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Edited on Tue Dec-13-05 01:43 AM by SmileyBoy
Here's my situation: I am minoring in Political Science, and getting my full degree in Architecture. My grades for the past two years have been substandard. Not probation-bad, but we're talking about like, 2.35 to 2.45 GPA-kind of grades. Now, I need a GPA of at LEAST 3.6 to get into the architecture program at my university for the previous academic year before I apply, which means for this academic year of 2005-06, I need to have a total GPA of at least 3.6 over two semesters to make the cut, so to speak. This means I need as many A's as I can get this year.
Now, I just recieved my final grade percentage in a political science class called "Comparative Politics", a 2nd-year course. The final weighted grade percentage I recieved was 89.42 percent. 58/100ths of a percent away from a 90 PERCENT A. I have NO IDEA how the professor (and she IS a doctor, BTW) would think about just giving me an A in the class, because I have been a very enthusiastic student in the class, did all the assignments, all the extra credit, and did all the tests. The only thing holding me back is the first test I took where I only got 77% on that 25% weighted test.
I have been in a couple of other occasions, both in tech school and in university, where the teacher just decided to round up one percent or so, so either I could get a D and pass, or get a B or whatever. But now I need an A. So I e-mailed her, saying basically, look, I need A's this semester, and this percentage is VERY mathematically close to 90 percent, and I'm wondering if you would consider giving me an A, because I'm trying to get on the Dean's List, and I've been very enthusiatic in class, and really enjoyed it, and I'm wondering what you would think, and so on. Again, I have had professors and instructors round up less than a percent for me before.
So what I'm asking to you, is if you were the professor in this situation, would you make the 89.42 percent a 90 percent, and give me an A?? I really feel that I have earned the A in the class. What would you do??
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