So i haven't actually got the final marks but by looking at the exam marks/midterm marks I know i have very low mark in 2 courses (1 and 2 =estimated mark)


Now i know these two courses wasn't my strongest subjects and I know most of the class struggled with both classes however both my exams were failing marks.

Now for the one exam I know I didn't do well however the second one I know I did at least a 60% not the 41% i recieved. I also know I have bad writing however this has not affected me yet in university untill this semster. These two courses share a similar TA who has in assignments made me lose marks due to not being able to read the answers (even though it wasn't that of bad writing).

My question is what Should I do? Should I see the exams or talk to the professor? I feel like i'am at my wits end since I know I understand the material better than my mark.

you can make an appointment with your prof and ask to go over the exam and see why you got the mark you did.

You can also try including what you think the marks should be and what you think went wrong in your message to the prof. I had a similar problem in my first year with Enviro Sci 1B03... they entered my mark wrong.

Originally Posted by thedog123123

These two courses share a similar TA who has in assignments made me lose marks due to not being able to read the answers (even though it wasn't that of bad writing).

Is this your physical writing (i.e. legibility) or your writing ability?

If it is the former, if your marker can't read it they aren't going to spend long periods of time deciphering what you've written down because it's a pain in the ass.

If it's the latter it's either a) you don't write as well as you think you do b) you are assuming the requirements for first year courses are the same for second or third year courses or c) a mixture between the two.

Your writing could also be illegible and horribly organized; so although it makes perfect sense to you, it may not make sense to the reader.

I've done plenty of editing before (I work as an editor as well as editing countless essays of friends over the years), and sometimes things don't make sense to your reader when to you its not a paradigm shift by any means.

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It seems more likely that it is the legibility that you think is the issue, but I'm not entirely sure based on your statements above.

physical writing (penmanship)

and i'm science it is all numbers it really isn't that bad.. I once for kicks saw that a TA couldn't read "14" I went to a handful of other people and they instantly saw 14.