[Nator]

Oh what to do.. what to do....
Here is what happened. We got our midterms back, is 25% of our grade, at first glance I was like wow i did pretty well, an A in fact, so I go on do my usual check on what I got wrong. When I finish going through the test I found it very, VERY weir that my score was that high, there was quite a few wrong and the marks don't seem to add up. I think most of you know where I am going, apparent I got an extra 10 marks on a test that is out of 60. Usually, up till this point in my life, when my test was marked incorrectly, more so if it was marked too high than less, I would go up and notify my teacher. I always have followed my morals and been truthful about my mark but this time I .. I just can't seem to bring myself up to the prof. and tell him about this. This test was very important to me because I need this mark for my specialization, I know I have a lot to gain from not telling but I also feel so guilty inside. GRRR I was planning on seeing how will my next midterm score turn out, if my next mark is going I would go and tell the prof. about the first midterm. Sorry, not much of a discussion topic, but what would soompiers do in this situation? It is university not high school, I think marks play a much much bigger role in university. Thoughts? Just need to let this off my chest~~ Thanks.

[tjdabeast]

That's a really tough position. I'm a bit like you, always have to notify the teachers when something is incorrect and usually never get back anything except praise that is plain useless. You get your dignity at least, but I mean we're at university level now and that extra mark may determine your graduate school admission. Tough call, can't really decide for you. If there's no way your professor will notice it, then that might give you more of a motive not to but he your professor may find out you should notify. Good luck, tough call and I wouldn't know what to do in your position too.

[PoooBear]

I'm gonna be honest here, I wouldn't go tell him. Maybe it sounds selfish, but hey, an A is better than a B or even an A-
Life isn't fair, and like you said, this is university, not high school.
But I have encountered that some professors do weird things with marks and add points you don't know about so your grades don't necessarily add up (this has happened to me in college)... or maybe it's a curved grade, and he curved up.

[Lionheart]

I wouldn't tell him either. It's not a question of morals because no one gets hurt if you don't say anything.

[kathy]

lol this happened to me.

i went up to go tell my prof though (it was just a regular test, not a midterm or final or anything) & he was like..."You shouldn't have told me, i never would've figured it out. But now that you have told me, i HAVE to take your points off. Tough luck."

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[Phaze5ive]

I wouldn't tell him either. It's not a question of morals because no one gets hurt if you don't say anything.

I'll have to agree and disagree with you. I wouldn't tell either, but at a college level, it's all about competition so you are hurting someone. By not telling, you're giving yourself an unfair advantage over other students who may be competing against you for a job later.

[Chanellas]

^as long as the poster isn't the one hurting, who cares? the midterm is only worth 25% of their grade.
They will still has to bust their asses for the 75% if they want an A.
if they eff up the rest of the 75% and F the course... well...
they deserve it. their unfair advantage isn't much help after all.

chronic cheaters can only get so far in the real world.
I think it's clear that the topic poster is NOT a cheater.

lol this happened to me.

i went up to go tell my prof though (it was just a regular test, not a midterm or final or anything) & he was like..."You shouldn't have told me, i never would've figured it out. But now that you have told me, i HAVE to take your points off. Tough luck."

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agreed.

it was your professor's mistake.
just let it go and ace the midterm next time, not because it was a fluke, but because you deserve it.
I don't think they will enjoy taking points off your grade, nor would you enjoy seeing a lower midterm test score.

[j i w o n.]

I'm gonna be honest here, I wouldn't go tell him. Maybe it sounds selfish, but hey, an A is better than a B or even an A-
Life isn't fair, and like you said, this is university, not high school.
But I have encountered that some professors do weird things with marks and add points you don't know about so your grades don't necessarily add up (this has happened to me in college)... or maybe it's a curved grade, and he curved up.

yeah, I wouldn't tell him :/ i'm someone who's completely against things like that but, hey,
maybe it's fate that you get that score that'd help you get higher grade in that class.

[Nator]

Thanks guys lol ya I think I will just keep the mark since is really important ><

[elainee]

if i were you i would definitely keep it

[Hax]

I'll have to agree and disagree with you. I wouldn't tell either, but at a college level, it's all about competition so you are hurting someone. By not telling, you're giving yourself an unfair advantage over other students who may be competing against you for a job later.

That's true but luckily one test that is miscalculated is not going to really hurt anyone. If you consider hurting someone to be an average difference of 130 to 130.5, then yeah I guess people are being hurt, but not by much.

Depending on your class size, one test wont make a difference. I've graded tests for over 2 years and one error here and there will not change the class' curve significantly enough to hurt anyone. We also rarely make calculation errors so its not as if this happens a lot.

[Lionheart]

It's okay if you hurt people as long as it's not people you know and good comes out of it. You got a lucky break, ride the wave. Or you can be the moral guy who doesn't get into grad school. =P