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It seems to me like you have a legitimate case to push for the question that you got wrong to be dropped, or for some of those questions to be added back. Please, continue fighting for your scholarship. Please, fight for what is right, and don't let the other posters in this forum get to you. Good luck.
Thanks Mitsguy, but I have no idea how. Grades have been posted, I already ta;lked to the prof and assistant dean. The only person left is the dean (and she is new, hopefully, not prof's friend). But our break also started today... I don't think I can do anything. It hurts a lot tho.
Thanks Mitsguy, but I have no idea how. Grades have been posted, I already ta;lked to the prof and assistant dean. The only person left is the dean (and she is new, hopefully, not prof's friend). But our break also started today... I don't think I can do anything. It hurts a lot tho.
Is there a university ombud that you can go to? Or appeal to whoever is in charge of the scholarship. Point out how questions were selectively dropped. And ask for absolute proof that a 91.8 rounds down to a 91 rather than up to a 92. Don’t worry about making enemies at this point since you have nothing left to lose. Good luck.
I think the first step is to find and talk to the financial aid/scholarship office. Find out for sure if you've lost the scholarship or not. Unless you know for sure, you may be assuming things at this point. If they rounded up and you still have it, everything is good. If not, then approach the ombudsman to help resolve the issue. Be prepared with facts, not emotion. Having all the facts in order will go a long way toward a decision in your favor. But you may not even have a problem with a 91.8 if the round up.
She lost mine too.
I have no doubt she's worse in person and then expect people to bend over backwards.
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I don't see this at all in the OP and I think folks are stretching things a bit. I'm seeing someone who is frustrated about a grade, worried about her scholarship, and then attacked by many on here just fighting back out of frustration.
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This is not meant to sound heartless, but it's just fact: as a nurse, you will deal with patients and doctors who are far more difficult, stubborn, and abrasive than this professor, quite possibly on a daily basis. Now is the time to either learn healthy coping skills, or to rethink your career path.
I'm not sure this is comparable. The way I read this, it's not the difficult person so much as the very high impact this person can have the OP. From the story so far, the OP is highly dependent on this grade to keep a scholarship and stay in school. That's a lot more than just dealing with a difficult person. I know from personal experience that dealing with someone who is merely difficult, stubborn, and abrasive is not that difficult vs dealing with someone who is difficult, stubborn, abrasive AND has the power to end your career.
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No one is always right.
Accept this as a learning moment You almost missed your target because YOU answered several other questions incorrectly. Obviously, they were not gray enough to fight about
Several people have brought up about the OP answering other questions incorrectly. While I don't know the OP, for myself, if I messed up questions, then that's my fault and I can deal with that, making whatever changes I need to make -- those are within my control. But if the professor messed up, that's outside my control and I can't do anything to fix it. The OP can take responsibility for her errors. But should not have to take responsibility for the professor's errors.
.... And when you get that person you gripe to your friends at the bar and seek ways around the problem. The OP came here to gripe and was pilloried for it. So why the attacks on her?
Thank you for support. I did everything anyone else would do. I first talked to her. She was nice and then turned into this nasty person and tried to intimidate me. Then she said question is statistically significant and she is not dropping it. What does it mean? That it would affect a lot of people. I agree, but it is still wrong and you can't punish me so that other people don't get hurt.
I went to the assistant dean but that was useless. My student director said it was up to me if I wanna pursue it, he will support me, but I need to decide. After talking to the assistant dean, I gave up. But now, it's been two days and I am still upset and keep thinking about it. I have to work today and I keep how little I am going to make comparing to what I just lost.
I thought of emailing the dean, but not sure I am supposed to bother her with this. Maybe I could reach to student director again.... I dont know how to proceed or if I should proceed.
And yeah, I lost the scholarship, she posted B in my grades and my GPA went down and the amount i have to pay by Jan 3 is full tuition minus federal loan. No scholarship.
Thank you for support. I did everything anyone else would do. I first talked to her. She was nice and then turned into this nasty person and tried to intimidate me. Then she said question is statistically significant and she is not dropping it. What does it mean? That it would affect a lot of people. I agree, but it is still wrong and you can't punish me so that other people don't get hurt.
I went to the assistant dean but that was useless. My student director said it was up to me if I wanna pursue it, he will support me, but I need to decide. After talking to the assistant dean, I gave up. But now, it's been two days and I am still upset and keep thinking about it. I have to work today and I keep how little I am going to make comparing to what I just lost.
I thought of emailing the dean, but not sure I am supposed to bother her with this. Maybe I could reach to student director again.... I dont know how to proceed or if I should proceed.
And yeah, I lost the scholarship, she posted B in my grades and my GPA went down and the amount i have to pay by Jan 3 is full tuition minus federal loan. No scholarship.
Sorry to hear that. I would keep fighting it; you have nothing to lose at this point. Fight for what is right.
I HAVE another, final exam. my grade so far is 92% after 3 exams. there is another final exam next week. And your logic is flawed at best. It was 50 question, each worth 2%. Since, I got 46 correct that is 92%, if she drops one it would be 46 out of 49 which is 93.87%. UNBELIEVABLE
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As I said, I will do my best to get close to 100 on my final and hope never to see her again. I still think she is wrong, but she can't admit it because the majority of students chose paresthesia and because she would have to admit she made a mistake (she did admit in front of me, but not in front of other students).
I still believe it is highly unfair, but hey... I will graduate in 8 months and then, either apply to medical school or CRNA school and we might even be coworkers one day.
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Correct, and i said I was around 92%, the exact number doesn't matter as I have final exam to take. 91.8% is not an A, true. But it doesn't mean much if you are missing 25% (final exam). And, as much as scholarship means to me, my argument was not "I need that question dropped because I need scholarship." my argument was: it doesn't make sense, it teaches students wrong information, it is a bad question. I didn't answer it, because I realized it doesn't make sense (all of this was told to the professor, a second i submitted my exam).
So what happened on the final exam? Guess you got more questions wrong on that too and didn't do well enough to bring your average up to an A?
And yet it is still the professor's fault because of this one question among many questions that you've gotten wrong over the course of this term?
So what happened on the final exam? Guess you got more questions wrong on that too and didn't do well enough to bring your average up to an A?
And yet it is still the professor's fault because of this one question among many questions that you've gotten wrong over the course of this term?
I really am trying not to be mean but you are plain dumb. Without that question i would have had 92.3% and that is more than enough for A. My classmate ended up with 92.0% and got an A. I don't need to have 95% for an A. Yes, I do not have the knowledge for 95 or 100 or 97. But I still have enough for 92.
BTW the classmate with 92% is professor's son (not this professor but one of the faculty members). His complaint was more important than mine, and he deserves an A but i don't?????
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