Prof gave me better grade than I deserved?

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The score that I received on my test doesn't seem to reflect the number I got wrong. However, the score is written directly on the test so I'm not sure how he could have missed anything. Sometimes he does take away 1-2 questions if a lot of people got them wrong in totalling our score but I still feel like I would be 2 points lower than what I got. I almost want to ask how he graded it but if I do that I think the only thing that could come out of it is me getting a lower score. What would you do in this situation? I think I'm leaning towards asking just cause it seems like the ethical thing to do...

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Bring it up to him if you feel you need to, who knows, you may get even more points. But do it during office hours so you don't take up class time and possibly put the instructor on the spot.

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Bring it up if you feel you need to BUT...my AP Lab professor and my chem professor always regraded everything on the test if you questioned anything. Usually to the deteriment of the student : (

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I had a friend who just got a higher score because he added up all the points and the instructor missed 10 points!

If it was me, I would just leave it alone. I just had a similar situation and figured that my answer was better than most and that is why I got the points.

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Totally agree. Just make sure it's worth it to you. For some reason in lab, every time someone challenged her grading they would get the points on what they were questioning but she would get them back somewhere else. And she was a really nice teacher.

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Specializes in Emergency/Cath Lab.

Integrity........Pass it on.

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It seems ethical, but like other said, be careful. Sometimes doing something to be ethical ends up making a huge mess. For example, what if you ask your teacher about your grade, and then they want to regrade everyone's test? Or...what if they think that the best way is to give everyone a new test or quiz?

It happened to me in a math class! Someone thought that their grade was too low (opposite of your problem) and when the teacher regraded it and saw that they were right, he realized that he may have misgraded other tests, so he wanted them all back. Oh, but some people "didn't have it" anymore. So guess what happened? New test. He called it a "quiz" cause it was shorter, but it replaced our test grade. It was a disaster.

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What if the questions were weighted differently? I know in a LOT of my exams one question may be worth 1 pt, while others will be worth 3 or 4. Maybe you got partial credit? Ask away, but like someone else mentioned, do it in private during office hours, NOT in front of the entire class.

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This is my :twocents:. I have had countless professors tell the entire classes when reviewing the tests. "If I made a mistake in my favor, please let me know. However, if I made a mistake in your favor, keep it to yourself."

In other words, take your grade, as it stands now. Silence is most often the better part of valor.

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Thanks. That sounds good.

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I read a lot of mixed opinions on this matter and I think if it bothered you enough to start this thread then you should ask your professor about it. Many of the comments posted about tests being re-graded not to the students benefit was probably a student questioning something being marked wrong that they thought was correct, which would probably aggrevate the professor. I cannot fathom a professor being annoyed with a student attempting to be honest even if it's not to their benefit. You may also find that the grade was correct and then you can feel proud of it without having any doubts and in good conscience as well as deserved. :)

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Maybe he put a curve on it?

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