Are professors usually this insufferable?

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It seems to me that you would want to speak directly with the faculty member about your concern how a particular item was scored. If you use email to challenge scoring of an item on the basis of a passage in the text book, you are expecting the faculty to find your reference in the book. If you want your grade changed, you and not the professor should present and explain why you think your reference is correct. By personally presenting your evidence, you can explain why you think an answer is correct and the faculty can make a decision and explain.

I probably would not respond to your email. A grade change s too important to discuss online because I would change my notes and I disagreed I would want to explain why. i have been told that is not what I have in my notes, the passage may provide incomplete information such a eating was considered a reasonable response on a short-answer question to anorexia, or already providing several free misses in the number of points. I would also be reluctant to speak to a student who didn’t contact me directly, but also had a history of challenging grades by email a and only about 24% of accurate challenges. I find students with a approved challenge can cite chapter and book to make their point.

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I agree with the rest of the posters. Until you realize how you come across, nothing will change for you. @MYOS1634 has given you some options about your education. I think that until you work on yourself, and how you approach others, your attitude of being entitled to perfect grades because you are perfect, will get you nowhere.

I have a brother who earned his degree in Psychology in 1992.

When you posted, I thought you sounded exactly like him.
He was always right and always demanded changes in the quizzes, finding errors, pointing out deficiencies, and belittling professors.

NO one agreed to write any LOR’s for him. Why would they want to put someone like him in this field? He was supposed to go to grad school. (No professor is going to go out of his/her way to write a LOR for someone who is “always right”.

Brother is still waiting. He blames the world for his struggles and always gives his version of armchair psychology to any relative within hearing distance. He works as a grocery clerk and has been working there since his teen years so he has a good union salary, but he doesn’t like it (as per usual).

FWIW: I worked until May, at a health facility where we had 5 MSW interns, 1 LCSW intern and 5 psych interns being supervised from 3 local universities. They were all very approachable, kind, and caring individuals. They all worked in a tight office and I could always find them at all hours working (for free of course) in that tiny office. They were broke, and overworked, but were so happy to be done with their coursework and to finally be meeting with clients.

You could tell they were a good team and would help each other out often. My brother often asked me to put in a good word for him regardless of his not being enrolled in grad school. I often told him that he would never be satisfied with my facility because he had to have a team mentality. He often replied, “but every team needs a leader to tell them what to do”. I told him, “their called doctors and clinical psychologists”.

**You are in SD and your state participates in WUE- Western Undergraduate Exchange. ** http://wue.wiche.edu/search_results.jsp?searchType=all
See if you can get into any of our western schools with your credits.

You’re welcome.

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@“aunt bea”

It says “Students who are residents of WICHE states are eligible to request a reduced tuition rate of 150% of resident tuition”

What does 150% mean in this context?

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It means you’ll pay a rate 50% more than what an in-state resident pays but less than what an out of state resident normally pays.

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@icor1031, you may be able to use your scores to get some of the financial aid available to instate and WUE students. You just have to do a little research.

Since you have a disability, you should approach the Disabled Student Services/ Offices of Disabilities at those schools and have them advocate for you. They are usually very accommodating and kind. Ask.

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@“aunt bea”

I’m confused about WUE… I’m in the same state as the school, so it’s not meant for me?

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It’s an exchange, your state agrees to take in an OOS student at instate rates +50% fees and likewise for an OOS school. You can go OOS without having to pay the full OOS fees.

But, the other advantage is that you can approach your instate school and their ODS and ask about any scholarships that you may qualify for as a state resident. Then you can ask that office if they know of a WUE school that would offer you instate scholarships based on your merit/need. The staffs at the Offices of Student disabilities have been really good advocates for my students at their universities.

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@“aunt bea”

Got it, thanks!