<p>Has anyone's teachers ever changed your final semester grades? If so, what did you tell them/do to get them to do so?</p>
<p>Any advice appreciated. Thanks.</p>
<p>my friend did last week. she had an A- in the class both marking periods, but got an 82 on the final, and ended up with a B+ in the class. if she'd gotten an 82.5, she would've had an A- in the class for the semester. she begged the teacher for an extra point, and ended up getting it. i'm not sure exactly how she managed it, but she did.</p>
<p>wanna ask her for me? thanks...</p>
<p>My spanish teacher changed my grade from a B+ to A- in 9th grade. My AP Euro teacher changed my B+ to an A in 10th grade. And this year I will find a way to change my B+ in Pre-Calc to an A.</p>
<p>Yeah :)</p>
<p>i had the same teacher for geometry, computers, and algebra 2 back in the day (last year and the year before. its not like my school has a lack of teachers or anything, this was just a fluke)... i worked incredibly hard in all of his classes. oh and he is the advisor of GSA which i am involved in, not that it should make a difference <em>wink.</em></p>
<p>anyways... despite my work ethic i am just NOT a math person and i struggled a lot during second semester of algebra 2. i had around a 92 before the very large final. when i got my grade for the semester i discovered that i had a 90.01. yeah i'm about a 10000% sure that he bumped me up on that one! </p>
<p>the honors chem teacher considers 89.5 and up a A-. </p>
<p>most teachers "do not round" even for an 89.7, but .... it happens.</p>
<p>my advice- be a lovely student from day 1. teachers really do appreciate "hello ms. X, how are you today? is your cold better?"
and when you go in to ask about being bumped up say something like
"i've discovered that my grade in this class is not quite where i'd like it to be. is there anything i could do, such as an extra credit project, to help it out?"</p>
<p>Sometimes doesn't work.</p>
<p>Got a 90 on my Calc BC final. Needed a 90.6 to get an A for the semester. Teacher likes me and I went to talk to her. Told me that "if she changed it for me, she would have to change it for everyone else."</p>
<p>Offered to do projects, bring in tissues, and even take ten points off my next test...nope.</p>
<p>i got a B the first quarter and an 89.27 in precalc and i already knew i got an A on the final so I begged to her to give me it but she wouldn't and then my dad wrote a note. i dont know what it said but it was convincing so i had to give her aqq quiz i did bad on so she could check it for any half credits. there was one and it bumped my grade up to a 89.5 (thats an A at my school)</p>
<p>UNless you ahve a legit reason (like a screw-up in calculations), doesn't this fall under "cheating"? I felt that every grade that I've recieved is well deserved.</p>
<p>My son has had many, many instances when he got extra points added back on a math test after he went over it with the teacher, and the teacher realized that he actually had the right answer (or at least enough for partial credit). They are grading quickly and don't always take the time to understand what you did. If the new test grade is enough to change the semester grade, they will do it. But solely on the quantitative rescoring, not on pleading and whining.</p>
<p>Haha...ok where do I begin?</p>
<p>Spanish Semester Grade: I told the teacher basically if he didn't change my grade he'd be forced to have me next year :0)</p>
<p>Algebra II: I promised to take pre-cal</p>
<p>Pre-cal: I took Pre-cal so he changed it</p>
<p>AP Language: I wrote an essay for her and she upped it :0)</p>
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<p>WIN!</p>
<p>And I have to agree somewhat with Sungchul, having to "grade-grub" isn't something students should practice as it cheats everyone else off...unless everyone also does it which would vex the teacher(s) to no end, especially when the semester is about to close since they have to finalize the reports/performance of each student and grade the exams. I don't mean quantitative errors/reasons, but more of those reasons that attempts to evoke pity and mercy or based on opinion (happens great deal when it comes to essay grades). </p>
<p>The only time I remember that is close to "grade-grubbing" was from one of my Calculus tests. I was penalized since I didn't use specific decimals and instead used significant figures, a habit obtained from Physics. So instead of 1.3035 (4 decimals), I would write 1.304 (4 significant figures) while 0.3173 (4 digits) would be 0.3173 (4 significant figures). I was the only student that actually answered like this and this reason was indeed confirmed by my Physics teacher. The exception gave me a whopping 10% + to my score to an A :)</p>
<p>However, if I answered in this manner again, my penalty would be doubled :(</p>
<p>Hmm, my school has very annoying rules about grades this year for next year's classes...for example, you need a 90 all trimesters (85 on midterm and final) in an honors class to be in that same subject's honor class for the next grade. 93 all trimester (85 semester/final) to go nonhonors to honors. and certain grades just to get into junior classes and senior classes...</p>
<p>so, I've had a few of my friends "change" their grades to get that 85, etc. They mostly just whined at the teachers, said they needed it, said they would work harder, do well. That they were just having problems, etc. I also have known friends to get that 84.3 (one who's gotten it on like 5 midterms :() and the teachers not change it because it would be "unfair". It really depends. I think you have to tell the teacher about it and how the difference will affect you. Don't just whine for the A if you don't need it!!!</p>
<p>Also, it's totally different to change grades like the poster above me (rounding toa different place) than to change grades that were legitimate 83's and 84's...Good luck</p>
<p>You are the people that get into good schools and don't deserve it.</p>
<p>I have an 88 and it's my first B. I'm really scared to ask the teacher though. It's unlike me to do it and I don't think she likes me very much. But, I seriously tried very very hard to get an A, I'm just not that good at math! Thanks for the input guys, any more?</p>
<p>You should seriously be ashamed and guilty for basically stealing 10% out of your math teacher. Who honestly uses SIG FIGS in a calculus class? My god. You deserved what you got first.</p>
<p>Apparently me. Significant figures has been part of how I put down my numerical answers ever since I was in 9th grade, and that test so much resembled something I would have to answer in Physics.</p>
<p>.........bump...........</p>
<p>88 is too far a bump, sometimes a minority of teachers would change if grade is like a 89.something</p>
<p>It says a lot about the state of education in this country if kids feel like they have to basically ask for a grade they didn't earn- and the teachers gave it to them! If I had asked any of my teachers for a higher grade, they'd laugh me out of the room.</p>
<p>Now, I will admit that my Algebra 2 teacher did bump me up two points, from a 77% to a 79% (from a D to a C- I know, bad bad bad bad bad), but that's not the same as someone who feels like their life is over and pesters a teacher to bump them from a B to an A. </p>
<p>And in AP Bio, the teacher bumps up the grades if a student gets a five on the exam.</p>
<p>In my school everything is rounded to the nearest whole number, so 89.5 is automatically A-, and so on.</p>
<p>My IPLE (Institute for Political and Legal Education) bumped my final grade up 2 points to an A- because I got a 97 on the final exam, and my Chemistry H teacher bumped my grade up .2 from a 91.3 to an A because I got an A on the final exam.</p>