What should I do about my chemistry grade?

Question

All of my grades on my previous midterms in college chemistry course have been over 100%, but I just received my final, and it says that I got a B- on the final. The problem is that I sit next to a person that has the same exact name as me. I feel that our grades were switched. But the question is should I ask this other person about what they received so that I can figure out whether or not our grades were switched (I know for a fact that he stays up all night every day, so he doesn't seem to do much work anyway), or should I just talk to the professor. I know that the TA who graded my exam is already on vacation.

Answer 1

If you explain it to the professor the way you've explained it here, there should be no problem checking things out. Perhaps before you ask to see your paper you should tell the professor something about a particular answer you gave that will prove which paper is yours without a doubt.



I can relate a tale about a grader error that happened last year --



All the faculty gave a multiple choice pre- and post-test to the physics students to measure their improvement over the semester. When the data was being analyzed it was found that two papers had the same answers. The two students were assumed to be cheaters and both of them were given zero credit for taking the test.



I happened to share an office with the professor when one of the students called him on the phone and denied they had cheated. I could tell from the professor's reaction that he thought the student was being honest. When they went back to the stack of answer sheets they found that the person who typed the answers into the computer simply typed the answers off of one test twice!



There was no cheating by anybody. And it nearly went undetected. If the student had not called the professor nothing would have been done.

Answer 2

i'm in AP Chemistry, and that i understand that Honors can get very complicated. I recommend paying interest at college and doing nicely on your labs. you additionally can ask your instructor if she ought to assign some greater desirable-credit. attempt going to a college library and analyzing different books. i attempted that! The textbook i exchange into utilising did no longer thoroughly describe what i exchange into being taught at college so as that particularly helped! i understand that Sparknotes additionally has Chemistry study guides, so check out that on line...they placed the classes into "user-friendly words" so that is undemanding to persist with alongside. particularly you may desire to do your homework, pay interest at college and spend some beyond popular time analyzing on the weekend, this might assist you pass your exams! in case you be triumphant this twelve months, I recommend signing up for AP.

Answer 3

Don't talk to the other person. Talk to the professor. Ask to see the graded final and let him know if it is your final or not. Talking to the other person will do nothing.

Answer 4

Uhmm, if I were you I would get the other person's paper and your paper and see which handwritings are yours and his. Maybe you should talk to your TA and tell him that you'll write your name off with a different/jazzy way. Meaning If he writes in Non-Cursive then you'll write in cursive and put your middle initial at the end.

Answer 5

just be up front and go straight to the professor, and ask him kindly to double check the results of the test and what he has in his book. i know you want to be a nice person to the other guy, but this your grade your worried about not his.

Answer 6

Can you get your exam back? Make sure it's your handwriting. Your professor should have it - go ask, just to make sure.

Answer 7

ask the teacher... it can't hurt... then the teacher can ask the other student if needed!

Answer 8

forget about it! XD