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Teachers not rounding final grades at LSU

Posted on 5/12/15 at 7:08 pm
Posted by dutchtiger
Member since Jun 2012
511 posts
Posted on 5/12/15 at 7:08 pm
I ended the semester with a 79.70 C in my class and my teacher refuses to round my grade up to 0.30 points. How should I go about emailing her? Getting a B is critical for my TOPs scholarship.
Posted by Volvagia
Fort Worth
Member since Mar 2006
51908 posts
Posted on 5/12/15 at 7:09 pm to
"Bitch and moan" cranked to 11 oughta do it
Posted by gaetti15
AK
Member since Apr 2013
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Posted by SteveLSU35
Shreveport
Member since Mar 2004
13966 posts
Posted on 5/12/15 at 7:09 pm to
Honestly it sucks, but she probably told yall she didn't round. You didn't earn a B.
Posted by Displaced
Member since Dec 2011
32712 posts
Posted on 5/12/15 at 7:10 pm to
what class?
Posted by VetteGuy
Member since Feb 2008
28184 posts
Posted on 5/12/15 at 7:10 pm to
"Teacher" ?
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
164137 posts
Posted on 5/12/15 at 7:11 pm to
A lot don't. 89.9 is a B.. 79.9 is a C.. etc. Your only chance is if you went to every class and went to office hours frequently. But since you're about to lose tops I'm guessing you went to class a few times a month.
Posted by lsusteve1
Member since Dec 2004
41917 posts
Posted on 5/12/15 at 7:11 pm to
quote:

Getting a B is critical for my TOPs scholarship


How about earning it

Posted by upgrayedd
Lifting at Tobin's house
Member since Mar 2013
134865 posts
Posted on 5/12/15 at 7:11 pm to
Tell the teacher if he/she doesn't round up, you'll publicly claim mental rape and cultural oppression.
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
Here
Member since Jan 2011
66763 posts
Posted on 5/12/15 at 7:11 pm to
Sounds like you're fricked.

Your only hope is to find some mis-graded on the final and contest that for .3 more but you run the risk of losing other points.

Sounds like you don't have anything to lose so try it.

I had to go to school an extra year behind a half of a point.
Posted by Rig
BHM
Member since Aug 2011
41856 posts
Posted on 5/12/15 at 7:13 pm to
The fact that you're asking this board and not going and reading the syllabus and exhausting all other options tells me all I need to know.

Good luck but you're screwed.
Posted by TigersSEC2010
Warren, Michigan
Member since Jan 2010
37361 posts
Posted on 5/12/15 at 7:13 pm to
Go to her office and bitch and moan until she either rounds or calls LSUPD.
Posted by TDsngumbo
Alpha Silverfox
Member since Oct 2011
41616 posts
Posted on 5/12/15 at 7:14 pm to
You could have made an 80.0 but you didn't. Does the syllabus state that a 79.70 is a "B"?
Didn't think so you lazy, frick. You're entitled to the grade you earn.
Posted by brodys_lettuce
Houston
Member since Jun 2014
791 posts
Posted on 5/12/15 at 7:15 pm to
If she is Asian tell her your dad owns a couple dealerships. If she bumpz your grade up, your dad will give her a sweet deal on an Audi she will total in a year.
Posted by Pectus
Internet
Member since Apr 2010
67302 posts
Posted on 5/12/15 at 7:19 pm to
quote:

I ended the semester with a 79.70 C in my class and my teacher refuses to round my grade up to 0.30 points. How should I go about emailing her? Getting a B is critical for my TOPs scholarship.


What did their syllabus say for what constitutes a C and a B?
Posted by Dorothy
Munchkinland
Member since Oct 2008
18153 posts
Posted on 5/12/15 at 7:21 pm to
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TigersSEC2010


Whatever happened with your grade appeal?
Posted by wickowick
Head of Island
Member since Dec 2006
45811 posts
Posted on 5/12/15 at 7:23 pm to
Claim affirmative action...
Posted by damnedoldtigah
Middle of Louisiana
Member since Jan 2014
4275 posts
Posted on 5/12/15 at 7:25 pm to
I am one of those "horrible professors". The reason many of us don't round up is because we indicate in the syllabus what the threshold for a grade is. If you miss it by a lot or by a little, you still miss it.

It much like being told that the train leaves at 3:00 pm and you show up at 3:01. The train has already left.

You can ask, but I will also tell you that pleading a little too hard is a major turn off for us, and at some point it becomes an irritant.

Your best bet is to learn the lesson and strive to do better in the future.
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
164137 posts
Posted on 5/12/15 at 7:28 pm to
quote:

I am one of those "horrible professors". The reason many of us don't round up is because we indicate in the syllabus what the threshold for a grade is.

An 89.9 B is a load of crap.

I don't have a problem with instructors not rounding an 89.4 to an A for a student who asks but the ones who make .9s not round up their official syllabus policy are the worst.
This post was edited on 5/12/15 at 7:29 pm
Posted by Adam4848
LA
Member since Apr 2006
18964 posts
Posted on 5/12/15 at 7:29 pm to
As an adult she's not going to round up your grade if you email her.

Walk into her office and if you've gone to class, did the assignments, and actual tried in her eyes she may round it.

At the end of the day it's on you brother ;)
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