Graded Unfairly, what should I do?

marleee
Sat, 20 Jun 2015 21:44:46 +0000

The class was pretty simple it was Modern Art History, One Midterm, final and a research paper. She handed our midterms back and said 90% of the class failed. She said she would use the grade on the final for the midterm (if you did better). So she replaced the midterm grade with final.

I got a 90% on my midterm and 87% on my final and 90% on my research paper. So she gave me a B as my final grade.
Other students who failed the midterm and passed the final with and A, were given a better grade (i know this because I spoke to people from this class). Although its a generous thing to do in part of the professor, I feel that it is unfair for someone who TOTALLY failed the midterm get a better score than I did when I clearly worked hard on ALL the assignments.

What can I do about this? I emailed her to talk about it but she said she is in summer vacation and that I WAS graded fairly.

This is a section from her requirements on grading and assignments.
3- To receive a grade of A you must pull a total of 90% in the course. Your midterms and finals are worth a total of 80%. You must also submit a paper which is worth a total of 20% of your grade.