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Ludovico Technique wrote:Lolwut, if you earned an A- you get an A-, if your school doesn't offer A+ then teachers can't give you an A+
Ludovico Technique wrote:Lolwut, if you earned an A- you get an A-, if your school doesn't offer A+ then teachers can't give you an A+
Ok fine, but why would you want the registrar to take off the minus grades? You earned what you earned duder.Jredelman15 wrote:Ludovico Technique wrote:Lolwut, if you earned an A- you get an A-, if your school doesn't offer A+ then teachers can't give you an A+
they award them on a discretionary basis. Basically if they want to give you one they can and there is no set scale of what an A- is. In some classes its a 94 in others its an 89.5. It isnt that they dont offer the + just that the teachers dont like awarding them.
because it is not stated on the syllabus.MrPapagiorgio wrote:Ok fine, but why would you want the registrar to take off the minus grades? You earned what you earned duder.Jredelman15 wrote:Ludovico Technique wrote:Lolwut, if you earned an A- you get an A-, if your school doesn't offer A+ then teachers can't give you an A+
they award them on a discretionary basis. Basically if they want to give you one they can and there is no set scale of what an A- is. In some classes its a 94 in others its an 89.5. It isnt that they dont offer the + just that the teachers dont like awarding them.
So then you "convince" the professor to give you an A+ by doing work that would be worthy of the (+). This means performing better than a 89.5 or a 94.Jredelman15 wrote:Ludovico Technique wrote:Lolwut, if you earned an A- you get an A-, if your school doesn't offer A+ then teachers can't give you an A+
they award them on a discretionary basis. Basically if they want to give you one they can and there is no set scale of what an A- is. In some classes its a 94 in others its an 89.5. It isnt that they dont offer the + just that the teachers dont like awarding them.
TBH kinda. I am asking for the + if and only if I deserve it. In turn I am asking to not be given a - even if I deserve it purely bc it hurts my LSADAS GPAbigeast03 wrote:So then you "convince" the professor to give you an A+ by doing work that would be worthy of the (+). This means performing better than a 89.5 or a 94.Jredelman15 wrote:Ludovico Technique wrote:Lolwut, if you earned an A- you get an A-, if your school doesn't offer A+ then teachers can't give you an A+
they award them on a discretionary basis. Basically if they want to give you one they can and there is no set scale of what an A- is. In some classes its a 94 in others its an 89.5. It isnt that they dont offer the + just that the teachers dont like awarding them.
Also, you want them to not count the fact that you performed poorly because the grade you received is not on the syllabus, but then reward you with a grade that you didn't earn that is also not on the syllabus?
If this is the best argument your can muster, it's no wonder you got a "-".Jredelman15 wrote:because it is not stated on the syllabus.MrPapagiorgio wrote:Ok fine, but why would you want the registrar to take off the minus grades? You earned what you earned duder.Jredelman15 wrote:Ludovico Technique wrote:Lolwut, if you earned an A- you get an A-, if your school doesn't offer A+ then teachers can't give you an A+
they award them on a discretionary basis. Basically if they want to give you one they can and there is no set scale of what an A- is. In some classes its a 94 in others its an 89.5. It isnt that they dont offer the + just that the teachers dont like awarding them.
I mean, you can try. If you deserved it, the professor would have given it to you. You won't suddenly deserve it more if you ask him to give it to you. Maybe you should just work harder next time?Jredelman15 wrote:TBH kinda. I am asking for the + if and only if I deserve it. In turn I am asking to not be given a - even if I deserve it purely bc it hurts my LSADAS GPA
IF it is stated that an A is 900-1000 points and that there is no "+or-" stated on the syllabi then why would one care, other than personal satisfaction, if they got a 901 or a 1000? An "A" is an "A" and counts the same on the UG transcript. Yes it is a weak argument but it is an outlook of many students I am not alone in this opinion.Renzo wrote:
If this is the best argument your can muster, it's no wonder you got a "-".
Pretty sure a syllabus isn't a binding contract.Jredelman15 wrote:because it is not stated on the syllabus.
First: I haven't seen the syllabus, but it doesn't say that there is no + or -, does it?Jredelman15 wrote:IF it is stated that an A is 900-1000 points and that there is no "+or-" stated on the syllabi then why would one care, other than personal satisfaction, if they got a 901 or a 1000? An "A" is an "A" and counts the same on the UG transcript. Yes it is a weak argument but it is an outlook of many students I am not alone in this opinion.Renzo wrote:
If this is the best argument your can muster, it's no wonder you got a "-".
Statistically speaking, you got as many in lieu of an A as you did in lieu of a B.Jredelman15 wrote:because it is not stated on the syllabus.MrPapagiorgio wrote:Ok fine, but why would you want the registrar to take off the minus grades? You earned what you earned duder.Jredelman15 wrote:Ludovico Technique wrote:Lolwut, if you earned an A- you get an A-, if your school doesn't offer A+ then teachers can't give you an A+
they award them on a discretionary basis. Basically if they want to give you one they can and there is no set scale of what an A- is. In some classes its a 94 in others its an 89.5. It isnt that they dont offer the + just that the teachers dont like awarding them.
Jredelman15 wrote:Thank you for the helpful responses. I have convinced 3 of my teachers to award me an A+ with my average in those classes being 97% or higher. I am also continuing one of my classes this summer for an additional 12 hrs and I will recieve another A+ in there. So that is 21hrs of A+. Thank you all for the advice. Additionally like I suspected they would not change the A-. I just thought it was worth a shot.