it, and if so, what do I say without making him mad. I feel that a 91.5 should not be the same on paper as a 83. It just does not seem right. Any advice would be appreciated.</p>
<p>This happened to my son in three subjects freshman year. Truly sucked for him although for him it was a B+ A- line. He wasn't as confident as he is today or he probably would have inquired if there was some way to "earn" .5% (actually in one class it was like a .33).</p>
<p>This actually came up in our school district a few years ago. A student claimed that it was unfair that some teachers would round up and others would not. It ended up at a school board meeting with lawyers, etc. getting involved. The final decision was a district-wide policy change that rounded up all decimals .5 and higher to the next whole number. Good luck.</p>
<p>"What could I have done in your class in order to have earned a better grade this past term?"</p>
<p>"What you recommend that I do this coming term in order to pull my grade up?"</p>
<p>Listen carefully to your teacher's response, and act on it.</p>
<p>I am a teacher and I often round up grades if the student has shown me something extra during the semester. Most teachers do this so if your grade was not rounded up it is because the teacher either doesn't do it, or she/he didn't think your overall performance was worthy of an A. Whether it seems right or not to you, the line has to be drawn somewhere and on this occasion you were on the wrong side of it. I'm sure in other classes you have been given the benefit of rounding up on your grade; it all evens out over time.</p>
<p>I wouldn't make a stink. At best, you could <em>request</em> that he round up your grade, but the reality is if he had that policy of rounding up, he would have done that already.</p>
<p>This is not the end of the world and it shouldn't keep you from your college or career of choice. Keep the big picture in mind and strive to do as well as possible in your classes.</p>
<p>A professional teacher would probably respond to your request with a "Sorry, but as you already noticed, I don't round up. Good luck next semester!" And perhaps some words of wisdom of how to do even better next semester. However, like you mention, some teachers are not very professional and could get irritated and mad. You need to "read" your teacher before approaching with such a request.</p>
<p>As for what is "right" or not - the A vs a B is subjective, especially in English. Don't sweat it - that's just the nature of grades sometimes. <em>You</em> know you did quality work that was right on the border between an A and B for <em>this</em> class. Realize that had you been plunked down in the same class in another city or state taught by another teacher, perhaps that work would have been awarded an A+ or even a C. That's why you just need to move on and realize that colleges will look at the bigger picture for the most part (your SATs, your recommendations, your overall grade trends not a single class in isolation, etc).</p>
<p>Annika</p>
<p>Also, if this means being on the wrong side of a line when it comes to college admissions, it means you were borderline in many other ways. Remember, even people with 4.0's will not get into some college others with lesser grades will. Try to do your best, put forth the extra effort to not be borderline.</p>
<p>Oh, those English teachers! Don't they know about the rule of rounding numbers ending in 5 to the nearest even number? ;)</p>
<p>Thanks for all of the solid advice; I will talk with my teacher tomorrow. I guess what really bothers me is that the college admissions people will not even see this grade as a B plus...just a straight B. I worked really hard in this class, I just cannot believe he won't round it up. Sorry, just venting!</p>
<p>One B will not ruin your chances of getting into college, even the super selective ones. Just work harder so that you aren't so close to the line next time. And good luck with your teacher. Remember to be polite and don't lose your cool.</p>
<p>With all of my math/science I missed that even number rule, fortunately. Son's HS only gave A, B, C... and didn't weight grades. My university fortunately started with AB, BC... during my tenure there, although maybe I was lucky freshman year to get some A's instead of AB's... but grades are ancient history for me.</p>
<p>stumblin' - I agree that this totally s*cks, ESPECIALLY if the school counts the resultant "B" as 3.0 when calculating your overall GPA. (If they compute overall GPA using the 91.5 you're OK obviously.) As for questioning the grade, I agree with the above posters. The grade has been given, but there's no harm in politely asking why. At the very least, it may help you the next time you find yourself in a borderline situation.</p>
<p>For heavens sakes, ask polite questions, don't "make a stink."</p>
<p>I would certainly not make a "stink". However, it would certainly be appropriate to approach your teacher and politely inquire as to why he did not round up the grade. It never hurts to ask, but make sure that you accept what he says.</p>
<p>My d asked her professor very politely, he changed it from B+ to A- , but it's after he's seen her at a lot of office hours. It was a big lecture class and he remembered her.</p>
<p>"I feel that a 91.5 should not be the same on paper as a 83."
But a 91.5 and a 100 should be?</p>
<p>You can talk to the teacher. My son was in the same situation with his English grade this year. He was a half point from an "A", so ended up with a "B". It seems to happen often. I would check and see if your school has rules on how rounding of grades is supposed to be done. If there are no such guidelines or rules, you can speak personally to the teacher. However, his rules will stand if there are no school rules overriding them.</p>
<p>stumblingthru: A teacher who won't round up a 91.5 to 92 is just being a jerk. Period.</p>
<p>My d's school scores the same way. I didn't really think about it until I saw all those kids on another post getting cut from National Merit because of the B-, which here would be an 86. I plan to find out how to change the policy. 92 is a B, 93 is an A. The kids are competing nationwide and being put at a disadvantage by this district policy.</p>
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<p>An A starts at 92... if you have less than 92 then you've not reached the threshold for an A. 91.9 is still less than 92.</p>
<p>Could the teacher round up? Yes. Do they have to? No. Is 'making a stink' about it likely to help your cause? No. </p>
<p>By all means politely ask under what conditions a grade might be rounded up, but in reality focus your attention on getting a 92 or higher next time if you really want the A.</p>