worriedstudent123

Thank you so much, you are a life saver! Happy holidays!

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.

I've contacted one of my profs to reconsider my essay grade and he tells me to look at the grading criteria to come up with a good rationale why it should be a higher grade. So I did as told but am now more confused because the criteria for a 75 paper is same as for a 79 paper. I then asked him if he can explain more what are his expectations for a 79 level paper and his response was: "I will explain why you were assigned the grade you were assigned (against the grading criteria) when we meet in person - which is the procedure I have used with all students." Why did he tell me to look at the grading criteria but now says that he didn't even use it to grade my paper? And why is he expecting me to come up with a good rationale by referring to the criteria which he didn't even use?