bump it up!

Hey aska,

I just got my grades back from last term, and was dismayed to see that I got a 49 on one course. It was a required course that I hated, and I really don’t want to retake it (not to mention having to pay for it again, because I’m broke). Is there anything you know of that could help me get it bumped up somehow? I’m going to start by taking a look at my exam and getting it rechecked but I don’t know if it will actually help. And this is a long shot, but do you know of anything that would let me, say, get course work rechecked? Or submit that one little assignment I never finished?

Hopefully,
A Sad Student

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Hey Sad Student,

I’m sorry to hear about the 49. I personally flip out at 70s, so I can’t imagine how distraught I’d be over a grade like that one.

Since you got a 49, you have a decent chance at possibly making a difference. So there’s no official guide to this and everything I say is essentially just… my opinion, but here you go!

Now you’re doing the right thing by going to look at your exam. Although if you think you were graded fairly, be careful about asking to get it regraded because that can possibly result in your grade dropping! You may very well irritate your professor, the grand grade maker person thing, and they’ll deem to grade you even harsher the next time.

Sadly or fortunately, your final grade is all up to your professor. You can try appealing to him for a bit of a bump to that 49. Likewise, you can also try asking him if you can work on that assignment you missed — granted, to be frank, I don’t think he’ll appreciate being appealed to by a student that couldn’t bother with his assignment. But I guess there’s no harm in trying, right?

Best of luck!

aska