How do I articulate my grade dispute in a letter of complaint (student grievance)? I'm filing a formal letter of complaint (for a grade litigation request) over a grade dispute in an English literature course. I've got 90/100 (an A) in each of the 3 exams in this course. These exams make up 85% of the course grade. The other 15% is based on daily work (worksheets and responses). I was surprised when viewing my final grades that the grade in this course ended up being a B+. In the duration of this course, we were given three worksheets/response prompts that were optional. I did all of them and they were recognized with a '+' sign (but not actually graded).

After emailing my professor about this (and him ignoring me until I emailed the associate chair), he said that he added my exam grades (so he got a total of 76.5/85) and with the daily work he was able to bump it up to a B+ (a B+ is an 83-86). So I respectfully pointed out that the 76.5 is over 85 and not over 100 and that the daily work is a 15% that should be properly counted in, he replied saying that this daily work grade was based in comparison with my classmates (which is nonsense as (1) the daily work activities were not graded and (2) I was one of the few students who actually did them), I replied and argued but he didn't reply back. For me to get a B+, I would have been given 53/100 on the daily work grade.

I moved further with the dispute with the chair and was told to file a formal letter of complaint to which a committee will be formed and where the decision issued would be non-negotiable.

I don't know how to articulate my complaint. I feel like the administration doesn't get the issue (this was obvious in the correspondence between me and the chair). Also, I'll lose my scholarship and ultimately my place in university if the grade doesn't change, do I include that?

I feel like it's really obvious that I was done wrong by my professor but still afraid this won't be resolved. Sorry for the long post.

P.S. Several people assumed an A starts above 86 but actually an A is 90+. (An A- is 86-90)
Dear Committee,
This grade dispute seems like a simple math error. As shown on the
attached syllabus, the grade is 85% exams and 15% worksheets and
responses.

On the exams, I scored 76.5/85, which is a 90% (A)
On the worksheets/responses, there were three worksheets and I received a check mark on each of them. To my knowledge, no other
factors counted toward this part of the grade. Further, my class
participation was exemplary, so if there were other factors, they
should have been in my favor.

When I asked the professor about my grade, he said that 76.5 was a B
and he had used the worksheets and responses to &quot;bump me up&quot; to a B+.
But this is not mathematically consistent; 76.5/85 is an A, and the
professor admitted the worksheets/responses would &quot;bump me up,&quot; not
down. I never received any evidence or justification for why my grade
would be lower than 90%.
Regards,
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