<p>In the last semester, I had maintained a solid A in my Honor Algebra class untilthe final exam. Since I was sick on the day of the final exam, I had to take a make-up test. Although some make-up tests are slightly harder than the regular tests, mine was absurdly harder. It contained twice as many questions as the regular one, and I couldn’t finish it on the time. Since it usually takes almost the full time to finish the regular one, I couldn’t do about the half of the problems. Unwilling to get involved with this matter, my school’s principal left my grade to my Algebra teacher’s discretion. Then, I finally got B+, which I never imagined to get.</p>
<p>What should I do to change my grade to A? Is there any organization with which I can consult about this problem? If I have no way to solve this issue, what can I do to explain about this B+ in college admission?</p>
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<p>Only on CC.
You got the grade you deserved, presumably. Own it. </p>
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<p>Nothing. They’re not going to reject you on the basis of a single B, but they might reject you if you appear to lack perspective. And believing it’s necessary to explain a B+ shows a lack of perspective, IMO.</p>
<p>Sophomore year, Honors Geometry, I had a 95+ all year. My teacher reused the final from another year WITHOUT READING IT. It was way too long and I got a 75, which was actually one of the best grades in the class. Can’t do anything. I feel your pain, but usually the final exam grade is just calculated into your final average so it doesn’t show up on your transcript and shouldn’t bring you down a ton. It isn’t fair though, and if you feel like making a stink, have your parents go in to see the principle; no organization is scary to school administration than a parent complaint. :)</p>
<p>i would complain, maybe even take it to court, if your make up final actually had twice as many questions as every one elses. that is simply not fair, and it sounds like you deserved the A.</p>
<p>If you aren’t accepted to a college, it won’t be because you got a B+, it’ll be because you weren’t a strong enough applicant. Likewise, if you received and A and were accepted to a college, it’s probably not because you got that A. My point is that this one grade won’t have a strong influence in the future.</p>
<p>Are you certain your makeup test was that much harder than the one your classmates took? brm114341 provides a good example of what might have happened - perhaps the teacher test the class needed a much harder final, as it represents everything you worked on all year. Sometime the final is much harder, but graded on a curve (which allows students to show different strengths, with a good general understanding of the course as a whole). </p>
<p>Chill out - one individual grade isn’t going to kill you.</p>
<p>How would that even affect your grade in the class unless your grade on everything else in the class was on the edge of an A, instead of the “solid A” you mentioned?</p>
<p>OP had an A in the class. OP for an F on the final. OP protested the effect of that F on the final grade, and got a better grade than the normal writing would produce, but a worse grade than OP felt was warranted.</p>
<p>Don’t think you have any recourse, in any case.</p>
<p>Weighting, not writing.</p>
<p>This one grade doesn’t kill my future and lowers my total unweighted GPA only by 0.03. But I had maintained the highest grade in this class throughout the last school year. That’s why I’m so regrettable about this issue. Though many students took make-up tests of other subjects, no one else took the same make-up test as mine. Since I got tired of protesting, I will quit and never care about it. Thanks.</p>