Thank you so much!! I've also told him that I thought it was a good paper because of the paper outline (85) and had gone over final thoughts with him. In one of his previous emails, he also said, "As you know my grading for individual assignments would be in increments of 2.5% - so if I adjusted the mark you may get 77.5%, 80%, etc. As I mentioned in my previous email, meeting with me does not guarantee your final grade will be adjusted. As a first step you need to review my comments and consider the grading criteria and then consider whether you feel I should re-consider your final grade". Do you have some more advice on how to come up with good rationale? He does want me to use the rubric....but he can't tell me his expectations between a 75 and a 79.