Ethical question about a grade I did not deserve?

I got an A in a course.



And based on my mid term and my what I think I got on my final I don't see how I could higher than a B. In fact I was praying to get by with a C+.



I am not complaining of course, but if it was the reverse I would be out side my professors door telling her she should give me a grade change.



I have a strong feeling it is an error.



I really don't think I am going to tell her about it, but does anyone think I should, I mean isn't that the ethical thing to do. Would anyone else do that?Ethical question about a grade I did not deserve?
I would go ask the professor to explain how you got the grade. There may have been some other grading factors she used to help your grade. Plus your A may have been a low one.



You may end up with a lower grade, but I doubt it, because she won't want to go to the trouble of changing it even if she made a mistake. However, it's always good to do the right thing. There are plenty of people who would disagree with my advice to you, but I have found that living an ethical life will bring you far more success and respect (especially self-respect) than in lying and cheating your way through life.



When faced with tough decisions in life (doing right is often difficult), ask yourself if your actions/decisions would cause embarassment and shame for you if printed on the front page of a newspaper. When you make a decision, people may disagree with you, but never make one that people could legitimately criticize you for as being illegal, immoral, or unethical.Ethical question about a grade I did not deserve?
I think that you are just underestimating your self and you deserve that A!
If grading is on a curve and everyone else bombed the final, you very well could have the highest cumulative score from both tests. Congrats on your A.
You may be under estimating your mid-term. Or you could be accurately judging the quality, but when compared to others who took the mid-term, you might have come across looking great! Some professors grade on a curve and if most people didn't do as well as you did, you might have gotten bumped up to the higher grade.



Just count it as a blessing and let it go.
It sounds like unlike most young people on this board asking questions you have some sound moral structure.



If I were you I'd bring it up to the teacher. Odds are the teacher had a reason for the grade you got. Either way you'll walk away with a clear conscious.
Is it possible that your teacher curved your midterm? Is there any way to check the class average? There have been a few times that I have gotten a higher grade than I was expecting and it was usually because the teacher ended up putting some kind of curve on the grade because the class average was low. I know it would be the right thing to do to tell your teacher that you think your grade was a mistake, but I doubt that she would expect you to.